Shachi Sutaria

Shachi Sutaria

Shachi Sutaria is a fact-checker at BOOM. She has previously worked as a health research analyst at AMS Consulting, Lucknow for various national and international clients. She is a post- graduate in Public Health- Health administration from Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai.

Health Secretary Contradicts PM Modis Remarks On Vaccine For All Citizens
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Health Secretary Contradicts PM Modi's Remarks On Vaccine For All...

PM Modi has on two separate occasions said that every citizen in India will receive the COVID-19 vaccine

3 Dec 2020 9:28 AM GMT
UK Approves Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine; Roll Out From Next Week
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UK Approves Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine; Roll Out From Next Week

The UK has ordered over 40 million doses which would allow 20 million people to receive two shots of the vaccine

2 Dec 2020 9:21 AM GMT
Chennai Participant In Oxford-Serum Vaccine Trial Alleges Adverse Event
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Chennai Participant In Oxford-Serum Vaccine Trial Alleges Adverse

The Serum Institute of India has said that the adverse event is not related to the vaccine and has sought 100 crores for ...

29 Nov 2020 4:37 PM GMT
AstraZeneca To Conduct Fresh Trials Of Low Dosage Oxford Vaccine
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AstraZeneca To Conduct Fresh Trials Of Low Dosage Oxford Vaccine

The dose regimen that showed 90% efficacy was discovered to be an erroneous administration due to which the trial was...

27 Nov 2020 11:25 AM GMT
COVID-19 Vaccine Tourism: More Questions Than Answers
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COVID-19 Vaccine Tourism: More Questions Than Answers

The packages overlook several scientific details while medical tourism industry experts believe it is an unsustainable...

27 Nov 2020 2:30 AM GMT
COVID-19 Vaccines For India: All You Need To Know
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COVID-19 Vaccines For India: All You Need To Know

Although vaccines of Moderna and Pfizer have shown promising results, India has not signed any agreements with the two...

24 Nov 2020 1:53 PM GMT
Oxford-AstraZeneca Says COVID-19 Vaccine Shows 62-90% Efficacy
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Oxford-AstraZeneca Says COVID-19 Vaccine Shows 62-90% Efficacy

The researchers studied the effectiveness of two different doses of the vaccine and compiled results of Phase 2/3 and 3...

23 Nov 2020 10:14 AM GMT
WHO Advises Against Using Remdesivir For Treating COVID-19
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WHO Advises Against Using Remdesivir For Treating COVID-19

The Solidarity Trial showed that the drug is ineffective in reducing COVID-19 mortality

20 Nov 2020 1:32 PM GMT
India Crosses Nine Million Cases, Latest Million In 21 Days
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India Crosses Nine Million Cases, Latest Million In 21 Days

While the cases have decreased, the Diwali week also witnessed lesser number of tests conducted in the country

20 Nov 2020 7:50 AM GMT
Govt Reserves MBBS/BDS Seats For Kin Of Dead COVID-19 Warriors
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Govt Reserves MBBS/BDS Seats For Kin Of Dead COVID-19 Warriors

Union Minister Harsh Vardhan announced that this would be applicable for the academic year of 2020-2021

19 Nov 2020 11:57 AM GMT
Explained: Use Of Aborted Fetal Cells In Vaccine Production
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Explained: Use Of Aborted Fetal Cells In Vaccine Production

While all vaccines do not use fetal cell lines, the fetuses whose cells are used in some vaccines were not aborted for...

19 Nov 2020 7:45 AM GMT
Moderna Says Its COVID-19 Vaccine Shows 94% Efficacy In Phase 3 Trial
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Moderna Says Its COVID-19 Vaccine Shows 94% Efficacy In Phase 3 Trial

From the 95 participants who developed COVID-19, only 5 people had received the vaccine

16 Nov 2020 2:08 PM GMT