WHO to decide on Bharat Biotech's Covaxin emergency usage in October
India | September 30, 2021 14:39 ISTBharat Biotech had submitted EOI (Expression of Interest) on April 19 for its vaccine.
Bharat Biotech had submitted EOI (Expression of Interest) on April 19 for its vaccine.
The research provides an insight into the safety of additional vaccine shots as the US rolls out a booster regimen for older adults and workers in high-risk jobs, the Washington Post reported.
The company said Tuesday it provided health regulators with data from a recent study of its vaccine in children 5 to 11 years old.
Cumulatively, 35,50,09,680 people in the 18-44 category across all states and union territories have received their first dose and 7,88,45,995 have received their second dose since the start of phase-3 of the vaccination drive.
PM Narendra Modi has expressed gratitude to all doctors, nurses, medical staff of the nation for their contribution in the fight against Covid-19.
Of the 24.85 lakh people who received the jabs, 14.90 lakh got the first shot while the remaining 9.95 lakh were administered the second dose of vaccine, a press release said.
As of mid-September, fewer than 4% of Africans have been fully immunized and most of the 5.7 billion vaccine doses administered around the world have been given in just 10 rich countries.
India on Tuesday had warned of "reciprocal measures" if the UK does not address its concerns over the new travel rules relating to COVID-19 vaccine certification with Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla describing these norms as "discriminatory".
India on Monday said that it will resume export of surplus COVID-19 vaccines in the fourth quarter of 2021 under the "Vaccine Maitri" programme and to meet its commitment to the Covax global pool
According to the 7 pm provisional report, more than 68 lakh (68,26,132) vaccine doses were administered on Tuesday.
It will explore the potential of the drug to boost the immune response of first-generation COVID-19 vaccines to a wide array of variants of Sars-Cov-2, which cause COVID-19.
Out of 81,73,95,763 doses administered so far, 64.8 per cent eligible population received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccination and 22.2 per cent received the second dose.
Issuing notice to the Centre, a bench of Justices D Y Chandrachud and B V Nagarathna also sought the assistance of Solicitor General Tushar Mehta about steps taken so far to vaccinate the differently abled.
The BJP leader has now accused the health department of negligence and has filed a complaint following which, the officials said, a probe has been launched.
Gandhi on Saturday had hoped more such record vaccinations happened in the country.
India broke all previous records administering over 2 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses in a day on Friday registering a phenomenal feat.
She said after that incident, health officials called her a few times to find out how she has been, and she told them she was perfectly fine.
Goa managed to vaccinate 17,000-odd people till 7 pm on Friday against a target of 25,000 doses to mark the 71st birthday of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, officials said.
Bharat Biotech on Friday said it has submitted all the data to the World Health Organisation (WHO) for Emergency Use Listing (EUL) of its COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin and is awaiting feedback from the UN Public Health Agency.
South Africa starts phase three Covid-19 clinical trials investigating the efficacy of the Sinovac vaccine in children on Friday.
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