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
Bharat Biotech will add additional countries to its list of Covaxin export destinations in December as more countries grant emergency-use approvals. (File) After Serum Institute of India, Bharat Biotech on Monday said it had begun exports of its Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin. The World Health Organization (WHO) earlier this month granted the India-made jab emergency-use approval. … Read more
The government is reaching out to districts where less than 50% of the eligible population has been vaccinated. Serum Institute of India (SII) CEO Adar Poonawalla has said vaccine hesitancy is now the greatest threat in overcoming the Covid-19 pandemic. “The vaccine industry has worked tirelessly to provide enough stocks for the nation. Today, there … Read more
SII estimates that about 65% of the children in the world receive at least one vaccine manufactured by Serum Institute. Serum Institute of India’s Covid-19 vaccine Covishield on Tuesday crossed the 100-crore vaccination mark. The country has administered 113.55 crore Covid-19 vaccines till date, and of these, 100.31 crore were Covishield. Two billion doses of … Read more
SII has delivered more than what it had committed and helped the government keep the vaccination drive on track. (Photo source: IE) The country is all set to reach the 100-crore vaccination mark in the next couple of days. A majority of these vaccines have been supplied by Serum Institute of India (SII). As on … Read more
New flu vaccines are developed twice a year as flu viruses undergo changes rapidly Seasonal flu has been one of the recurring diseases to have affected people across all sections and age group. Popularly known as Influenza is a respiratory viral infection that can lead to complications like pneumonia and hospitalization as in Covid-19. Influenza … Read more
The global programme providing COVID-19 vaccines to poor countries is on course to fall nearly 30 percent short of its previous goal of 2 billion shots this year, the international organisations running it said on Wednesday. The head of the GAVI Vaccine Alliance, which sponsors the COVAX programme along with the World Health Organisation, Unicef … Read more
India has been reporting around 30,000 new Covid-19 cases for the past few weeks Coronavirus Case and Fatality Rate in India, Coronavirus Third Wave Today August 22 Live Updates: The fear of a third wave of coronavirus is looming in the country, especially with states like Kerala reporting a high number of cases. However, in … Read more
The active caseload in the country dropped further to 3,63,605, the lowest in 150 days. (Picture: Reuters) Coronavirus Case and Fatality Rate in India, Coronavirus Third Wave Live Updates: India witnessed a marginal increase in daily Covid-19 cases on Friday. The country reported 36,571 new Coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, taking the overall … Read more
It has so far carried out 430 vaccination camps and administered 3.6 million doses of the vaccine. Serum Institute of India (SII) has offered complimentary Covid-19 vaccine doses to companies participating in the drive by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) to accelerate vaccination in the country. SII will provide these vaccines as a CSR … Read more