According to Serum Institute of India CEO Adar Poonawalla, Covovax vaccine has been tested against African and UK variants of COVID-19 and has overall efficacy of...
WHO director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that the COVAX programme, run with the GAVI vaccine alliance, needed 10 million doses immediately to inoculate healthcare workers and...
Gavi, which runs COVAX jointly with the World Health Organisation and the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, has already distributed 31 million doses of the AstraZeneca...
It is well established by research studies in the published literature that the vaccines available in our country, both Covishield and Covaxin, are effective against the...
The change in Co-WIN comes after the Health Ministry announced that the second dose of Oxford’s COVID-19 vaccine Covishield can be given four to eight weeks...
Expanding India’s Coronavirus vaccination drive, the cabinet announced that starting April 1, anyone above the age of 45, regardless of comorbidities, can get vaccinated against COVID-19
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare stated that keeping the existing scientific evidence in view, it appears that protection is enhanced if the second dose...
The government is not apprehensive of utilising the services of private health facilities for COVID-19 vaccination, Minister of State for Health Ashwini Choubey said in a...
Born on September 3, 1920, Kamla Das was administered the vaccine at BLK Hospital in Delhi, a day after Brij Prakash Gupta, also born in 1920,...
The European Medicines Agency said that the vaccine is not associated with an increase in the overall risk of blood clots (thromboembolic events) in those who...
During the Question Hour in Lok Sabha, Dr Harsh Vardhan said India has vaccinated 3.5 to 4 crore people so far and side effects of the...
According to experts, the vaccines developed by Pfizer and Moderna have been linked with increased risk of anaphylaxis, but they are still recommended because benefits outweigh...
