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
India rules out reducing gap between Covishield dosesGovernment officials say that the programme will continue to have the current dose interval. "The data is always under review and changes w...
13 Oct, 2021, 10.39 AM IST
UK rule of 10-day quarantine for those vaccinated in India discriminatory: GovernmentFollowing India's strong criticism over the UK's refusal to recognise Covishield, London amended its new guidelines to include the Indian-m...
23 Sep, 2021, 07.42 PM IST
UK govt revises advisory, approves Covishield as qualified vaccine for travelIndia had earlier protested the UK's non-recognition of the Covishield vaccine and warned of “reciprocal measures” if the ‘discriminatory p...
22 Sep, 2021, 05.48 PM IST
India warns of reciprocal measures if UK does not address concerns on travel rules related to COVID-19 vaccinationHis comments came hours after External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar strongly took up the issue of Covishield-vaccinated travellers being r...
21 Sep, 2021, 09.42 PM IST
SII won't seek special marketing nod from EU body for vaxUK drug company, AstraZeneca, which developed the vaccine with Oxford University, has asked the regulator European Medicine Agency (EMA) to...
06 Aug, 2021, 10.58 AM IST
Individual states can accept Covishield vaccine certificates, says European UnionThis comes after the issue of Covishield’s exclusion from EU Green Pass threatened to snowball into a crisis with the African CDC issuing a...
30 Jun, 2021, 01.43 PM IST
Serum Institute seeks 'Green Pass' approval for Covishield, applies to European agencyResponding to queries from ET, an EMA spokesperson confirmed on Monday that Covishield does not have marketing authorisation. "Even though ...
29 Jun, 2021, 09.24 AM IST
Approval to Covishield would be considered should we receive marketing authorisation application: EU agencyThe EU Digital COVID certificate or 'Green Pass' will be mandatory to travel to European countries and the document is likely to serve as p...
28 Jun, 2021, 10.58 PM IST
Covid-19: How mixing vaccines could help end India’s second-dose crunchCombining vaccines, say with a first dose of a viral vector vaccine like Oxford-AstraZeneca’s Covishield and a second dose of an mRNA jab l...
02 Jun, 2021, 10.24 AM IST
Mixing of Covid vaccines not protocol yet, no change in schedule of two-dose vaccines: CentreSome media reports have claimed that India may begin trials "in a few weeks" to see if mixing two different COVID-19 vaccines can help boos...
01 Jun, 2021, 07.48 PM IST
ET Explains: Why did India extend the gap between Covishield vaccine doses?Covishield was okayed for emergency use by the DCGI in January. According to media reports yesterday, the Central government has ordered 12...
25 Mar, 2021, 04.29 PM IST
Panel finds no causal link yet between Covid jabs and deaths“We have investigated the deaths by reviewing the post mortem reports, discharge summary among others and not found any link between deaths...
18 Mar, 2021, 08.03 AM IST
5 dead in Serum Institute fire; Covishield facility unaffectedThe building where the fire broke out is part of the under-construction site of the Serum facility and is one km from the Covishield manufa...
22 Jan, 2021, 06.48 AM 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
Serum, Bharat Biotech jointly pledge for smooth vaccine roll out"Adar Poonawala and Krishna Ella, jointly on behalf of the two companies, today communicated their combined intent to develop, manufacture ...
05 Jan, 2021, 03.17 PM IST
Covishield and Covaxin: Key concerns over the two vaccinesET tries to clear some concerns around the development with experts’ views on how the two vaccines can be used for India’s public vaccinati...
05 Jan, 2021, 09.08 AM IST