Serum Institute of India gets $150 mn booster shot
The new collaboration is a step forward in rolling out an additional 100 million doses of safe and effective Covid-19 vaccines for low and middle-income countries.
NHS Covid-19 App comes with Gujarati, Punjabi, Bengali options
A new smartphone app to boost the UK’s track and trace system to help control coronavirus transmissions is being rolled out across England and Wales this week, with multiple language options, including Indian languages such as Gujarati, Punjabi and Bengali.
India nudged to follow UK’s cycling strategy in Covid-19 fight
India is being nudged towards adopting a cycle-friendly strategy similar to the UK’s as a means of combating obesity, which has been linked with an increased risk of complication from Covid-19.
British Indian medic creates Covid-safe masks for surgeries
British Indian surgeon Ajith George, working with a colleague, has created an innovative new Covid-safe face mask to protect fellow ear, nose and throat (ENT) medics from coronavirus infections in the line of duty.
Indian innovation leads the fight against the pandemic
Necessity has been the mother of invention in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and nowhere is this more apparent than in India. With a clear focus on affordability and low cost, here is how frugal Indian innovations have taken the commercial route to aid the fight against pandemic.
UK trials new antibody cocktail treatment for Covid-19
The UK has begun human trials of a new antibody treatment for patients hospitalised with Covid-19. As part of the government-backed Randomised Evaluation of Covid-19 therapy (RECOVERY) Trials, monoclonal antibodies, or potent laboratory-made antibodies, will be given to about 2,000 patients in the coming weeks to see if they are effective against coronavirus. The Phase 3 open-label trial in patients hospitalised with Covid-19 will compare the effects of adding REGN-COV2 to the usual standard-of-care versus standard-of-care on its own.
Antigen tests are India’s potent weapon in arresting the Covid-19 surge
Unlike PCR or antibody tests, antigen tests quickly detect highly infectious individuals with a high viral load, who might be super-spreaders. That’s the reason why more Indian states are now opting for them.
Hold Still: Indian grandmas in Covid-19 portrait journey backed by Queen
Indian grandmothers and their love for their grandchildren are among 100 snapshots from a Covid-19 lockdown photographic journey curated by the Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton, and backed by Queen Elizabeth II.
Birmingham, Sandwell, Solihull under strict Covid-19 curbs
From Tuesday, Birmingham, Sandwell and Solihull – cities with a significant Global Indian representation – will fall under the government’s “areas of intervention”, with residents told not to meet with people from outside their households to control the spread of coronavirus.
Oxford University biotech spinoff strikes Covid-19 vaccine India deal
A Global Indian professor’s Oxford-based company revealed that its Indian partner, the Serum Institute of India (SIIPL), has begun trials of a novel virus-like particle (VLP) vaccine targeting Covid-19 which has the potential to offer a groundbreaking new approach to fighting the pandemic.