SII's Covid jab Covovax gets DCGI's nod for emergency use in children aged 7-11 yearsThe DCGI's nod came after the subject expert committee on COVID-19 of the CSDCO last week recommended granting emergency use authorisation ...
28 Jun, 2022, 10.47 PM IST
Drug Controller General of India okays Corbevax for use in 12-18 age group"BE received the approval for restricted use in an emergency situation in adolescents aged 12 to less than 18 years based on interim result...
22 Feb, 2022, 12.31 AM IST
Repeated Covid boosters not a viable strategy: WHO"A vaccination strategy based on repeated booster doses of the original vaccine composition is unlikely to be appropriate or sustainable," ...
11 Jan, 2022, 10.52 PM IST
WHO's approval to Covaxin to significantly ease travel for vaccinated Indians: MEAMinistry of External Affairs (MEA) Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said 96 countries have either accepted WHO-approved vaccines, which would in...
11 Nov, 2021, 09.12 PM IST
India to procure 27-28 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses in October: SourcesMeanwhile, the government said Zydus Cadila's indigenously-developed needle-free COVID-19 vaccine ZyCoV-D will be introduced in the nationw...
30 Sep, 2021, 07.32 PM IST
India to export 8 million Covid-19 jabs in OctoberPrime Minister Narendra Modi promised to resume exports at a meeting of leaders from the so-called Quad in Washington as India, Japan, Aust...
25 Sep, 2021, 04.59 PM IST
Certificate to be available for those that get Covid jab abroad: Govt officialCurrently, those that have received a single jab or have been completely vaccinated abroad cannot receive such a certificate. However, off ...
11 Aug, 2021, 12.34 PM IST
Pfizer likely to get indemnity in IndiaThe government is likely to indemnify Pfizer Inc against future liabilities arising from adverse after-effects of its Covid-19 jabs, paving...
03 Jun, 2021, 09.35 AM IST
COVID-19: India administers over 20 cr vaccine doses till May 25"The country has administered more than 20 crore (20,04,94,991) vaccine doses as per the 7 pm provisional report. Vaccination is an integra...
26 May, 2021, 09.03 AM IST
Covax signs deal for 500 mn Moderna Covid vaccine dosesThe doses, to come on stream from October at the earliest, will broaden out the portfolio of vaccines in the Covax scheme, which has so far...
03 May, 2021, 05.01 PM IST
UK expands COVID-19 vaccine programme to over-45sThe government had set a target to offer a COVID-19 jab to all above 50 years, the clinically vulnerable and health and social care workers...
13 Apr, 2021, 02.55 PM IST
Madhya Pradesh: 100-year-old woman gets COVID-19 vaccine jab in Indore"This woman is one of the oldest beneficiaries of the vaccine in the state," district vaccination officer Dr Tarun Gupta said.
02 Apr, 2021, 05.26 PM IST
Boris Johnson to get ‘safe and effective' Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccineThe UK's Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), however, does advice that anyone with a persistent headache beyond fou...
19 Mar, 2021, 07.55 PM IST
WHO insists AstraZeneca vaccine safe as jab faces new setbacksThe WHO, which said its vaccines advisory committee was examining the safety data coming in, Friday stressed that no causal link has been e...
13 Mar, 2021, 10.22 AM IST
Covid-19 vaccination: A mixed bagAs India inches to complete the fi rst dose of Covid-19 vaccine to all healthcare workers by February 20, there is a wide divergence across...
09 Feb, 2021, 09.23 AM IST
Tens of thousands skip India's vaccine drive launchThe government has launched one of the world's most ambitious vaccine programmes, aiming to innoculate 300 million of the 1.3 billion popul...
18 Jan, 2021, 07.12 PM IST
Centre to begin Covid vaccination with both SII, Bharat Bio jabsWhile the bulk of the early shots will be Serum Institute’s as it has greater capacities and more stocks, the subsequent batches will see m...
11 Jan, 2021, 07.44 AM IST