Covid-19 vaccine: Serum’s Adar Poonawalla says SII ready with stockpile of 40-50 million Covishield doses!

Covid-19 vaccine: Serum’s Adar Poonawalla says SII ready with stockpile of 40-50 million Covishield doses!

COVID-19 Coronavirus Vaccine: As per the production targets, Adar Poonawalla said SII will be producing around 300 million doses of Covishield by July 2021.  (Reuters image/ Representational Photo) Covid-19 vaccination drive: Adar Poonawalla, chief executive officer of vaccine-maker Serum Institute of India (SII), said on Monday that his firm was ready with a stockpile of … Read more

Coronavirus vaccine: 44 percent of rural households willing to spend money to get a Covid-19 shot, reveals survey

Coronavirus vaccine: 44 percent of rural households willing to spend money to get a Covid-19 shot, reveals survey

About 20 percent respondents did not say anything in response to the question of paying for their vaccine. A recent survey spanning what rural households understand about the Coronavirus vaccine shows that they are willing to spend money to get vaccination. As part of the survey taken by Gaon Connection titled ‘The Rural Report 3: … Read more

‘Mission COVID Suraksha’: Govt mulls mission with Rs 3,000-crore corpus for development Covid-19 vaccine

‘Mission COVID Suraksha’: Govt mulls mission with Rs 3,000-crore corpus for development Covid-19 vaccine

It will also look at ensuring that sufficient volumes of the vaccine are manufactured to meet India’s COVID-19 vaccine requirement. ‘Mission COVID Suraksha’: The government has proposed setting up a ‘Mission COVID Suraksha’ with a corpus of Rs 3,000 crore to accelerate the development and manufacture of safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines in the country, … Read more