Pune (Maharashtra) [India], January 19 (ANI): Facilitating COVID-19 inoculation drive in the country, 30 boxes of Covishield vaccine made by Serum Institute of India were shipped from Pune in Maharashtra to Hyderabad in Telangana on Tuesday, as per the official notice by the institute.
New Delhi [India] January 16 (ANI): As India started its vaccination drive against COVID-19 on Saturday, members of Resident Doctors' Association (RDA) at RML hospital here expressed doubts over Covaxin, saying there is "lack of complete trial".
New Delhi [India], January 16 (ANI): Union Health Ministry on Saturday termed the first day of the COVID-19 vaccination drive as successful and added that no case of post-vaccination hospitalisation reported today.
New Delhi [India], January 16 (ANI): Serum Institute of India (SII) CEO Adar Poonawalla on Saturday wished Prime Minister Narendra Modi success in launching the vaccination rollout in the country.
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], January 16 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh has received 4.7 lakh doses of Covishield and 20,000 doses of Covaxin for the first phase of COVID-19 vaccination drive.
Kathmandu [Nepal], January 15 (ANI): After Nepal government approved emergency use of Covishield vaccine, people are hoping the pandemic will falter and human lives would be back on track.
New Delhi [India], January 15 (ANI): Nepal on Friday congratulated India on "the remarkable success" in production of Covishield and Covaxin vaccines against COVID-19 and requested for early provision of vaccines.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], January 15 (ANI): Total number of 243 centres has been prepared for the first phase of vaccination drive across the state on January 16, including 10 centres in Bengaluru, Karnataka Health and Medical Education Minister Dr K Sudhakar said on Friday.
New Delhi [India], January 15 (ANI): Ahead of the vaccination drive, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Friday put the fears around the safety and efficacy of the vaccines at rest.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], January 15 (ANI): As the nation-wide vaccination drive against COVID-19 is set to start from tomorrow, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has dispatched doses of COVID-19 vaccine 'Covishield' to nine vaccination centres in the city on Friday.
Kathmandu [Nepal], January 15 (ANI): Nepal Government on Friday approved the emergency use of 'Covishield' vaccine, which is being manufactured by the Serum Institute of India (SII).