NEW DELHI: The government expects two Covid-19 vaccines, Covishield from Oxford-AstraZeneca and Covaxin from Bharat Biotech, to be available in January and about four vaccines by the end of April, increasing prospects for adequate supplies to inoculate a priority of Rs 30 crore. population in July, an official said. While …
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After obtaining clearance for emergency use in the UK and Bahrain, Pfizer Inc has applied for emergency use authorization in India. The UK is preparing for the emergency launches of the Pfizer vaccine and is now in the final planning stages before the vaccination campaign begins on December 14. In …
Read More »Queen Elizabeth, 94, will be one of the first to receive the Covid-19 vaccine in the UK
Queen Elizabeth, 94, and Prince Philip, 99, are expected to be among the first to receive the Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine, the first shipment of which arrived in the UK and will be administered first to those over 80 years of age from Tuesday. . Claims against vaccines on social …
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By: New York Times | Updated: December 6, 2020 10:17:26 pm COVID-19 vaccines have predictably prevented disease and are a much safer bet, experts said. (Archive) In the immediate aftermath of last month’s news of the surprising results from Pfizer and Moderna’s experimental COVID-19 vaccines, Senator Rand Paul tweeted a …
Read More »After the UK and Bahrain, Pfizer requests emergency use authorization for its Covid-19 vaccine in India
After its parent company obtained such authorization in the UK and Bahrain, Pfizer India has become the first pharmaceutical company to apply to the Comptroller General of Medicines of India (DCGI) for an emergency use authorization for its COVID-19 vaccine in the country. In its request submitted to the drug …
Read More »Pfizer seeks emergency use authorization for its Covid-19 vaccine in India
New Delhi: Pfizer India has become the first pharmaceutical company to apply to the Controller General of Drugs of India (DCGI) for an emergency use authorization for its COVID-19 vaccine in the country, after its parent company obtained such authorization in the UK and Bahrain. The firm, in its request …
Read More »UK gears up for Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine launch this week
LONDON: The UK is preparing to become the first country to implement the Pfizer / BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine this week. According to the government, the injections will initially be available in hospitals before distributing the stocks to doctors’ clinics. Reuters reported. Britain approved the emergency use of the vaccine developed …
Read More »Bahrain becomes second country to approve Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine
Bahrain announced that it had approved the emergency use of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. Highlight Bahrain has so far registered more than 87,000 new cases of coronavirus Britain said on Wednesday that it approved the Covid-19 vaccine for general use. UK plans to launch the vaccine next week Manama, Bahrain: Bahrain …
Read More »The challenge of vaccine distribution in India, explained in five charts
However, distributing the vaccines in India’s first mass vaccination campaign for adults could be a daunting task. It will require expanding India’s existing cold chain capacity at breakneck speed, especially in some of the most densely populated parts of the country, where such infrastructure is very limited. It will also …
Read More »Covid Vaccine Could Be Ready In Coming Weeks, Says Prime Minister Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi told an all-party meeting on Friday that in the coming weeks, Indian manufacturers could produce the long-awaited Covid-19 vaccines. He also gave enough hints that India will use indigenously made vaccines while talking about cheap but effective vaccines. Both Moderna and Pfizer candidates are priced much …
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