SII set to export 25 crore Covovax doses for Covax from next monthIndia's drug regulator had on December 28 granted emergency use authorisation (EUA) to Covovax. However, with the government not planning t...
Serum likely to start vaccine supplies to Covax this weekIn an interview to ET in October, SII chief executive Adar Poonawalla said that large exports would start from January, whereas small expor...
India could ship vaccines to COVAX in a few weeks, say sourcesThe World Health Organization (WHO), which co-leads COVAX, has been urging India to restart supplies for the programme, especially after it...
Back of the line: Charity only goes so far in world vaccinesSome rich countries, including those in the European Union, calculated that they had more than enough doses available through bilateral dea...
Covid-19: Where a vast global vaccination program COVAX went wrongKnown as COVAX, the program was supposed to be a global powerhouse, a multibillion-dollar alliance of international health bodies and nonpr...
UN-backed program trims forecast to supply COVID-19 vaccineGavi, the Vaccine Alliance, says it now projects that the COVAX program can supply just under 1.9 billion doses this year -- including abou...
G7's billion vaccine plan counts some past pledges, limiting impactA G7 plan to donate a billion COVID-19 vaccine doses to poorer countries will have limited impact because it includes some previous pledges...
'We are waiting to die': Hope wanes for world's poor after India halts vaccine exportsWhen John Omondi received his COVID-19 vaccination last month, the Kenyan taxi driver counted himself as one of the lucky ones. Now, he's n...
COVAX in talks for other COVID-19 shots amid AstraZeneca supply problemsThe global programme - co-led by the GAVI vaccine alliance and the World Health Organization (WHO) - said that while it was hoping to resta...
How a WHO push for global vaccines needled EuropeDespite pledging billions of dollars for the scheme set up by the World Health Organization (WHO) and publicly endorsing it, European Union...
Asian countries scramble for vaccine supplies after India export curbsSeveral Asian countries scrambled to find alternative sources for COVID-19 inoculations on Tuesday after export restrictions by manufacture...
WHO agrees compensation fund for serious COVAX vaccine side effectsQuestions of how compensation claims would be handled in the event of any serious COVID-19 vaccine side effects, which are likely to be ver...
Global partnership COVAX secures two billion COVID-19 vaccine dosesCOVAX, the global initiative to ensure rapid and equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines for all countries, regardless of income level, annou...
India may need to spend $1.8 billion on COVID-19 vaccines in first phase, documents showIndia, which has the world's second highest caseload of coronavirus behind the US, plans to inoculate 300 million people over the next six ...
WHO vaccine scheme risks failure, leaving poor countries no COVID shots until 2024The World Health Organization's COVAX programme is the main global scheme to vaccinate people in poor and middle income countries around th...
WHO says India in talks to join 'COVAX' global vaccine schemeThe WHO and the GAVI vaccine alliance are leading the COVAX facility, aimed at helping buy and distribute vaccination shots against the nov...
WHO reviews nine vaccine candidates for Covax allianceCOVAX is an initiative of WHO and the Gavi vaccine alliance to develop and equitably distribute and an approved Covid-19 vaccine.