Poonawalla was speaking at a felicitation ceremony organised for him by the Mahratta Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Agriculture in Pune. Serum Institute of India’s chairman and MD Cyrus Poonawalla on Monday said his company works with the goal to sell vaccines at the price of a cup of tea and make them affordable for … Read more
Adar Poonawalla, chief executive officer, SII, tweeted on Friday and said the company had supplied 1.25 billion doses of Covishield in India and the government had enough data for this permission. Serum Institute of India (SII) has sought full approval for its Covid-19 vaccine, Covishield. SII has applied to the ministry of health and family … Read more
Dr V K Paul, Member, Health, NITI Aayog recently said that completing the task of vaccinating all adults with two doses would yield the best dividend at this moment. In a significant finding, a randomised booster shot trial published in the Lancet journal has found that seven Coronavirus vaccines are safe and trigger strong immune … Read more
Singapore has established VTLs with two jurisdictions as of now, Germany and Brunei Darussalam (Reuters Photo) Vaccinated Travel Lane: International travel was no longer an easy affair after covid-19 hit the world. Countries across the world experimented and came up with various concepts to ensure passenger’s safe movement and travel between different nations. Some of … Read more
As SII’s Covid-19 vaccine, Covishield, was not yet accepted in these countries students have to incur substantial quarantine costs. Adar Poonawalla, CEO of Serum Institute of India (SII), on Thursday announced that he had created a Rs 10-crore fund to extend financial support to students travelling abroad for education. As SII’s Covid-19 vaccine, Covishield, was … Read more
The study took place when the nation was struggling with the second wave of COVID-19 (Photo: Covishield/ Reuters) A large-scale study by the armed forces showed nearly 93 per cent reduction in Covid infections in those who have taken Covishield vaccine. The study ‘VIN-WIN’, published on July 27 in the peer-reviewed Medical Journal Armed Forces … Read more
The EU drug regulator has only approved four Coronavirus vaccines namely- Pfizer/BioNTech, Moderna, AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson. Amidst multiple setbacks from European drug regulators, Covishield vaccine, in a significant boost, has been accepted by Switzerland drug regulator along with seven other European countries. According to sources quoted by news agency ANI, apart from Switzerland, … Read more
Covishield is the Oxford-Astra Zeneca vaccine manufactured in India by Serum Institute of India. The much-awaited outcome of the meeting of the National technical advisory group on immunization to decide on the spacing between the Covishield vaccine doses is finally out: There is going to be no shift in the spacing of the two doses. … Read more
MUMBAI: Mumbai airport Friday said it has initiated the international shipment of Covishield vaccine to Brazil and Morocco in the early hours of January 22. The Covishield vaccine, manufactured by the Serum Institute of India, departed from CSMIA carrying 2 million doses to Brazil via Emirates Sky Cargo and 2 million doses to Morocco on … Read more
A total of 7,86,842 healthcare workers were vaccinated against Covid-19 till Wednesday 6 pm (Representational Image) A Telangana health worker who was vaccinated on Tuesday died a day later in the early hours after complaining of chest pain. The state government, however, has said that death is not related to Covid-19 vaccination. The 42-year-old ambulance … Read more