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  Over 51 crore Covid vaccine doses administered in India: Govt

  India | August 09, 2021 16:23 IST

  India launched vaccination for all people aged more than 45 from April 1. The government then decided to expand its vaccination drive by allowing everyone above 18 eligible to be vaccinated from May 1.

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  Will take another year to vaccinate all adults at current rate of vaccine supply: Delhi health dept

  India | August 08, 2021 13:58 IST

  "The present rate of COVID-19 vaccine supply," will take another year for all to get vaccinated, says the Delhi health department.

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  Mix-matching Covaxin, Covishield vaccines yields better results: ICMR

  India | August 08, 2021 11:47 IST

  ICMR said that mixing and matching of vaccines Covishield and Covaxin can yeild better results against Covid-19.

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  Adar Poonawalla meets Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, discusses ramping up Covishield supply

  India | August 06, 2021 16:22 IST

  The meeting was held to discuss the Covishield supply and to ramp up the production in India. Minister Mandaviya assured the government's support in Covishield production.

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  Covid-19: Over 49 crore vaccine doses administered in India

  India | August 05, 2021 22:38 IST

  Five states -- Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh -- have administered more than one crore vaccine doses each to beneficiaries in the 18-44 age group.

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  Covishield, Covaxin monthly production capacity to reach 120 and 58 million doses

  India | August 03, 2021 23:48 IST

  The monthly vaccine production capacity of Covishield is projected to be increased from 110 million doses per month to more than 120 million doses per month and the production capacity of Covaxin is projected to be increased from 25 million doses per month to around 58 million doses per month, government said.

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  No recommendation on mixing Covid vaccines, govt tells Parliament

  India | August 03, 2021 16:46 IST

  ​The government on Tuesday informed the Parliament that no recommendation was made on mixing anti-coronavirus vaccines.   

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  Delhi govt reserves 20% doses of Covishield, 40% doses of Covaxin for 1st shot

  India | August 01, 2021 23:37 IST

  The Delhi government had on July 22 ordered that only the second dose of Covishield vaccine will be administered at government inoculation centres till July 31 due to limited supply.

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  Covishield single-dose efficacy drops after 16 weeks in those above 60 years of age: Lankan research

  India | July 30, 2021 11:00 IST

  The government has placed an order for 10 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine from the Serum Institute of India at a cost of USD 52.5 million.

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  CDSCO expert panel recommends nod to study on mixing doses of Covaxin, Covishield

  India | July 29, 2021 23:48 IST

  An expert panel of India's central drug authority on Thursday recommended granting permission to the Christian Medical College (CMC) in Vellore for conducting a clinical trial of mixing of two COVID-19 vaccines -- Covaxin and Covishield -- official sources said.

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  Kerala: Man, who received Covaxin vaccine, gets Covishield in second dose in Wayanad

  India | July 28, 2021 7:22 IST

  59-year-old Manual Mathai has taken up the complaint with the district medical officer of Wayanad along with copies of the vaccine certificate he received.

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  Covishield gives 93% protection against COVID, 98% mortality reduction, finds AFMC study

  India | July 27, 2021 19:15 IST

  "Protection to the extent of 93 per cent was seen (in people who were administered the Covishield vaccine) and this was during the second wave which was driven by the Delta variant... also 98 per cent mortality reduction was seen," NITI Aayog Member (Health) Dr V K Paul said.

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  Good News: Poonawalla after 16 European nations recognise Covishield

  India | July 18, 2021 9:33 IST

  The issue of the acceptance of the Covishield vaccine as proof of immunisation for travel to the EU Member States has been widely discussed recently, after several countries in the block have refused to recognise the vaccine.

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  India administers over 40 crore Covid vaccine doses

  India | July 17, 2021 23:46 IST

  "India's cumulative COVID vaccination coverage has surpassed 40 crore (40,44,67,526)," according to a provisional report compiled at 7 pm.

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  France allows visitors inoculated with India's Covishield vaccine

  World | July 17, 2021 19:08 IST

  The move to accept visitors vaccinated with AstraZeneca's vaccine made by India's Serum Institute came after a global outcry over the fact that the European Union's COVID-19 certificate only recognises AstraZeneca vaccines manufactured in Europe.

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  Govt to procure 66 crore more doses of Covishield, Covaxin at revised rates

  India | July 17, 2021 12:48 IST

  The Union government had earlier allowed states and private hospitals to procure 50 per cent of the vaccines following demands for decentralisation of the process.

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  India pulled back global supply of COVAX due to surge of cases inside the country: USAID admin

  World | July 16, 2021 6:32 IST

  The shortage is going to end soon because the United States has purchased Pfizer’s vaccine which will start to come online in August, said USAID Administrator Samantha Power.

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  Immunized but banned: EU says not all COVID vaccines equal

  World | July 13, 2021 17:35 IST

  The couple — and millions of other people who have been vaccinated through a U.N.-backed effort — could find themselves barred from entering many European and other countries because those nations don’t recognize the Indian-made version of the vaccine for travel.

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  Delhi govt received about 1.5 lakh fresh doses of Covishield: Satyendar Jain

  India | July 13, 2021 16:12 IST

  Interacting with reporters, he also urged people not to lower the guard, and reiterated that experts have already cautioned about the chance of a third wave of the coronavirus pandemic.

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  Delhi runs out of Covishield stock

  India | July 12, 2021 21:04 IST

  Raising the issue of shortage of Covid vaccines in the city, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia tweeted, "Vaccines have run out in Delhi again.