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NO. 1543/57 JOURNALISM OF COURAGE MONDAY, JANUARY 4, 2021, MUMBAI, LATE CITY, 14 PAGES SINCE 1932 `5.00, WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM TwoDCGI GIVESCovidNOD TO COVISHvaccinesIELD, COVAXIN FORgetRESTRICTemergencyED USE usenod,oneinclinicaltrialmode On datapending forCovaxin,Health Covaxin back-up, for use MinistersaysbetteragainstUKvariant BUSINESSASUSUAL BY UNNY if surge, under controls: the vaccine, whichwillbead- PRABHARAGHAVAN ministeredaccording to aproto- NEWDELHI,JANUARY3 col that is still in the process of AIIMS, ICMR heads being decided, according to a INDIA’S TOP drug regulator senior government official close Wholevirus vaccine, so maybemore SundayapprovedCovishield and to thedevelopment. Covaxin vaccines forrestricted Announcing the clearance to effective against newstrain: ICMR Haryanapolice firedtear gasshells to stop protesters in Rewari district on Sunday. Reuters use againstCovid-19inthe coun- Covishield and Covaxin at ame- try, pavingthe wayfor mass vac- dia briefing on Sundaymorning, surge triggered by the UK vari- cination againstthe virus that has DCGI Dr VKSomani said clinical KAUNAINSHERIFFM ant. And, unlikethe Serum so farinfected more than acrore trials regarding both the drugs NEWDELHI,JANUARY3 InstituteofIndia's (SII) vaccine Haryana police use tear-gas on peopleand killednearly 1.5lakh. would have to continue. The firms Covishield, Covaxin will The approvals to thetwo vac- arerequiredtosubmitsafetydata THE INDIGENOUS vac- be usedonlyin'clinical cines, both to be givenintwo every15daysfor the firsttwo cine developedby trial mode', wherecon- doses, followarecommendation months and monthlythereafter. EXPRESS NETWORK Bharat Biotech withthe sent will be takenand protesters; talks with Govt today regarding the same by theDrugs “Afteradequateexamina- Indian Council of side-effectsmonitored, Controller General of India's tion, the CDSCO(CentralDrugs Medical Research the heads of AIIMS and ahead did nothaveenough pro- Rewari today... theyhad aclash (DCGI) expertpanel. In the case StandardControlOrganisation) ROLLOUTTOBEGIN (ICMR) will be usedasa ICMR, partofthe SAKSHIDAYAL visions. Theyasked forpermis- with police. However, those of us of Covaxin, forwhose Phase3tri- has decidedtoacceptthe recom- IN NEARFUTURE, "back-up", onlyifthe country NationalCovid-19taskforce, told GURGAON,JANUARY3 sion to go to them andset up a following the directions of the als limited data is available, in- mendations of the expertcom- SCHEDULESOON needs extradoses to vaccinatea The Indian Express. langar,and were allowedtodo SamyuktKisan Union arestill at formedconsent would have to mittee and, accordingly,vaccines PAGE 5 large numberofpeople,partic- On Sunday, Indian regulator ON THE eveofthe next round of so. However, whentheygot the border and will continueto be sought from those receiving CONTINUEDONPAGE2 ularly giventhe possibility of a CONTINUEDONPAGE2 talksbetween the protesting there, the entiregroup tried to remain there. The next course of farmer unionsand the Centreon break through the barricades action willbedecideddepend- Monday,the Haryana police on and move forward.” ing on the outcome of tomor- Phase 3efficacy data is Sundayfired tear gasshells to On Thursday, over 300farm- row's meeting with the govern- stop agroup of farmers, mostly ershad forced their waypastthe ment. If theydon't fulfill our from Rajasthan, from movingto- barricades at the Rajasthan- demands, we will look at mov- missing, say experts, call wardsDelhi. Haryana border and entered ing towardsDelhi afterJanuary The incident occurrednear Rewari. On Sunday, about 50 6,” said Ramzan Chaudhary, Sangwari village in Rewari dis- morefarmers, mostlyfrom headofthe Nuhunit of Jai Kisan for close monitoring trict, on NH-48, about 16 km Hanumangarh and Sri Andolan, whichisapartofthe vaccine’sPhase 1and Phase2tri- from Gurgaon, at around 4pm. Ganganagar in Rajasthan, fol- Samyukt Kisan Union —the AMITABHSINHA& als is very encouraging, they Confirming that tear gas lowedthem, afterwhichpolice CONTINUEDONPAGE2 PRABHARAGHAVAN questionedthe process of ap- shellswerefired,Rajesh Kumar, firedtear gasshells. PUNE,NEWDELHI,JANUARY3 proval when efficacy datafrom Deputy Superintendent of Mostofthe protesters, how- thevaccine’s Phase 3trials, which Police, Bawal, said: “The protest- ever,remainedatthe border. MORE REPORTS MEMBERS OF the National