Concerns raised over Covishield vaccine safety in India's apex courtA plea has been filed seeking setting up of an expert medical panel to study and assess the possible risk factors associated with the Astra...
01 May, 2024, 07.55 PM IST
Covishield vaccine: Plea filed in SC seeking formation of expert panel to study side-effects, risk factorsA petition filed in the Supreme Court seeks the formation of a medical panel from AIIMS, Delhi to study Covishield's side effects. It deman...
01 May, 2024, 01.15 PM IST
NTAGI recommendation to increase gap between Covishield doses based on scientific evidence: GovernmentResponding to a question, Minister of State for Health Bharati Pravin Pawar said the COVID Working Group of NTAGI recommended extension of ...
27 Jul, 2021, 06.17 PM IST
Mumbai likely to get 87,000 Covishield doses on June 4: MayorDue to the unavailability of enough vaccine doses, the COVID-19 vaccination drive in Mumbai was suspended on Thursday at centres run by the...
03 Jun, 2021, 01.57 PM IST
West Bengal vaccination centres start implementing 12-16 week interval between two doses of CovishieldA large number of people including senior citizens had come to Covid vaccination centres for their second dose of Covishield vaccine from f...
15 May, 2021, 02.20 PM IST
Kerala receives 3.5 lakh doses of CovishieldChief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has said the COVID-19 vaccination drive for those in the age group of 18-45 would be prioritised in Kerala ...
10 May, 2021, 01.12 PM IST
SII endorses receiving Rs 1,732 crore for 11 crore doses of Covishield vaccineThe company's response came after the Health Ministry in a statement refuted allegations that it has not placed any fresh orders for the Co...
03 May, 2021, 08.17 PM IST
Maharashtra may get supply of 'Covishield' only after May 20: Rajesh TopeThe Pune-based SII, the world's largest vaccine maker in terms of volume, has announced a price of Rs 400 per dose for its 'Covishield' vac...
27 Apr, 2021, 05.23 PM IST
Karnataka to purchase 1 crore doses of Covishield vaccine at Rs 400 croreThe state govt has also decided to strengthen fever clinics in the city, test those with fever and other symptoms, and to give them appropr...
22 Apr, 2021, 09.17 PM IST
'How many can afford Rs 400 per dose?': Chidambaram questions Centre over Covishield pricingEarlier on Wednesday, Serum Institute of India (SII) fixed the prices of Covishield vaccine at Rs 400 per dose for state governments and Rs...
21 Apr, 2021, 10.32 PM IST
Serum Institute applies for trials of another Covid vaccine- CovovaxThe country launched its COVID-19 vaccination drive from January 16 in what Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called the world's largest ino...
30 Jan, 2021, 05.04 PM IST
Serum's Covishield flies from Mumbai to Brazil and MoroccoMumbai airport is the first in the country to export the vaccine to international destinations; as of January 22, CSMIA facilitated the mov...
22 Jan, 2021, 07.37 PM IST
Antonio Guterres saddened by loss of life in fire at Serum Institute: UN spokespersonFive men died after a fire broke out in a five-storeyed under-construction building in the Serum Institute of India's Manjari premises in P...
22 Jan, 2021, 12.48 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
Covishield not to be taken by people severely allergic to any of its ingredients: Serum InstituteAccording to the fact sheet for the vaccine recipient by the Serum Institute of India, one should not get the Covishield vaccine if the per...
19 Jan, 2021, 12.33 PM IST
95 per cent of Covishield doses delivered across country"So far 95 per cent of the doses of the total purchase order (of 1.1 crore doses) have been delivered. Remaining over one lakh doses will b...
13 Jan, 2021, 09.37 PM IST
Covid-19: An FAQ factsheet for Covishield vaccine by Serum InstituteThe factsheet details information that would enable recipients to understand the benefits and common side-effects of the Covishield vaccine...
13 Jan, 2021, 08.25 AM IST