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Serum Institute urges Mansukh Mandaviya to reduce gap between 2nd, precaution dose of Covishield from 9 to 3 monthsIn a letter to Mandaviya, Prakash Kumar Singh, director, Government and Regulatory Affairs at SII, is learnt to stated that the third dose ...03 Feb, 2022, 08.53 PM IST- Adar Poonawalla wants booster gap to be cut to 6 monthsPune-based SII's Covishield and Bharat Biotech's Covaxin were granted conditional market authorisation by India's drug regulator on Thursda...28 Jan, 2022, 07.08 AM IST
- Many Indians unlikely to be fully vaccinated by year-end despite ample COVID-19 shotsThe locally-produced AstraZeneca vaccine which is known as Covishield has a 12 to 16 week gap between doses, in contrast to the 8 to 12 wee...22 Oct, 2021, 02.39 PM 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
- Allow second Covishield dose after 4 weeks from first for those who want it early: Kerala HC to CentreThe high court, in its order dated September 3 which was made available on Monday, said that even according to the Union Health Ministry's ...06 Sep, 2021, 05.19 PM IST
- No plan to change dosage interval for Covishield for now, says CentreThe government on Thursday said that there was no plan to reduce the dose gap for Covishield as news reports suggested that the 84-day inte...27 Aug, 2021, 07.11 AM 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
- No talk of Covid booster shots yet, plan to jab adult population first: Niti Aayog member VK PaulIn response to the chairman of the Serum Institute of India, Cyrus Poonawalla, emphasising the necessity for a third or booster dosage of C...22 Aug, 2021, 10.37 AM IST
- NTAGI recommendation to increase gap between Covishield doses based on scientific evidence: GovernmentResponding to a question, Minister of State for Health Bharati Pravin Pawar said the COVID Working Group of NTAGI recommended extension of ...27 Jul, 2021, 06.17 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
- Booster effect even at six months, don't worry: Experts on Covishield dose gapThe government last week extended the gap between two doses of the Covishield COVID-19 vaccine to 12-16 weeks, up from the previous maximum...18 May, 2021, 06.40 PM IST
- West Bengal vaccination centres start implementing 12-16 week interval between two doses of CovishieldA large number of people including senior citizens had come to Covid vaccination centres for their second dose of Covishield vaccine from f...15 May, 2021, 02.20 PM IST
- Vaccination for 45-plus stopped for three days in GujaratThe Centre on Thursday approved extending the gap between the two doses of the Covishield vaccine from 6 to 8 weeks now to 12 to 16 weeks f...14 May, 2021, 01.24 PM IST
- Govt increases interval between Covishield doses to 12-16 weeks; says the decision is 'science-based'"Based on the available real-life evidences, particularly from the UK, the COVID-19 Working Group agreed for increasing the dosing interval...13 May, 2021, 10.09 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
- India to extend interval between Covishield vaccine doses to up to eight weeksIn a meeting last week, the experts decided to give flexibility up to 8 weeks for Covishield, a senior government official told ET. However...22 Mar, 2021, 06.26 PM IST
- Government panel to meet today to examine widening dosage gap of CovishieldAt present, India is giving the second dose of Covishield after a gap of 28 days. However, new evidence suggests that efficacy is better wh...19 Feb, 2021, 03.45 PM IST
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