England to offer COVID-19 vaccine to all children aged 5-11It has only been vaccinating at-risk under-12s and those who live with immuno-suppressed people, using a lower-dose formulation of the jab ...
16 Feb, 2022, 11.01 PM IST
Pfizer working on updated jab in response to Omicron variant: CEOPfizer's chief executive Dr Albert Bourla told the BBC that he is of the view that annual vaccinations would be needed to maintain a "very ...
02 Dec, 2021, 05.50 PM IST
Covid vaccines for kids? Strategies around the worldEarlier, India's Bharat Biotech, which completed the Phase 2/3 trials of COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin for use in children under 18 years of age...
08 Oct, 2021, 11.01 PM IST
Mixing Covid vaccines can give good protection, says UK studySome countries like Spain and Germany are already using mixed doses.
29 Jun, 2021, 08.30 AM IST
New government panel to oversee foreign Covid vaccine supplyOfficials said the panel will look to solve issues such as the indemnity clause, which has been a point of contention between global vaccin...
17 Jun, 2021, 06.47 AM IST
Pfizer likely to get indemnity in IndiaThe government is likely to indemnify Pfizer Inc against future liabilities arising from adverse after-effects of its Covid-19 jabs, paving...
03 Jun, 2021, 09.35 AM IST
Moderna's single-dose COVID-19 vaccine in India likely next year; Pfizer ready with 5 crore doses for 2021Two rounds of high-level meetings chaired by the Cabinet Secretary were held last week on the availability of vaccines in the global as wel...
25 May, 2021, 08.40 PM IST
Covid crisis: Centre, Pfizer close to solving indemnity impasseIf the discussions conclude successfully, Pfizer would first import jabs to India and also explore the possibility of setting up manufactur...
15 May, 2021, 07.04 AM IST
US authorizes Pfizer jab for 12-15 year olds as India outbreak ragesThe United States on Monday authorized the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for children aged 12 to 15 years old, while the devastating out...
11 May, 2021, 09.47 AM IST
EU countries to resume AstraZeneca jabs after 'safe' verdictThe closely-watched announcement from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) came after the WHO and Britain's health watchdog both said the va...
19 Mar, 2021, 08.40 AM IST
Pfizer delays January vaccine delivery to Bahrain: Health MinistryA January shipment of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to the Gulf state of Bahrain will not arrive on time, the ministry of health said on Satu...
16 Jan, 2021, 02.16 PM IST
Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine expands to GP services in UK“The biggest vaccination programme in NHS (National Health Service) history is already off to a strong start with around 1 million people a...
07 Jan, 2021, 03.56 PM IST
AstraZeneca plans 2 million doses a week of COVID-19 vaccine for UK: ReportsWhile AstraZeneca says it expects 2 million doses of the Oxford University vaccine to be ready each week in just over a fortnight, Pfizer B...
02 Jan, 2021, 05.37 PM IST
Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine set to clearance by year-end: ReportMHRA, which had been formally tasked by the UK government last month with the process of clearance after the jab emerged "safe and effectiv...
19 Dec, 2020, 04.35 PM IST
US buys additional 100 million doses of Moderna vaccineThe agreement brings the total number of Moderna doses bought by the US to 200 million, enough to immunize 100 million people with the two-...
12 Dec, 2020, 08.32 AM IST
UK approves Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, first in the world"The Government has today accepted the recommendation from the independent Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) to ap...
03 Dec, 2020, 12.22 PM IST
UK approves Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine: Who gets it first?Britain had ordered 40 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine - enough for just under a third of the population as two shots of the jab are ne...
02 Dec, 2020, 02.02 PM IST