SII urges govt to fast-track movement of increasing Covishield stockPrakash Kumar Singh, Director, Government and Regulatory Affairs at SII, is learnt to have recently communicated to the Union Health Minist...
21 Nov, 2021, 06.24 PM IST
India resumes Covid-19 vaccine exports; shortage fears remainThe Centre had stopped vaccine exports due to rising coronavirus cases, and has only relaxed restrictions after India administered close to...
17 Nov, 2021, 12.19 PM IST
At high-level UNGA session, world leaders thank India for COVID-19 vaccine shipmentsIndia will resume the export of surplus vaccines in the fourth quarter of 2021 under ‘Vaccine Maitri' and meet its commitment to COVAX. COV...
29 Sep, 2021, 10.20 AM IST
Nepal to receive 4 million doses of Moderna vaccines through COVAXNepal has completed an agreement with Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunizations (GAVI) to procure four million doses of Moderna vaccin...
14 Aug, 2021, 04.18 PM IST
Urgently trying to work with AstraZeneca, SII, Indian govt to restart COVID-19 vaccine shipments: WHO Official"We have a huge number of countries that have had to suspend rollout of their second doses of vaccines," Bruce Aylward, Senior Advisor to W...
19 Jun, 2021, 11.36 AM IST
America to give 80 million vaccine doses to priority nations, 75% via Covax programIn a fact sheet the White House said that for the doses shared through Covax, Washington would prioritize countries in Latin America and th...
03 Jun, 2021, 09.57 PM IST
COVID-19 variant 1st reported in India threatens to rapidly spread in sub-region: UNHCRUnited Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) spokesperson Andrej Mahecic, at a press briefing in Geneva on Tuesday, said that the ...
02 Jun, 2021, 11.31 AM IST
Nepal President appeals to Indian, Chinese counterparts to provide COVID-19 vaccines to her countryPresident Bhandari wrote to her Indian counterpart President Ram Nath Kovind to help Nepal on the matter, The Himalayan Times reported. She...
26 May, 2021, 10.32 PM IST
'We are waiting to die': Hope wanes for world's poor after India halts vaccine exportsWhen John Omondi received his COVID-19 vaccination last month, the Kenyan taxi driver counted himself as one of the lucky ones. Now, he's n...
19 May, 2021, 11.08 PM IST
WHO reminds Serum Institute of its COVAX commitments amidst devastating COVID outbreak, soaring demand in IndiaCOVAX, "the global COVID vaccine equity scheme", has so far delivered 65 million doses to 124 countries and economies but it is dependent o...
18 May, 2021, 06.36 PM IST
India unlikely to resume sizable COVID-19 vaccine exports until October: SourcesBattling the world's biggest jump in coronavirus infections, India halted vaccine exports a month ago after donating or selling more than 6...
18 May, 2021, 12.57 PM IST
India sends first vaccine doses to Africa under WHO's COVAX programme"Fulfilling our commitment to help the world with COVID-19 vaccines, supplies of Made-in-India vaccine commence today for Africa under COVA...
23 Feb, 2021, 08.56 PM IST
China steps up vaccine diplomacy as competition with India heats upChina offered to supply vaccines to COVAX even as it awaited emergency approval for its shots from the World Health Organisation (WHO).
03 Feb, 2021, 06.41 PM IST
Airlifted COVID vaccines to 9 countries, will gradually supply to WHO's COVAX facility: India at UNCOVAX is the global initiative to ensure rapid and equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines for all countries, regardless of income level.
26 Jan, 2021, 10.19 AM IST
China plays down its vaccine rivalry with IndiaChina welcomes more countries to produce effective vaccines to benefit more people, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijiang told a ...
25 Jan, 2021, 09.14 PM IST
India starts supplying COVID-19 shots to neighboring nationsIndia's Foreign Ministry said the country would send 150,000 shots of the AstraZeneca/Oxford University vaccine, manufactured locally by Se...
20 Jan, 2021, 04.05 PM IST
Nepal seeks India's help to procure COVID-19 vaccines for 20% of its population: ReportNepal has sought India's help to procure COVID-19 vaccines for around 20 per cent of its population, as the Himalayan nation ramps up its e...
30 Dec, 2020, 07.27 PM IST