India on Thursday recorded 45,576 new coronavirus infections in a span of 24 hours, government Covid-19 data shows. The total active cases stand at 4,43,303 after a decrease of 3,502 in the last 24 hours. United States pharma giant Pfizer Inc has made two big positive announcements on coronavirus vaccine developments. After declaring 90% effectiveness of the vaccine in the first release on the third stage of the clinical trial of its Covid-19 vaccine, the drug firm has now said its vaccine candidate has achieved 95% effectiveness. Conditional approval in the European Union could be secured in the second half of December, the person added.

Source: Mint November 19, 2020 04:09 UTC