Serum's Covishield cleared by 7 European Union nations and SwitzerlandRecognition of the India-made vaccines would be reciprocated and holders of the EU inoculation pass will be exempted from mandatory quarant...
01 Jul, 2021, 01.33 PM 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
India to take up Covishield absence from EU pass listIndia plans to strongly take up with the European Union (EU) the issue of non-inclusion of Serum Institute of India (SII)-manufactured Covi...
28 Jun, 2021, 01.26 PM IST
Order for 160 million vaccine doses placed last month: CentreThe Centre had on April 28 ordered 110 million doses of Covishield, made by Serum Institute of India (SII) and 50 million of Bharat Biotech...
04 May, 2021, 06.34 AM IST
Plan to increase Sputnik V vaccine production up to 850 million doses per year in India: Russian envoy"Happy to share that the first batch of the Sputnik V vaccine was delivered in Hyderabad today! As Russia and India continue dedicated join...
01 May, 2021, 05.44 PM IST
Serum Institute CEO Poonawalla apprises Home Minister about COVID-19 vaccine rolloutApart from making efforts to meet the requirements of India, SII, the world's largest vaccine maker, is also trying its best to balance the...
26 Feb, 2021, 09.13 PM IST
India-made Covishield part of Pakistan jab drive under vaccine allianceAround seven million made-in-India doses of AstraZeneca’s Covishield vaccine will be part of Pakistan’s free Covid-19 vaccination drive sta...
01 Feb, 2021, 04.24 AM IST
India starts vaccinating: No hospitalisation reported, major problems were delay in uploading beneficiary listsSerum Institute of India’s Covishield and Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin were deployed across the country on Saturday. Covaxin was deployed in 11...
18 Jan, 2021, 06.20 PM IST
India's jumbo-sized vaccine rollout in numbersOver the coming months, India aims to inoculate around a quarter of its population, or 30 crore people. They include healthcare workers, pe...
18 Jan, 2021, 05.55 PM IST
Congress asks Centre to ensure free vaccine for all, questions rationale of Covishield, Covaxin pricingCongress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said that though the government claims it will cover three crore people in the first round of...
17 Jan, 2021, 08.39 PM IST
India starts its vaccination drive today. For Covaxin, signed informed consent mustThose who get Covishield, the official said, no such follow-up will be done and beneficiaries will be required to inform only if they face ...
16 Jan, 2021, 05.40 PM IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi to launch COVID-19 vaccination drive on Saturday at 10:30Modi is also likely to launch the Co-WIN (COVID Vaccine Intelligence Network) App, a digital platform created for real-time monitoring of C...
15 Jan, 2021, 11.46 AM IST
Government not allowing recipient to choose vaccine, Indians not guinea pigs: CongressCongress parliamentarian Manish Tewari made a pointed query to the Union Health Minister through a tweet: “Till yesterday NDA/BJP claimed C...
13 Jan, 2021, 11.29 PM IST
Several Indian cities get covid-19 vaccine loads, more on the waySerum Institute vaccines were being transported to Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai, Guwahati, Shillong, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Vijayawada, Bhubanesw...
13 Jan, 2021, 08.35 AM IST
Govt to buy 15 million doses from Covid vaccine manufacturersThe order to Pune-based Serum Institute is priced at ₹220 for one dose of the injection and that to Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech is at ₹3...
12 Jan, 2021, 08.17 AM IST
2020's parting shot: India to roll out COVID-19 vaccine in January"India is a part of 'COVAX'. We will keep giving 50 per cent of everything we make to India and to COVAX at the same time. India has such a...
29 Dec, 2020, 06.58 AM IST
Serum Institute of India ready for Covid-19 vaccine rollout: OfficialSII has already manufactured around 50 million doses of its Covid vaccine called Covishield, which is based on the technology from drugmake...
24 Dec, 2020, 12.03 AM IST