London [UK], January 4 (ANI/Sputnik): UK citizen Brian Pinker, 82, became the first person in the world to be administered the coronavirus vaccine developed by the University of Oxford and the AstraZeneca pharmaceutical company, the UK National Health Service (NHS) in England said on Monday.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], January 4 (ANI): Equity benchmark indices continued their upward march during early hours on Monday after the Drug Controller General of India approved Covid vaccines produced by AstraZeneca and Bharat Biotech for emergency use in the country.
Geneva [Switzerland], January 3 (ANI): World Health Organisation (WHO) has welcomed India's decision giving emergency use authorisation to COVID-19 vaccines, informed Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, Regional Director, WHO South-East Asia on Sunday.
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], December 31 (ANI): The government could evaluate two vaccines including the indigenously researched Covaxin and AstraZeneca to address the Covid-19 pandemic, Dr Vijay Bhaskar, Chairman of the Ethics Committee, Clinical trials and research said on Thursday.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India] December 31 (ANI/Mediawire): ORRA, India's leading and trusted brand of diamond jewellery has come a long way since its inception in 1888. From sculpting and manufacturing diamonds to crafting and retailing the finest diamond and gold jewellery, today, ORRA is on
Buenos Aires [Argentina], December 31 (ANI/Xinhua): Argentina's National Administration of Drugs, Foods and Medical Devices (ANMAT) on Wednesday approved the use of vaccine from AstraZeneca, a multinational pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical company, against Covid-19 in the country.
New Delhi [India], December 30 (ANI): Terming the approval for Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine for use in the UK as a "big step forward", AIIMS Delhi Director Dr Randeep Guleria on Wednesday said that India will have the COVID-19 vaccine within days.
Cairo [Egypt], December 25 (ANI/Xinhua): Egypt reported on Thursday late night 1,021 new COVID-19 infections, raising the total cases registered in the country to 128,993, said the Egyptian Health Ministry.
Rabat [Morocco], December 25 (ANI/Xinhua): Morocco has secured the acquisition of 65 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine from two suppliers, Health Minister Khalid Ait Taleb announced on Thursday during the weekly cabinet meeting.
London [UK], December 24 (ANI): The United Kingdom's (UK) health secretary, Matt Hancock, on Wednesday said that AstraZeneca had submitted a full data package about its Covid-19 vaccine to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) for approval.
Wellington [New Zealand], December 17 (ANI/Xinhua): The New Zealand government will purchase COVID-19 vaccines from pharmaceutical companies AstraZeneca and Novavax, meaning every New Zealander will be able to be vaccinated, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Thursday.