The government said Tuesday that it has not talked about vaccinating the entire population of the country against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), as India has reported 9,462,809 infections and 137,621 related deaths so far. “I just want to make this clear that the government has never talked about vaccinating the …
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After a Chennai man claimed he suffered neurological and psychological side effects from receiving an injection of the Covid-19 Covishield vaccine during the human trial being conducted by the Serum Institute of India (SII), the company based in Pune said there was no correlation between the two. In a post …
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The 40-year-old man claims “adverse reaction”; the hospital panel says it is not due to ‘Covishield’. A 40-year-old volunteer from ‘Covishield’, the vaccine candidate being tested by the Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII), has sued the company for ₹ 5 crore, claiming the vaccine triggered an adverse reaction, including …
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Maharashtra Governor BS Koshyari and Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray will not accompany Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to the Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII) on Saturday. The Office of the Chief Minister (OCM) said this in a statement. “The prime minister and the governor will not be …
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Maharashtra Governor BS Koshyariand, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, will not accompany Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to the Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII) on Saturday. The Office of the Chief Minister (OCM) said this in a statement. “The prime minister and the governor will not be in …
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will fly to Hyderabad, Ahmedabad and Pune on Saturday to take stock of the development of the COVID-19 vaccine on the premises there. Modi will visit the plant of the main pharmaceutical Zydus Cadila in Ahmedabad to obtain information on the development of its vaccine, said …
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit the Serum Institute of India (SII) on Saturday to see the production of the Covid-19 vaccine and the proposed distribution plan, a senior official confirmed Thursday. “We have received official confirmation on the Prime Minister’s visit to Pune on November 28. The Prime Minister …
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The Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine for coronavirus disease could be available to the general public between April and May next year and is likely to cost around ₹ 500-600 per dose, the executive director of the Serum Institute of India said on Thursday. , Adar Poonawalla, adding that he expects the long-awaited …
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It was in 2011, shortly after assuming the role of CEO of the Serum Institute of India (SII), that Adar Poonawalla set out to double the capacity of what is now the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer by volume. Initially motivated by economies of scale, Poonawalla, whose father Cyrus founded the …
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As the COVID-19 The case count in India rose to more than 90 lakh on Thursday, the executive director and owner of the Pune-based Serum Institute of India, Adar Poonawalla, said the country could look forward to a vaccine against the novel coronavirus by the end of the year or …
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