This will help push fence-sitters to be more confident on the data generated from its use and go in for vaccination; besides heralding more such clearances for other vaccine-makers waiting in the wings.
# A new technology from a CSIR lab could address the problem of disposing biomedical waste safely, and leave it smelling of roses, so to speak. Much needed as Covid-19 increases the quantity of medical waste generated.
# In Afghanistan, a humanitarian crisis unfolds within the pandemic. The last two regions with the wild polio virus in the world – Afghanistan and Pakistan. The recent Taliban take-over in Afghanistan has experts worried for children in the region, and the possibility of ïmported” cases in India.