India has supplied over 723 lakh doses of Covid vaccine to 94 countries, two UN entities: GovtIn the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic during the second wave, support in the form of Covid-related equipment and medicines were receiv...
07 Dec, 2021, 05.00 PM IST
Serum Institute gets nod to export vaccines to COVAXThe Pune based vaccines manufacturer Serum Institute of India (SII) has got the nod to export Covid vaccines under the COVAX programme, sai...
22 Nov, 2021, 07.15 PM IST
Govt allows Serum Institute to export 50 lakh Covishield doses under COVAX to four nationsSII will commence Covid vaccine export under the COVAX programme from November 23 and Nepal will receive the first lot of Covishield on Nov...
21 Nov, 2021, 08.13 PM IST
Serum likely to start vaccine supplies to Covax this weekIn an interview to ET in October, SII chief executive Adar Poonawalla said that large exports would start from January, whereas small expor...
16 Nov, 2021, 07.11 AM IST
‘Indemnity clause must be waived for vaccines distributed via Covax’The programme aims to distribute enough vaccines to protect at least 20% of the population in 92 low- or medium-income countries.
14 Jul, 2021, 07.50 AM IST
Poor countries deprived of COVAX supply, says WHO chiefIn a meeting held on Friday, WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus spoke about the lack of “political will” for sharing vaccines ...
26 Jun, 2021, 08.05 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
COVAX gets boost from Moderna deal, Sweden's donation of COVID-19 vaccines -GAVIThe advance purchase contract agreed with Moderna is for up to 500 million doses, but the roll out will only start in the fourth quarter, w...
03 May, 2021, 04.00 PM IST
COVAX in talks for other COVID-19 shots amid AstraZeneca supply problemsThe global programme - co-led by the GAVI vaccine alliance and the World Health Organization (WHO) - said that while it was hoping to resta...
22 Apr, 2021, 09.24 PM IST
Asian countries scramble for vaccine supplies after India export curbsSeveral Asian countries scrambled to find alternative sources for COVID-19 inoculations on Tuesday after export restrictions by manufacture...
30 Mar, 2021, 05.26 PM IST
Biggest share of Indian-made vaccines for poor country programme stays in IndiaIndia itself has received more than a third of the nearly 28 million Indian-made AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine doses delivered so far by the...
30 Mar, 2021, 03.10 PM IST
'Helpless': Alarm after India delays vaccines to COVAX programme for poor countriesAstraZeneca doses produced under licence in India form the overwhelming bulk of vaccines that COVAX has been anticipating for the initial m...
25 Mar, 2021, 07.53 PM IST
India to take Covax doses only if they meet criteriaVaccines that have not undergone a bridging trial will not be accepted, a senior government official told ET. A bridging trial is a study c...
05 Mar, 2021, 08.10 AM IST
WHO agrees compensation fund for serious COVAX vaccine side effectsQuestions of how compensation claims would be handled in the event of any serious COVID-19 vaccine side effects, which are likely to be ver...
22 Feb, 2021, 11.05 PM IST
EU to double COVAX vaccine funding to 1 billion eurosAccording to an EU official who spoke anonymously, European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen will make the announcement later Frid...
19 Feb, 2021, 05.02 PM IST
WHO says deal with Pfizer to allow poor countries to start vaccinating in FebruaryThe COVAX programme has signed deals for hundreds of millions of doses to vaccinate people in poor and lower-middle income countries, but h...
22 Jan, 2021, 11.09 PM IST
WHO vaccine scheme risks failure, leaving poor countries no COVID shots until 2024The World Health Organization's COVAX programme is the main global scheme to vaccinate people in poor and middle income countries around th...
16 Dec, 2020, 11.38 PM IST