According to a plan that was deliberated by a group of experts, state governments would identify buildings that can be used as vaccination booths under the special COVID-19 immunization program that would run in parallel to the Universal Immunization Program (UIP) existing. “Vaccination sites will not be limited to health …
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A safe and effective vaccine against the new coronavirus may be available in India by January 2021, says Adar Poonawalla, executive director (CEO) of the Serum Institute of India. The Pune-based drugmaker teamed up with major British-Swedish drugmaker AstraZeneca to produce the coronavirus vaccine for low- and middle-income countries, developed …
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A COVID-19 vaccine may be available to some people before Christmas, said Kate Bingham, chair of the UK government’s vaccine task force in an interview. However, a launch in early 2021 is more likely, he added. “The first phase III efficacy data for the main vaccine candidates should be available …
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The Center plans to procure COVID-19 vaccines directly from drug manufacturers and distribute them to priority groups under a special coronavirus immunization program, official sources said, according to the news agency. PTI. During the initial phase, front-line workers and groups most at risk of serious complications from COVID-19 will receive …
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Pfizer Inc said Friday that it could request emergency use of its coronavirus vaccine as soon as a safety milestone is reached in November. The drugmaker should have enough data from its late-stage trial to know if its coronavirus vaccine works for this month, CEO Albert Bourla wrote in an …
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After ten months of a global pandemic, the search for a “safe and effective” vaccine against the new coronavirus continues. The central government expects between 400 and 500 million doses of the vaccine to be available in India by the middle of next year. Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan …
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Will the world have another ‘safe and effective’ vaccine against the new coronavirus later this year? UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is hopeful. Commenting on the progress of the COVID-19 vaccine, Johnson said Monday that he felt an AstraZeneca project should be on the brink of one. “I went to …
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The Prime Minister outlined India’s efforts to develop vaccines and implement the vaccination program. “The long pause in vaccine production is broken. In 2014, four new vaccines were introduced into our immunization program. This includes an indefinitely developed rota vaccine, “Modi said. Modi also mentioned about the ambitious mission to …
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The online portal available on the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) site will be a repository for all information related to vaccine development in India. You can access the website from here. “Everyone will be able to go online to that portal to find all the contemporary information related …
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The Serum Institute of India is set to begin the final stage of the clinical trial of the experimental vaccine from the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca Plc., Starting next week. The last-stage trial will take place at Sassoon General Hospital in Pune, according to the news agency. PTI. “The …
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