NEW DELHI: India’s drug regulator has allowed AstraZeneca The Covid-19 vaccine will be used for up to nine months from its date of manufacture, as opposed to the prescribed six months, according to a document reviewed by Reuters and a source. Approval, granted to an authorized version of the drug …
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NEW DELHI: India’s vaccine diplomacy may be going through a bad time. A recent letter from the Serum Institute (SII) to at least three countries saying it would not be able to supply the vaccines these nations already paid for in the coming months has raised concerns, among many others, …
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NEW DELHI: Several countries have suspended or delayed the launch of the Covid-19 vaccine developed by the University of Oxford-AstraZeneca following reports of blood clots in some people. Thailand is the latest country to delay use of the UK vaccine after health authorities in Denmark, Norway and Iceland suspended injections …
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India’s infections rose 16,577 in the past 24 hours to 11.06 million (Archive) The central government said on Friday it will allow people to choose their coronavirus vaccination centers when the campaign expands next week, effectively allowing beneficiaries to choose a local vaccine or one from AstraZeneca, unlike now. The …
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Rising Sun Holdings, controlled by Adar Poonawalla, will acquire a 60 percent stake in non-bank finance company (NBFC) Magma Fincorp by underwriting a prime issue of Rs 3,456 crore. After the capital infusion, Magma and its subsidiaries will be renamed and renamed Poonawalla Finance. Poonawalla Finance is an existing finance …
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NEW DELHI: China defended the construction of a village that, according to reports based on satellite images released by the US imaging firm Planet Labs, is allegedly located in Arunachal Pradesh, calling it a question of sovereignty and insisting that it never recognized the “illegally established” Indian state. The Chinese …
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PUNE: Serum Institute of India (SII) CEO Adar Poonawalla on Tuesday he described the shipment of Covishield vaccines for the January 16 national inoculation drive as a “proud and historic” moment. Early Tuesday morning, the first shipment of vaccines left the SII facilities in Pune for transport to various parts …
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India will not allow the export of the Oxford University-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine for several months, said on Sunday the director of the Serum Institute of India, which has been hired to produce 1 billion doses of the vaccine for nations in development. Given that wealthy nations reserve most of the …
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India approved the Covid-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford, paving the way for a massive immunization campaign in the second most populous country in the world. Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar told reporters on Saturday that the vaccine had been approved on Friday, confirming what …
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The company has already stockpiled about 50 million doses of the vaccine. The Serum Institute of India (SII) said on Sunday that it is ready to launch the Covishield vaccine in the country in the coming weeks after receiving approval from India’s drug regulator. The Pune-based vaccine specialist has started …
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