Serum Institute of India restarts manufacturing of COVID-19 vaccine CovishieldAdar Poonawalla further said Serum Institute of India (SII) will make 6-7 million doses of Covishield available in 90 days and it could tak...
12 Apr, 2023, 06.34 PM IST
Serum Institute of India restarts manufacturing of COVID-19 vaccine CovishieldReacting to reports of COVID-19 vaccines shortage, he said manufacturers are ready but there has been no demand. "Just as a precaution, at ...
12 Apr, 2023, 05.04 PM IST
SII's free supply of Covishield to Centre: First lot of 80 lakh doses set for dispatchAccording to an official source, Prakash Kumar Singh, Director - Government and Regulatory Affairs at Serum Institute of India, had written...
14 Jan, 2023, 04.20 PM IST
Health ministry seeks 5 cr free Covishield doses from GAVI under COVAXThe Union health ministry has asked global vaccine alliance GAVI to supply 5 crore of the allocated 10 crore doses of Covishield to India u...
15 Jul, 2022, 07.29 PM IST
Covishield offers longer immunity than mRNA jabs, says Adar PoonawallaPoonawalla, ET's Business Leader Of the Year for 2021, was optimistic that final approvals for administering Covovax to children would come...
29 Apr, 2022, 02.31 PM IST
Second Covishield dose can be given between 8-16 weeks after first dose, says NTAGI reducing gapPresently, the second dose of Covishield is given between 12-16 weeks after the first dose under the National COVID-19 Vaccination Strategy.
20 Mar, 2022, 03.28 PM IST
Facing vaccine shortage; no indication of flattening of curve: Maharashtra Health Minister TopeTope said that it is not true that there is a decline in COVID-19 cases. "In the past two-three days, the reporting of COVID-19 cases might...
13 Jan, 2022, 09.43 AM IST
Soon, we'll know whether vaccines are effective against Omicron variantThe ICMR-National Institute of Virlogiy have received samples of the Mumbai man infected with Omicron variant and research is underway to a...
06 Dec, 2021, 02.23 PM IST
Covishield single-dose efficacy drops after 16 weeks in those above 60 years of age: Sri Lankan researchSri Lanka is still waiting to vaccinate over 500,000 people with the second jab of Covishield. They were the first recipients of the vaccin...
29 Jul, 2021, 08.48 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
Antibodies fall against Delta, may require booster: ExpertsThe ICMR study has indicated a 4.5-fold and 3.2-fold reduction in neutralising antibody levels against the Delta variant in those who were ...
07 Jul, 2021, 10.27 AM IST
Time interval for 2nd Covishield dose for Indian contingent in Tokyo Olympics relaxed: Centre to SCOn May 31, the top court had slammed the Centre's Covid vaccination policy, saying it is "prima facie arbitrary and irrational" to allow th...
27 Jun, 2021, 06.20 PM IST
Karnataka receives 3 lakh Covishield vaccines from CentreThe state government has placed an order of 3 crore vaccines comprising two crore Covishield and one crore Covaxin.
25 May, 2021, 12.28 PM IST
Miniscule bleeding, clotting events post COVID-19 vaccination in India: GovtThe health ministry said it is issuing advisories to ensure people are aware of suspected thromboembolic symptoms occurring up to 20 days a...
18 May, 2021, 08.35 AM IST
50 lakh Covishield doses meant for export to UK to be used in India for vaccinating 18-plusThe Centre's decision to allocate these doses to 21 states and Union territories (UTs) came after Prakash Kumar Singh, director, Government...
07 May, 2021, 08.27 PM IST
Bombay HC rules in favour of Serum Institute in the trademark dispute for CovishieldA division bench of Justices Nitin Jamdar and C V Bhadang dismissed an appeal filed by pharmaceutical firm Cutis Biotech claiming trademark...
20 Apr, 2021, 09.55 PM IST
India starts its vaccination drive today. For Covaxin, signed informed consent mustThose who get Covishield, the official said, no such follow-up will be done and beneficiaries will be required to inform only if they face ...
16 Jan, 2021, 05.40 PM IST