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As part of the agreement SII will also get upfront capital of $150 mn via the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to help the company increase manufacturing capacity now so that, once a vaccine, or vaccines, gains regulatory approval and WHO prequalification, doses can be produced at scale for distribution under the COVAX agreement.

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In view of COVID-19, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Thursday informed that the country has substantively ramped up its testing infrastructure from one lab in January 2020 to 1370 labs as of now.

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CanSino Biologics' vaccine, approved for military use in China, is a modified form of adenovirus type 5, or Ad5. The company is in talks to get emergency approval in several countries before completing large-scale trials, the Wall Street Journal reported last week.

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Contamination of equipment at labs where Covid-19 tests are conducted may also be the reason for the rise in the cases, officials added. Health officials have planned to conduct a quality check at the labs to avoid faulty results.

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The 19,87,705 cases recorded during August in India, as per TOI’s data collated from state governments, made it the worst outbreak of the virus in any country during a single month — higher than the number of infections reported in the US in July (19,04,462).

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Although every country had the right to approve drugs without completing full trials, "it is not something that you do very lightly", WHO chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan told a news conference.

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Chinese customs hasn’t approved shipments of CanSino’s vaccine to Canada, the National Research Council of Canada said in a Aug. 26 email. The development appears to be part of a pattern of retribution against Canada since it arrested Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of Chinese telecom giant Huawei Technologies Co.

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The latest report reveals 24 fresh cases of Dengue, 38 cases of Malaria, and 7 cases of Chikungunya were reported in Delhi between August 23 to 29. While the total incidents of Dengue have reached 105 this year, 128 people have been infected with Malaria, and the tally for Chikungunya is 44 till August 29.

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A study published in a medical journal has revealed that SARS-CoV-2, which causes Covid-19, has undergone multiple mutations in its "spike proteins". This is the protein that gives the virus the ability to infiltrate the human cells. Once this occurs, the virus starts replicating, which leads to infection.

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Tests on monkeys typically represent the last step before human clinical trials. The immune system of monkeys and humans are very similar, hence the use case. Rhesus macaques and cynomolgus macaques are commonly used. Monkeys only get mildly sick from Covid-19, yet they provide distinct advantages.

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