Bharat Biotech must address WHO's Covaxin suspension to avoid EUL cancellation, says MEAThe Ministry of External Affairs said many issues about vaccines and international travel by Indians have arisen and these must be addresse...
29 Apr, 2022, 12.36 AM IST
WHO suspends UN supply of Bharat Biotech's Covaxin citing 'deficiencies'The WHO asked countries that have received the vaccine to take appropriate actions, according to the statement, but did not specify what th...
04 Apr, 2022, 02.57 PM IST
Bharat Biotech to slow down production of CovaxinThe company said the decision has been taken as it has completed its supply obligations to procurement agencies and is foreseeing decrease ...
01 Apr, 2022, 10.50 PM IST
Centre’s vaccination bill nears Rs 9,725 crore, Lok Sabha toldThe Centre has spent Rs 8,071.09 crore to buy vaccines and remaining about `1,654.06 crore on operational costs for administering the vacci...
23 Jul, 2021, 11.52 PM IST
Vaccine production at 135 million doses a month, will rise: GovernmentThe government also said that production capacity will be increased: SII expects that Covishield production will go up to more than 120 mil...
21 Jul, 2021, 07.39 AM IST
Bharat Biotech: Covaxin to Centre at Rs 150 per dose not sustainableFundamental business reasons ranging from low procurement volumes, high distribution costs and retail margins among few others contribute t...
16 Jun, 2021, 07.08 AM IST
Amid Covaxin shortfall, states scramble to ration vaccine supplyOn Monday, the Delhi government received 40,000 doses of Covaxin from the Centre for the 18-44 age group, but the government decided that i...
09 Jun, 2021, 08.08 AM IST
Delhi government floats global expression of interest for COVID-19 vaccineThe offered Covid-19 vaccine must be duly approved by competent authority of the government of India, the Directorate General of Health Ser...
28 May, 2021, 10.43 PM IST
Gujarat HC pulls up state government for slow vaccinationAt this point Justice Bhargav Karia commented that the state has “five-year plans”. Stating that “beggars don’t have a choice,” Trivedi sai...
27 May, 2021, 07.35 AM IST
Karnataka's global tender for vaccines get response from 2 firms to supply SputnikThe documents including financial bids will be scrutinised, and only after that negotiations on price and other things may happen, an offic...
26 May, 2021, 03.04 PM IST
Centre's role to facilitate states; Delhi has received over 15 lakh Covaxin doses: VK PaulOn Tuesday, Deputy Chief minister Manish Sisodia had alleged the Covaxin manufacturer has in a letter said it cannot provide the Delhi gove...
13 May, 2021, 10.19 PM IST
States fighting with one another for vaccines portrays bad image of country: Arvind KejriwalDelhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday said the fact that the states are left to competing and fighting with one another in the i...
13 May, 2021, 11.58 AM IST
Delhi, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana to go for global tender for vaccine procurement as states face acute shortageThe Centre said it has so far provided more than 18 crore vaccine doses to states and UTs free of cost, but many of them have complained of...
11 May, 2021, 09.48 PM IST
Ready for second vaccine shot? Don't bank on private hospitals for ‘pricey’ CovaxinWith the cost set to be much higher now, many people who took the first shot at private facilities may also opt for government-run centres ...
30 Apr, 2021, 09.50 AM IST
Bharat Biotech fixes price of Covaxin at Rs 600 for states, Rs 1,200 for pvt hospitalsIn a statement, Bharat Biotech Chairman and Managing Director Krishna M Ella said the company is supplying the vaccine to the central gover...
25 Apr, 2021, 07.50 AM IST
All vaccines procured in first tranche allocated to states, UT in proportion to health workers database: Health MinistryStates have been advised to organise vaccination sessions taking into account 10 percent reserve/wastage doses and an average of 100 vaccin...
13 Jan, 2021, 09.56 PM IST
Bharat Biotech inks pact with Precisa Medicamentos for Covaxin supplies to BrazilThe Brazilian Ambassador to India Andr Aranha Corra do Lago expressed keen interest on behalf of his government towards procuring the vacci...
12 Jan, 2021, 07.47 PM IST