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Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine available for use from next week in UK

December 2, 2020, 2:45 PM

Sneha Shah | London

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United Kingdom becomes the first country to clinically approve the use of Pfizer and BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. Usage of vaccinations are set to begin next week, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Matt Hancock informed on Wednesday.

Help is on its way. The MHRA (Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency) has formally authorised the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine for Covid-19. The NHS stands ready to start vaccinating early next week. The UK is the first country in the world to have clinically approved vaccine for supply, Hancock tweeted.

The vaccine was found to be 95 per cent effective at preventing symptomatic COVID-19.

Pfizers Chairman and CEO Albert Bourla said that the authorization of the vaccine was a historic moment.

This authorization is a goal we have been working toward since we first declared that Science will win, and we applaud the MHRA for their ability to conduct a careful assessment and take timely action to help protect the people of the UK, Bourla said in a statement.

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BioNTech said on Wednesday that the delivery of 40 million doses will occur throughout 2020 and 2021, with complete delivery fulfilment expected next year.

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Active COVID cases near 30,000 mark in Nagpur

Published

4 years ago

January 25, 2022

Radhika Dhawad | Nagpur

Nagpur’s COVID-19 tally, on Tuesday, January 25, reached 5,43,064 (till 5 pm) as 4028 (972 from rural and 2956 from city) new cases were recorded in a single day.

Also, active COVID cases, as on Tuesday, could be seen inching closer to 30,000 mark in the district.

Six people lost their lives (one from rural and five from city) on Tuesday. Till now, 10,183 people have lost their lives due to COVID-19 in the district. Total tests taken were 11,377.

While patients who recovered on Tuesday were 2519, the total number of recovered patients stood at 503729.

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Nagpur reports 90 COVID cases in past 24 hours

Published

4 years ago

January 2, 2022

Radhika Dhawad | Nagpur

Nagpur’s COVID-19 tally on Sunday, January 2 reached 4,94,193 (till 5 pm) as 90 (73 city, nine rural) more people tested positive for the virus.

Also, five patients recovered on Sunday taking the number of recoveries to 4,83,664.

Till now, 10123 people have lost their lives due to COVID in the district. As of now, there are 406 active COVID patients in the district.

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ALARMING! Nagpur reports 88 COVID cases in past 24 hours

Published

4 years ago

December 31, 2021

Radhika Dhawad | Nagpur

Nagpur registered 88 (81 from city) new COVID-19 positive cases on Friday, December 31. Nagpur previously had recorded as minimum as six cases on December 24.