AZ booster raises antibody levels against Omicron, says firmIt said that the increased response was observed in people who were previously vaccinated with either Vaxzevria or an mRNA vaccine, adding ...
14 Jan, 2022, 07.10 AM IST
Covovax better booster for Covishield-vaccinated people: Dr Shahid Jameel, VirologistIndia is gearing up to tackle a possible third wave of the coronavirus pandemic as the Omicron variant of the virus, which is said to be mu...
29 Dec, 2021, 09.50 PM IST
There's no doubt, number of Omicron cases will go up in India: Dr Shahid JameelIn an interview with ET, Dr Shahid Jameel warns that Covishield, which most Indians have got, will not be very effective as a third booster...
19 Dec, 2021, 08.56 AM IST
Vaccine company’s plan to cut output won't hit supply, says top govt officialAccording to the health ministry more than 139 crore vaccine doses have been provided to states and UTs so far through the central governme...
09 Dec, 2021, 09.19 AM IST
UK to add Covaxin to approved list from November 22The move follows the World Health Organisation's (WHO) Emergency Use Listing for Covaxin, which is the second most used formulation in Indi...
09 Nov, 2021, 08.23 AM IST
Many Indians unlikely to be fully vaccinated by year-end despite ample COVID-19 shotsThe locally-produced AstraZeneca vaccine which is known as Covishield has a 12 to 16 week gap between doses, in contrast to the 8 to 12 wee...
22 Oct, 2021, 02.39 PM IST
No plan to change dosage interval for Covishield for now, says CentreThe government on Thursday said that there was no plan to reduce the dose gap for Covishield as news reports suggested that the 84-day inte...
27 Aug, 2021, 07.11 AM IST
Adar Poonawalla sets aside Rs 10 crore to support students travelling abroad"Dear students travelling abroad, as a few countries are yet to approve Covishield as an acceptable vaccine for travel without quarantine, ...
05 Aug, 2021, 12.47 PM IST
More vaccinated Indians are looking to book flights to Europe after quarantine waiverLast week, Austria, Estonia, Germany, Greece, Ireland, the Netherlands, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland and Iceland announced quarantine waive...
07 Jul, 2021, 08.01 AM IST
British PM Johnson says AstraZeneca's India COVID shot should be accepted in travel schemesAbout 5 million people in Britain are thought to have had the vaccine made by Serum Institute in India, known as Covishield.
02 Jul, 2021, 07.25 PM IST
Study on antibody levels produced by vaccines flawed, says Bharat BiotechHyderabad-based Bharat Biotech said on Wednesday that a report on a recent study that compared the level of antibodies produced by Covishie...
10 Jun, 2021, 08.34 AM IST
No change to India's two-dose schedule for Covishield vaccine: Govt adviser V K Paul"India's Covishield schedule is of two doses... there is no change and Covaxin is also for two doses," government advisor V K Paul told rep...
01 Jun, 2021, 09.11 PM IST
India plans to start trials on safety, efficacy of mixing vaccine"India may in few weeks start testing the feasibility of a regimen that mixes two different doses of Covid vaccines to see if it helps boos...
01 Jun, 2021, 12.48 PM IST
Serum pegs losses due to fire at over Rs 1,000 crore; Maha CM says probe in blaze onThe chief minister visited the SII on Friday to take stock of the damages. He later addressed a press conference, where Adar Poonawalla, Ch...
22 Jan, 2021, 09.05 PM IST
Serum Institute fire: Rahul Gandhi urges state govt to provide necessary help to victims, kinFive persons died and nine were evacuated from a building in the Serum Institute of India's Manjari premises in Pune after a fire broke out...
21 Jan, 2021, 09.13 PM IST
Ukraine in talks with India on COVID-19 vaccine supply: Interfax"Negotiations are underway with an Indian manufacturer, Serum Institute, which can produce the American Novovax vaccine and has the ability...
20 Jan, 2021, 07.55 PM IST
40-50 million Covid vaccine stockpiled by SII, India to get most of itPune-based vaccine manufacturer SII is expects to recieve the emergency use authorisation for the vaccine in next few days and the stockpil...
29 Dec, 2020, 10.12 AM IST