COVID VACCINE

INDIA’S WAIT OVER, DRUG REGULATOR CALLS COVID-19 VACCINES 110% SAFE

04 Jan 2021

India’s central drug authority, Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI), on Sunday announced the formal approval for the Covid-19 vaccines of Oxford-AstraZeneca, manufactured by the Serum Institute, and Bharat Biotech, saying they would be administered in two dosages each. Drugs Controller General of India V.G. Somani said that the two...

IMA TO PARTNER WITH GOVT IN COVID VACCINATION PROGRAMME

02 Jan 2021

New Delhi: The Indian Medical Association (IMA), which has the largest number of registered doctors, has said that it is ready to contribute to the government’s vaccination programme. The IMA is ready to spare its expertise and manpower, right from the district level to the national level, for various expert...

Harsh Vardhan reviews preparations ahead of Covid vaccine dry-run in Delhi

02 Jan 2021

Ahead of the dry-run for Covid-19 vaccine in the national capital, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Friday held a review meeting with the Delhi government officials for the preparations of the mock drill, which is scheduled for 2 January. The minister was speaking to the Delhi government officials via...

Despite Britain’s nod, India in no hurry to approve Covid vaccine, seeks more data

31 Dec 2020

The analysis of the additional data and information submitted by Serum Institute of India (SII) and Bharat Biotech is still being conducted by regulator Central Drug Standard Control Organisation’s (CDSCO) Subject Expert Committee and their next meeting will be held on 1 January 1. The Subject Expert Committee met on...

Covid vaccination dry run test held in Gandhinagar

30 Dec 2020

Gandhinagar: A dry run test was conducted for corona vaccination in Gandhinagar city on Tuesday. The dry run test was held at five places decided in Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation area. In the dry run test, 125 beneficiaries were called for vaccination at different places. Through this dry run, all the...

INDIA TO ROLL OUT COVID VACCINE IN JANUARY, 50 MN DOSES READY: SII CEO

29 Dec 2020

New Delhi: Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII) on Monday expressed hope at the possibility of Covid-19 vaccine—Covishield—receiving the regulatory approval in a “few days”, while emphasising that the company has a massive stockpile 40-50 million doses. It also said that Covishield rollout is expected in January 2021. “We have...

OXFORD VACCINE SHOULD BE EFFECTIVE AGAINST NEW STRAIN: ASTRAZENECA CEO

28 Dec 2020

New Delhi: British pharmaceutical AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford’s Covid-19 vaccine has achieved a “winning formula” for efficacy, Pascal Soriot, CEO of the company said in an interview with a British newspaper. He also added that the vaccine should be effective against the new mutant strain of Covid-19 found...

ANTIBODIES WILL NOT SAFEGUARD YOU AGAINST COVID RE-INFECTION

22 Dec 2020

About ten months after the first case of Covid-19 was confirmed in Kasaragod, Kerala on 3 February 2020, we still have a lot to learn about the novel coronavirus. While our country’s tally of Covid-19 currently stands at 9.88 million, the concerns about re-infection loom large. Much research is required...

HOW COVID-19 VACCINE COULD DEVELOP SO QUICKLY

22 Dec 2020

The charm of history and its enigmatic lesson consist in the fact that, from age to age, nothing changes and yet everything is completely different. —Aldous Huxley Early this month, the Pfizer/BioNTech mRNA vaccine was approved within 11 months of the discovery of the Covid-19 virus. Pfizer vaccine is the...

GOVT SET TO DECLARE BIG COVID-19 VACCINE NEWS ON 25 DEC: SOURCES

21 Dec 2020

New Delhi: 25 December has been observed as “Good Governance Day” since 2014 to celebrate the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Atal Bihar Vajpayee. However, this year, if top sources are to be believed, the government is likely to declare some “big news” on the day related to the...

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