Covid-19 vaccine update: Precisa Medicamentos seeks emergency use authorisation for Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin in Brazil

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Covaxin has been developed by Bharat Biotech in collaboration with the ICMR and the National Institute of Virology. Covid-19 vaccine update: Brazilian company Precisa Medicamentos has applied for emergency authorization to use the Bharat Biotech’s COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin. The company has made a request with Brazil’s health regulator, Anvisa, in this regard. The company also … Read more

When will Covid 19 vaccine become available in the market? AIIMS Director shares expected timeline

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Covid-19 India Vaccine Update: The second dose of COVID19 vaccination started on February 13, 2021, for those beneficiaries who have completed 28 days after receipt of the first dose, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said. Covid-19 vaccines are likely to be available by the “year-end or before that” in the open markets, Director … Read more

Covid-19 vaccination: PM Modi allays fears over safety of Covishield, Covaxin; says people are proud of them

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“The biggest vaccination program in the world is going on in our country. Today, the nation has the willpower to manufacture its own vaccine – not one, but two ‘Made in India’ vaccines. Vaccines are reaching every corner of the country. India is absolutely self-reliant in this regard,” PM Modi said. Covid 19 vaccines in … Read more

Covid 19 vaccines Covishield, Covaxin ‘side effects’: What we know so far

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India has undertaken Covid vaccination drive on January 16. Covid 19 Vaccines side effects in India: Serum Institute of India’s Covishield and Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin are being administered as part of India’s Covid-19 vaccine drive. However, both the Serum Institute of India and Bharat biotech have released fact sheets mentioning “side effects” of their Covid-19 … Read more

WHO may soon approve Serum- Oxford Covid vaccine for global rollout under COVAX

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The Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine has already been given emergency approval in Britain The World Health Organization (WHO) is speeding up its regulatory approval mechanism for rapid rollout of Covid-19 vaccines to ‘poorer ‘countries. Several vaccine candidates from Western and Chinese manufacturers are in the fray. Reports suggest, ‘Covishield’ developed by Oxford-AstraZeneca and manufactured by the Serum … Read more

Covid 19 Vaccination in India Highlights: India begins vaccine supply to six countries, more to follow

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Covid 19 vaccination in India Live: In Karnataka, one person was discharged and another person is stable and under observation at the District Hospital in Chitradurga. (Representative image by IE) Covid 19 Vaccination in India: India has vaccinated more than 630,000 lakh frontline workers against COVID-19 even as the world’s largest Covid vaccination drive enters … Read more

How India’s Covid 19 vaccination drive can benefit against diabetes, cancers, cardiovascular diseases

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While India has managed to address the vaccine doses issue, key challenges were the training of a huge task force, managing the logistics, cold chain, which are pivotal for such vaccination program. As India has commenced the world’s largest vaccination programme for Covid-19, the challenges for the Narendra Modi government to cope up with the … Read more

Covid-19 vaccination: Maharashtra reports 10 cases of mild adverse effect post jab; some suffer minor reactions in other states

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Delhi reported one “severe” and 51 “minor” cases of AEFI. (Representative Image, IE) The first day of Covid-19 vaccination drive witnessed inoculation of nearly two lakh frontline healthcare and sanitation workers. Every part of the country participated in the vaccination drive and sanitation workers were the first to get the jabs in Delhi and some … Read more

Covid 19 vaccination and challenges in India: Ahead of world’s largest vaccine drive, medical experts explain what to expect

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Covid 19 vaccine in India: Covid 19 vaccines are being transported to all states and UTs (Image courtesy – AIR News Ladakh-Prasarbharti Twitter) Covid vaccination in India: People in India are eagerly waiting for the World’s largest Covid vaccination drive, scheduled to commence on January 16. While Prime Minister Narendra Modi will formally launch the … Read more

Covid 19 vaccination India: After Covishield, boxes of Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin reach 11 cities

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From Hyderabad, the first batch of Covaxin reached Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi on Wednesday morning. (Image courtesy – DD News Twitter) Covid 19 vaccination India: The first batch of India’s indigenous Covid vaccine Covaxin of Bharat Biotech has reached 11 cities across India including Delhi, Bengaluru, and Chennai. This distribution of Covaxin began … Read more