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01/8 COVID-19 vaccine trials are happening in an advanced manner Vaccine trials are going on in an unprecedented manner across India and the globe, considering the urgency of the COVID-19 pandemic. Most of the vaccines under contention right now are way into phase II and III of trials, with high hopes that we'll see a vaccine ready by early months of 2021. While most vaccine trials are split according to the objectives and safety studies, an inclusive vaccine trial makes sure that all aspects are considered before a vaccine is approved for use. Hence, phase III, considered to be the most crucial leg of trials involves a large group of volunteers, from varied categories and age groups. 02/8 Can someone be disqualified from a vaccine trial? However, even though some groups are running 'short' of volunteers, there are others who are not accepted into phase III trials. Oxford-AstraZeneca, which is one of the most promising vaccine candidates is runni...

First batches of Russia's Covid vaccine Sputnik V have entered "civil circulation" in capital Moscow, state media reported on Thursday. While details on the process were not immediately available, Russia has repeatedly stressed on producing the vaccine at the earliest, a belief met with international scepticism. Earlier this month, the Russian health ministry had said that batches of the Covid-19 vaccine were being produced for public distribution and would be supplied to different regions soon. "The first batch of the vaccine for preventing the novel coronavirus infection, Gam-COVID-Vac (Sputnik V) developed by the Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology of the Russian Health Ministry passed the required quality tests in the laboratories of Roszdravnadzor (the Federal Service for Surveillance in Healthcare) and was produced for civilian circulation. In the near future the supplies of the first batches of the vaccine to the regions are expected...

The first dose of Covid-19 vaccine candidate developed by the Oxford University and AstraZeneca will on Saturday be administered to three volunteers at the King Edward Memorial (KEM) Hospital in Mumbai while 10 more volunteers have been selected for the clinical trial. Another Mumbai hospital BYL Nair will commence the process of clinical trials from Monday. Volunteers given the vaccine dose at the KEM hospital will be checked regularly and within 29 days a second dose will be given to them. All three volunteers who will get the shot today have been screened to rule out any underlying health issues, KEM Hospital officials said. They also underwent RT-PCR and antibody testing. “The three participants have been screened after their consent and they don’t have any comorbidity. As per randomisation, out of every four participants, one will receive placebo (false drug),” said Dr Hemant Deshmukh, Dean, KEM Hospital. According to Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) guidelines, each...

India  coronavirus  cases:  With more than 18,000 new cases being detected in the last three days,  Kerala has emerged as the state with the fastest growing coronavirus numbers  right now. Kerala still has relatively lesser number of confirmed infections compared to states like Maharashtra or Andhra Pradesh, but at the rate at which it has been adding new cases in the last couple of weeks, it is all set to make a re-entry into the list of top ten states with highest caseloads within a few days. In the last one week, almost 35,000 new cases have been discovered in the state, taking the total number of confirmed infections to 1.61 lakh. The current growth rate of cases is 3.51 per cent per day, which is the highest in the country and more than double of national rate which is 1.53 per cent per day. Kerala also has close to 49,000 active cases, which is the fifth highest in the country. Only Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh have more acti...

The devastating losses in working hours caused by the  COVID-19 pandemic   have brought a “massive” drop in labour income for workers around the world, says the International Labour Organization (ILO) in its latest assessment of the effects of the pandemic on the world of work. Global labour income is estimated to have declined by 10.7 per cent, or US$ 3.5 trillion, in the first three quarters of 2020, compared with the same period in 2019. This figure excludes income support provided through government measures. The biggest drop was in lower-middle income countries, where the labour income losses reached 15.1 per cent, with the Americas the hardest hit region at 12.1 per cent. The  ILO Monitor: COVID-19 and the world of work. Sixth edition  , says that the global working hour losses in the first nine months of 2020 have been “considerably larger” than estimated in the previous edition of the Monitor (issued on 30 June). For example, the ...

“Choose to believe in Africa,”  Addis Ababa, 22 September 20202 -  The UNDP Regional Bureau for Africa today released a special edition of an online magazine, showcasing how young Africans are resourcefully helping fight the COVID-19 pandemic. The magazine – dubbed  Africa Innovates , is timely as the world grapples with a response and recovery to a global pandemic. As COVID-19 continues to ravage the world, scant attention is being given to efforts Africans are making to stem the spread of the Coronavirus. The magazine seeks to contribute to a new narrative – one that showcases Africa’s potential and Africans breaking with a wait for solutions from outside approach. Africa Innovates features 50, mainly young innovators, who against all odds, and limited resources, are inventing diverse home-grown solutions which are proving essential in mitigating the effects of the pandemic on their communities. According to Ms. Ahunna Eziakonwa, Assistant Secretary General and Direct...

While Africa has, so far, been spared from the worst public health effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, the subsequent economic shutdown has brought Africa’s economic deficiencies and structural vulnerabilities into sharp focus. As a resource-rich continent, Africa has the capacity to provide a decent quality of life for all of its inhabitants. Africa is capable of offering universal public services, such as healthcare and education, and guaranteeing employment for people who want to work, while ensuring a decent income support system for those who cannot work. However, decades of colonial and postcolonial socioeconomic dislocation exacerbated by market liberalization have forced African countries into a vicious cycle involving several structural deficiencies, characterized by: • a lack of food sovereignty • a lack of energy sovereignty • low value-added manufacturing and extractive industries This unholy trinity produces a very painful downward pressure on African exchang...