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Pfizer and BioNtech have launched Covid-19 trials in children under 12 
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Pfizer and BioNtech have launched Covid-19 trials in children under 12 

  Pfizer and BioNTech have started covid-19 trials in children under 12, and are hoping for an expansion in covid vaccinations to that age by early 2022, the U.S drugmaker said on Thursday.  The first volunteers in the early-stage trial were given their first injections on Wednesday, Pfizer spokesperson Sharon Castillo said.  Pfizer and BioNTech vaccine was authorized by U.S regulators in late December for people above 16 years and above. According to the data from the U.S center for disease control and prevention, an account of 66 million doses of covid-19 vaccines have been administered in the united states on Wednesday morning March 24.  The pediatric trial of the vaccine which will include young children as 6 months old is similar to the one launched by Moderna last week.  ...
Apollo Hospitals Want Private Market for Vaccine: Managing Director of Apollo 
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Apollo Hospitals Want Private Market for Vaccine: Managing Director of Apollo 

Sunita Reddy, the managing director of Apollo hospitals, told Bloomberg that she expects a private market for vaccines by march. She feels that the “government vaccination targets are quite accomplishable, but public and private have to shake hands for the better results. If we achieve this, we will be prepared for the second wave of covid, she added.”  Apollo hospital enterprises Ltd. is assisting the Indian government in providing vaccines to the front-line workers, as a part of a nationwide vaccine drive.  Managing director Sunita Reddy has revealed that the operator has trained 6,000 people and allotted 3,500 websites for the augmentation of the immunization campaign.  Our expectation is up to a month of March, she further said. She believes that there is so much advantage of ...