Serum Institute says it already disclosed 'all side effects' of Covishield, clarifies it stopped making the vaccine in 2021The Serum Institute of India has stopped manufacturing and providing additional doses of the Covishield vaccine due to concerns about its s...
09 May, 2024, 10.46 AM IST
Disclosed all information on Covishield’s side effects in 2021, says SIIThe Serum Institute of India (SII) has stated that the safety of vaccines remains "paramount" and that all information about the side effec...
09 May, 2024, 10.38 AM IST
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
Covishield demand down under CovaxThese countries are now preferring mRNA vaccines or the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine. Covishield is the only India-made vaccine wh...
12 Jul, 2022, 08.56 AM IST
Second Covishield dose can be given between 8-16 weeks after first dose, says NTAGI reducing gapPresently, the second dose of Covishield is given between 12-16 weeks after the first dose under the National COVID-19 Vaccination Strategy.
20 Mar, 2022, 03.28 PM IST
Reducing gap between two doses of Covishield is being considered: SourcesThe government in May had further extended the gap between the two doses of Covishield from 6-8 weeks to 12-16 weeks and said the decision ...
26 Aug, 2021, 10.38 PM IST
Majority of Indians experience no or mild side effects post 2 doses of Covid vax: SurveyCommunity social media platform LocalCircles said that according to its nationwide survey, "70 per cent of Indians after taking the first d...
25 Aug, 2021, 04.09 PM IST
Serum Institute's Cyrus Poonawalla says mixing vaccine is a bad, bad ideaIf anything misfires, "Serum will say that the other vaccine as not good and they (other vaccine company) will blame us claiming there was ...
13 Aug, 2021, 05.39 PM IST
India's drug regulator okays study on mixing of Covaxin and Covishield doses"The aim of the study is to assess the feasibility on whether a person can be given two different vaccine shots -- one each of Covishield a...
12 Aug, 2021, 10.18 AM IST
Nine European countries accept Covishield for travel, say sourcesIndia has already asked the EU member countries to individually consider allowing Indians who have taken Covishield and Covaxin vaccines an...
01 Jul, 2021, 01.13 PM IST
India needs to shorten Covishield dose gap: Health experts“The current gap of 12 to 16 weeks has two problems: first, it leaves people with one dose exposed for that much time to the risk of severe...
17 Jun, 2021, 09.56 AM IST
Government begins tracking data to understand vaccine effectiveness“The system will evaluate the impact of the vaccine. Data harmonisation has started. In the next few weeks we will know the real-world effe...
11 Jun, 2021, 07.32 AM 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
Centre allays concerns on Covishield vaccineCovishield is safe and there is 'no signal of concern' regarding it as of now, the Centre asserted on Wednesday amid reports of possible si...
25 Mar, 2021, 08.20 AM IST
Centre says both COVID-19 vaccines in India effective against British and Brazilian variants"Please don't spread doubt. As of today, these vaccines work on the good old virus as well as the new variants," NITI Aayog member (Health)...
24 Mar, 2021, 08.00 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