The Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan has reiterated that India may not require Pfizer’s vaccine against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), and other candidate vaccines are so far being tested in the country showing promising results. in safety tests. According to media reports, the health minister said it made no sense …
Read More »
The Union Ministry of Health has advised Union states and territories to conduct more COVID-19 testing to track undetected and missing patients. In an order issued Friday, the Ministry recommended that they adopt an aggressive and widespread testing strategy for rapid detection of infection for effective tracing, containment and treatment. …
Read More »
By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | November 20, 2020 10:26:08 pm Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the review meeting (Twitter / @ narendramodi) Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a meeting on Friday to review India’s strategy for vaccination against Covid-19 and its subsequent delivery and distribution. Important topics …
Read More »
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday conducted a review of India’s vaccination strategy amid indications that the rapidly developing Oxford-AstraZeneca injection could be eligible for emergency use authorization in India from next month. “Important issues related to the progress of vaccine development, regulatory approvals and acquisitions were discussed,” …
Read More »
By: Reuters | Updated: November 18, 2020 8:21:33 pm The drugmaker said the efficacy of the vaccine, developed with German partner BioNTech SE, was consistent across age and ethnic demographics. Pfizer Inc said Wednesday that final results of the last stage of the trial of its Covid-19 vaccine show that …
Read More »
India’s priority list of people identified to receive the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine, when available for use, is likely to include people aged 65 and over, according to government sources. “Based on the discussions, the administration of the vaccine is likely to be done in phases with high-risk population groups …
Read More »
By: Bloomberg | Updated: November 14, 2020 10:58:49 am Laboratory technicians handle capped vials as part of fill and pack testing for large-scale production and delivery of the University of Oxfords COVID-19 candidate vaccine. (Vincenzo Pinto / AFP / Getty Images via Bloomberg) The world’s largest vaccine maker is ramping …
Read More »
Written by Prabha Raghavan, Anil Sasi | New Delhi | Updated: November 11, 2020 7:14:52 am Pfizer and German partner BioNTech SE are the first drug manufacturers to show successful data from a large-scale clinical trial of a coronavirus vaccine. While Pfizer and BioNTech await sufficient safety data In late …
Read More »
By: Reuters | New Delhi | Updated: November 5, 2020 3:51:40 pm Bharat Biotech developed Covaxin in collaboration with ICMR-National Institute of Virology. An Indian government-backed COVID-19 vaccine could be launched in February, months earlier than expected, as late-stage trials begin this month and studies so far have shown it …
Read More »
A launch in February would make COVAXIN the first Indian-made vaccine to be launched (Representational) New Delhi: India moved forward with work on its coronavirus vaccine, while Britain’s AstraZeneca said its deliveries were being delayed “a bit” as countries around the world sought to conquer the pandemic and rescue their …
Read More »