beganinNovember,hadn’tcome ers said those who had gone “About 15-20 tractors entered PAGE 7 Covid-19 task forceclarifiedthat in. Efficacydataisanindicationof Covaxin, the vaccine being devel- howeffective thevaccine is in opedbyBharat Biotech,would be preventing the virus attack. THE CITY usedina“clinical trial” mode and "If youtakealook at what UnionHealth MinisterHarsh wasproposedbythe DCGI (Drug ‘SHIVSENANOT Vardhan said itsemergency use Controller General of India) as an CONCERNED ABOUT approval was“astrategic deci- adequatedatapackagebackin MIDDLECLASSAND sion forour vaccine security.” September,when theypub- Ahealthcareworkeratavaccine registration centre in AhmedabadonSunday. Nirmal Harindran But some independent scien- lishedtheir draftguidance (for POOR;FOOLED tistssaid that while datafromthe CONTINUEDONPAGE2 PEOPLE OF MUMBAI’ COURT DISMISSES 30 CASES LODGED Cooper hospital’s modelvaccination centretobereadytoday FORVIOLATION OF LOCKDOWN NORMS working on warfooting dayand PAGE 3 TABASSUM night to preparethe modelcen- Threedeaths,lowest BARNAGARWALA treinCooper hospital. The tollsinceApril MUMBAI,JANUARY3 BrihanmumbaiMunicipal ‘Root cause of the Corporation (BMC) has asked Mumbai on Sunday problem is surplus A4,000squarefeetbuilding right contractor Eckontohandover recordedonlythree Covid- Democracy only if oppositethe Dr RN Cooper hospi- the centrebyMondaynight. 19 deaths–itslowestsince foodgrains and tal’s canteen in Mumbai wasear- Cooper hospital, along with April. The city has recorded higher MSPthan the lier supposedto beusedasahos- sevenBMC hospitals, has been 11,135 deaths so far. The peace: Chouhan marketprice’ tel. In March,itwas converted selected forthe firstphase of im- number of deaths per day NITIN GADKARI intoanisolationfacilityfor Covid- munisation of healthcarework- has come down to single MINISTER FOR ROAD TRANSPORT 19 patients. On December 29, ers. Mumbai has registered1.26 digit since the lastfour days. warns of strict law &HIGHWAYS, AND MSME work to convert it intoamodel lakh heathcareworkers forvac- Currently, 8,916 people still PAGE 8 vaccination centrebegan. cination in the firstphase. Inside the vaccination centre at hospital. Tabassum Barnagarwala remain infected. against stone-pelters Over 30 labourers arenow CONTINUEDONPAGE2 cases of stone-pelting on rallies IRAMSIDDIQUE by Hindu right-wing organisa- Eye on China, India looks at lithium In 3-month trip to India,Christchurch BHOPAL,JANUARY3 tions in Ujjain and Indoredis- tricts seeking donations forthe reservesinArgentina, Chile&Bolivia attacker visited Goa, Mumbai &Jaipur THE MADHYA Pradeshgovern- Ramtemple, as theypassed ment is all settobring in astrin- through Muslim-dominated lo- ownedcompanies, NALCO, likelytobeaninflection point for Rajasthan. gent lawagainststone-pelters, calities. ANILSASI HindustanCopper and Mineral batterytechnology,withseveral DEEPTIMANTIWARY “Wehaveverifiedthe infor- with provisions to attachassets "If someone raises their is- NEWDELHI,JANUARY3 Exploration Ltd, with aspecific potential improvementstothe NEWDELHI,JANUARY3 mation providedbyNew Zealand of the accusedtopay fordamage sues peacefully, then democracy mandatetoacquirestrategic Li-ion technology,and alterna- authorities about his travel de- causedtoany property,includ- prevails. But no one has permis- JUSTASitwas stepping up its mineral assets such as lithium tivestothis tried-and-testedfor- BRENTON TARRANT,the lone tails. As yet, we have notfound ing that belonging to individu- sion to damagepublic property," economic offensive against and cobalt abroad —isalso learnt mulation,under advanced gunman who killed51people,in- anything that suggests that anyof als, Chief MinisterShivraj Singh Chouhansaid, adding thatin- China, India, through anewly- to be exploring options in Chile stages of commercialisation. cluding five Indians, in two his activities here, or connections Chouhan said hereonSunday. structions had been giventofor- floatedstate-ownedcompany, and Bolivia, twoother top The mostpromisingare solid- mosques in Christchurch,New made thereof, had anylink with Speaking to mediapersons, mulatethe lawand work on it inked apact with an Argentine lithium-producingcountries. statebatteries thatuse alterna- Zealand, on March 15,2019, had the attack. Thereisnothing to Chouhan said, "Stone-pelters are had started. firm mid-lastyear to jointly Currently, India is heavilyde- tivestoaqueous electrolytesolu-