There's no doubt, number of Omicron cases will go up in India: Dr Shahid JameelIn an interview with ET, Dr Shahid Jameel warns that Covishield, which most Indians have got, will not be very effective as a third booster...
19 Dec, 2021, 08.56 AM IST
India looks at bilateral pacts to get vaccine certificates recognisedIndia is taking a relook to remove France and Germany from the mandatory seven-day quarantine notification issued in February. Both these c...
09 Oct, 2021, 08.34 AM IST
Indian students face no takeoff blues as global coronavirus curbs easeIndian students are now finding it much easier to travel overseas for higher education as most countries have eased restrictions for people...
31 Aug, 2021, 09.26 AM IST
Govt trying to facilitate smooth international travel including for students: Harsh Vardhan ShringlaIndia now has ‘Air Bubble Arrangements’ with 28 countries. These are aimed at restarting commercial passenger services in the absence of re...
21 Aug, 2021, 08.33 AM IST
France allows visitors inoculated with Indian-made AstraZeneca vaccineThe move to accept visitors vaccinated with AstraZeneca's vaccine made by India's Serum Institute came after a global outcry over the fact ...
17 Jul, 2021, 04.12 PM IST
No application for Covishield yet: EU drug regulatorThe EMA website lists four vaccines as under rolling review — Sputnik V, Covovax, CureVac and Sinovac. An SII executive who is familiar wit...
14 Jul, 2021, 07.10 AM IST
More vaccinated Indians are looking to book flights to Europe after quarantine waiverLast week, Austria, Estonia, Germany, Greece, Ireland, the Netherlands, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland and Iceland announced quarantine waive...
07 Jul, 2021, 08.01 AM IST
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
No European Union 'Green Pass' for India-made Covishield, yetTravellers vaccinated with Covishield, manufactured by Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII), may not be eligible for the European Unio...
28 Jun, 2021, 11.16 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
216 cr vaccine doses to be available in 5 months between Aug-Dec, enough to cover all: CentreThose doses would include 750 million of AstraZeneca's vaccine, produced in India by the Serum Institute of India, as well as 550 million d...
14 May, 2021, 12.47 PM IST
Odisha halts COVID-19 vaccination drive in 1,035 sites due to its acute shortage18 Apr, 2021, 10.09 AM 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
India says it has no concern about AstraZeneca vaccine side effectsThe safety committee was also looking at "serious thromboembolic events" from the UK. Sweden and Latvia on Tuesday joined Spain, Germany, F...
17 Mar, 2021, 07.28 PM IST
COVID-19 vaccine: Experts seek deep probe into adverse eventsA group of scientists and health experts are expected to write to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and health minister Harshvardhan, calling fo...
17 Mar, 2021, 08.54 AM IST