10.36 am : China approves a Covid-19 vaccine developed by an affiliate of state-backed pharmaceutical giant Sinopharm on Thursday, reports...
10.36 am: China approves a Covid-19 vaccine developed by an affiliate of state-backed pharmaceutical giant Sinopharm on Thursday, reports Reuters.
No detailed efficacy data of the vaccine has been publicly released but its developer, Beijing Biological Products Institute, a unit of Sinopharm subsidiary China National Biotec Group, said on Wednesday its vaccine was 79.34% effective in preventing people from developing the disease.
10.34 am: France says it will deploy 1,00,000 police and gendarmes on New Year’s Eve to enforce a curfew imposed to combat coronavirus, reports BBC. The extra security also aims at halting the torching of cars that often takes place on the final night of the year.
10.29 am: United States reached a grave milestone on Wednesday, after the country logged a record number of 3,927 coronavirus-related deaths, according to a count released by Johns Hopkins University, reports AFP. The tally of infections rose to 1,97,15,899, with 189,671 new cases recorded in 24 hours.
10.26 am: An apartment complex in Bengaluru, Karnataka, was “closed down” after two residents – a mother and daughter – tested positive for the mutated strain of the coronavirus that was first detected in the United Kingdom, reports NDTV.
“Both patients, who are among hundreds to have recently returned from the UK, have been admitted to the state-run Victoria Hospital,” says...
