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Jeetega India | Vaccine production to increase manifold from July
News | May 28, 2021 21:41 ISTBoth Serum Institute of India (SII) and Bharat Biotech would be ramping up production of Covid vaccines in India from July. SII is manufacturing Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine called Covishield in India, while Bharat Biotech is producing Covaxin.
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Global supply of COVAX hit due to coronavirus crisis in India, USAID tells lawmakers
World | May 28, 2021 8:14 ISTThere are many parts of the world where one shot has been dispensed to health workers or frontline workers and the second shot has not been forthcoming, USAID told lawmakers on Thursday.
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Counter opposition's rant on vaccination with facts and scientific data: PM Modi
India | May 27, 2021 11:58 ISTPrime Minister Narendra Modi has asked Health Minister Harsh Vardhan to counter opposition parties' narratives on vaccination with facts.
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ICMR to examine effectiveness of AstraZeneca's SII-produced Covishield and Bharat Biotech's Covaxin
India | May 26, 2021 21:49 ISTAround 4K people above the age of 45 yrs who have taken either one or both doses of any of these two vaccines will be reviewed, according to Dr Tarun Bhatnagar, senior scientist at ICMR's NIE in Chennai.
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India becomes second country after US to cross 20 crore cumulative vaccination coverage
India | May 26, 2021 16:41 ISTAs the country faces the deadly second wave of coronavirus, India has become the second country after the United States to cross 20 crore cumulative COVID-19 vaccination coverage.
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14 days' stock of Covishield in Delhi for 45+; vaccination halted for 18-44 group
India | May 25, 2021 9:30 ISTAAP MLA Atishi Marlena has informed that Delhi on Monday received nearly 1.5 lakh doses of Covishield for the 45 plus age group.
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Over 1 crore in 18-44 age group vaccinated: Health Ministry
India | May 24, 2021 13:03 ISTAccording to the health ministry, a total of 19,60,51,962 vaccine doses have been administered through 28,16,725 sessions, as per the provisional report till 7 am today.
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500 vials of Covishield missing from Hyderabad hospital
India | May 21, 2021 18:56 ISTA total of 500 Covishield vials have been reported missing from a government hospital in Hyderabad, police said on Friday.
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2 Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine doses 85-90 per cent effective, real-world study finds
World | May 21, 2021 19:24 ISTTwo doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine have shown to prevent around 85 to 90 per cent of symptomatic COVID-19 infections, the first real-world data from Public Health England (PHE) has found.
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Covishield's first dose develops strong immunity than Covaxin's: ICMR head
India | May 21, 2021 12:40 ISTThe Covid-19 Working Group based on the available real-life evidence suggested that the interval should be extended to 12-16 weeks.
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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar to visit US from May 24 to 28
India | May 21, 2021 11:49 ISTExternal Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will visit the US in the coming week from May 24 to May 28. The official announcement was made by Ministry of External Affairs on Friday.
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Delhi runs out of Covid vaccine for 18-44 age group, over 150 centres closed
India | May 21, 2021 12:39 ISTAbout 150 Covid vaccination sites have been shut in Delhi from today due to shortage of vaccine.
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Covid vaccine will be available for all by December: JP Nadda
India | May 20, 2021 15:55 ISTBJP president JP Nadda said that coronavirus vaccine will be available for all in the country by December.
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More pharma firms should be allowed to make Covid vaccine: Gadkari
India | May 19, 2021 12:31 ISTThere are two vaccine makers in the country currently -- Bharat Biotech and Serum Institute of India -- which are manufacturing Covaxin and Covishield, respectively. Only three vaccines have so far been approved to be sold in India --- Covaxin, Coveshield and Sputnik V.
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'Never exported vaccines at the cost of people in India': Adar Poonawalla
India | May 19, 2021 0:05 ISTSerum Institute of India (SII) CEO Adar Poonawalla said that vaccination in a large populous country such as India won't be possible in 2-3 months.
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Booster effect even at six months, don’t worry: experts on Covishield dose gap
India | May 18, 2021 18:01 ISTAccording to the scientist, vaccine doses will be safe no matter when they are taken but will not provide any great "boosting" if given within less than a month or so of the previous dose.
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WHO reminds Serum Institute of its COVAX commitments amidst devastating COVID-19 outbreak
Business | May 18, 2021 11:10 ISTWHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said that once the devastating COVID-19 outbreak in India recedes, the Serum Institute of India will need to “get back on track and catch up” on its delivery commitments to COVAX, the global initiative to supply coronavirus vaccines to nations around the world.
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Only a day's stock of Covaxin for 45-plus in Delhi, Covishield to last for 5 days: Delhi govt
India | May 17, 2021 19:08 ISTAAP MLA Atishi Marlena on Monday said that the national capital was running out of vaccine stock. Raising an alarm, Atishi claimed that Delhi has less than a day's stock of Covaxin for 45-plus after Monday evening while Covisheild will last only for five days.
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Bleeding, clotting events following Covid vaccination 'minuscule' in India: Govt
India | May 18, 2021 0:00 ISTAlerts have been raised in some countries on post-vaccination "embolic and thrombotic events" on 11 March, 2021 particularly with AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine (Covishield in India).
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DRDO's anti-COVID drug 2-DG's first batch to be released today
India | May 17, 2021 0:02 ISTThe first batch of anti-COVID drug 2-DG, developed by the DRDO, will be released on Monday (May 17) by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, officials said.
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