Global roll-out of 12 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses largest-ever but access an issue: WHOAddressing the annual general meeting of the Developing Countries Vaccine Manufacturers Network (DCVMN) virtually on Thursday, he flagged t...
21 Oct, 2022, 09.58 AM IST
WTO agrees to lift Covid vaccine patents, but is it 'too late'?The unprecedented agreement, sealed by all 164 WTO members after late-night overtime talks, will grant developing countries the right to pr...
17 Jun, 2022, 07.46 PM IST
Congressional Hispanic Caucus members urge Biden to champion vaccine collaboration with IndiaThe lawmakers urged the President to use the two vaccines which are a result of India-US collaborations for the global good and to end vacc...
12 Mar, 2022, 11.23 AM IST
'Not against boosters for high-risk people'Several countries including India are planning to start booster vaccination for high-risk populations such as people above 60 years of age ...
02 Jan, 2022, 10.11 PM IST
Examining data before taking call on booster, vaccination age bar, says CentreThe Centre on Friday said it was closely examining scientific data. "We would be governed by science and scientific evidence in deciding on...
25 Dec, 2021, 07.42 AM IST
Covid highlighted need to invest in affordable tech for life-saving vaccines: Kiran Mazumdar-ShawShe said the COVID-19 pandemic brought out the importance of investing in affordable technologies, innovation to deliver important life-sav...
14 Dec, 2021, 07.48 PM IST
WHO urges 'rational' measures against Omicron Covid variant"We call on all member states to take rational, proportional risk-reduction measures," WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a brief...
30 Nov, 2021, 08.31 PM IST
Did vaccine inequality lead to the Omicron variant?In a video address, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at the time that the only way to beat the pandemic was by making sure poorer countries ...
30 Nov, 2021, 03.46 PM IST
Omicron brings COVID-19 vaccine inequity 'home to roost'Perhaps nowhere is the inequality more evident than in Africa, where under 7% of the population is vaccinated. South African scientists ale...
29 Nov, 2021, 10.38 PM IST
Vaccine inequity comes into stark focus during UN gathering"Some countries have vaccinated their populations, and are on the path to recovery. For others, the lack of vaccines and weak health system...
23 Sep, 2021, 11.19 AM IST
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw & Adar Poonawalla spell out the road map for Biocon-Serum alliance"The Biocon-Serum alliance will initially focus on Covid vaccines, because that is the need of the hour. At a later stage, we will see what...
17 Sep, 2021, 04.40 PM IST
Need effective mechanism to address global vaccine inequity: India in UNSCIndia's Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador T S Tirumurti tweeted that in the Security Council consultations on COVID-19, he said...
27 Jul, 2021, 11.30 AM IST
Vaccine inequity: Inside the world's cutthroat race to secure dosesInequity is everywhere: Inoculations go begging in the United States while Haiti, a short plane ride away, received its first delivery July...
18 Jul, 2021, 09.34 PM IST
India's vaccine inequity worsens as countryside languishesThat's the same number of doses as have been administered across nine major cities -- New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyder...
07 Jun, 2021, 11.30 AM IST
EU to rule on J&J shot safety as raging Covid-19 wave grips IndiaThe J&J vaccine concerns follow similar reports of blood clots in a very small number of people who received the AstraZeneca shot. The EMA ...
20 Apr, 2021, 12.34 PM IST
We have supplied more vaccines globally than having vaccinated our own people: India tells UNIndia has supplied more Covid-19 vaccines globally than vaccinated its own people, the country has told the UN General Assembly and caution...
27 Mar, 2021, 10.18 AM IST
WHO chief says poor could be 'trampled' in vaccine push, warns any solution must be equitableSpeaking at a virtual UN summit on the pandemic, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the world was seeing "light at the en...
04 Dec, 2020, 09.40 PM IST