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Congress leader Manish Tewari questions reliability of COVID vaccine
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 6 (ANI): Congress leader Manish Tewari on Tuesday said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government has "politically misused" the COVID-19 pandemic and raised question marks on the reliability of the vaccine.
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SII, Bharat Biotech jointly pledge 'smooth rollout' of COVID-19 vaccines
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Pune/Hyderabad [India], January 5 (ANI): Serum Institute of India and Bharat Biotech jointly communicated their pledge on Tuesday for the smooth rollout of COVID-19 vaccines to India and the world.
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Approval of Covaxin a milestone for Indian vaccinology : Karnataka Health
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], January 5 (ANI): Karnataka Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar lauded the approval of Bharat Biotech's COVID vaccine 'Covaxin' today and called it a significant milestone in India's indigenous novel vaccinology.
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Bharat Biotech MD questions experts' silence over UK trials of Covid-19 va
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 4 (ANI): Coming down heavily on critics expressing doubts about the Bharat Biotech's indigenously developed coronavirus vaccine COVAXIN, the Hyderabad-based biotech major's managing director Dr Krishna Ella on Monday slammed the critics for targeting Indian clinica
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Our goal is to provide global access of Covaxin to needy population: Dr E
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], January 4 (ANI): The emergency use approval for Covaxin is "a giant leap for innovation and novel product development" in India and the "goal is to provide global access to populations that need it the most", Bharat Biotech chairman and managing director Dr
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Covaxin is 200% safe, says Bharat Biotech Chairman
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], January 4 (ANI): Covaxin, the indigenous vaccine developed by Bharat Biotech against COVID-19 in collaboration with ICMR, is 200 per cent safe, company's Chairman and Managing Director Dr Krishna Ella has said and noted that it has shown less than 10 per cen
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Unseemly haste risks jeopardising India's good reputation: Shashi Tharoor
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 4 (ANI): A day after Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri called Shashi Tharoor a cynic for criticising the Drugs Controller General of India's (DCGI) approval of COVAXIN for "restricted use in an emergency situation" without this COVID-19 vaccine havin
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Indian companies do not deserve this backlash, Covaxin is simple two doses
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], January 4 (ANI): Bharat Biotech Chairman and Managing Director Dr Krishna Ella said on Monday that the company has tremendous experience in vaccines, takes science seriously and Covaxin is simple two doses.
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CM Chouhan says will not get vaccinated now, focus should be on priority g
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], January 4 (ANI): As India gears up for the world's largest vaccination programme, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Monday said he will take the coronavirus vaccine later as he wants priority groups to get the jab first.
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Equity indices trade strong, Sensex jumps 48K mark
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
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.
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COVAXIN's approval is for emergency situation, not emergency use authorisa
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 3 (ANI): All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) director Dr Randeep Guleria on Sunday clarified that approval of COVAXIN, Bharat Biotech's COVID-19 vaccine is for an emergency situation and not emergency use authorisation which is given to Serum Institute
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DCGI permission to Covaxin is 'for restricted use in an emergency situatio
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 3 (ANI): Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) on Sunday said the permission given to Bharat Biotech's COVAXIN is "for restricted use in an emergency situation" and it is given in "public interest as an abundant precaution" as the vaccine is still in clinical tr
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