New Delhi [India], October 16 (ANI): India will have a vaccine capacity of 28 crore doses this month, which includes 22 crore Serum Institute of India's Covishield and 6 crore doses of Bharat Biotech Biotech's Covaxin and production of 60 lakh Zydus Cadila's ZyCoV-D doses are also ready,
New Delhi [India], October 14 (ANI): Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Thursday said that India is expected to achieve 100 crore COVID-19 vaccinations around October 18 or 19, adding that big events have been planned to celebrate the achievement.
New Delhi [India], October 12 (ANI): The Subject Expert Committee (SEC) has given a recommendation to the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) for the use of Bharat Biotech's COVID-19 vaccine, Covaxin, for the beneficiaries aged between 2-18 years, the official sources said on Tuesday
New Delhi [India], October 12 (ANI): After the evaluation of data Covaxin is yet to get approval by the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) for children between 2-18 years old, according to official sources.
New Delhi [India], October 11 (ANI): As India's largest COVID-19 vaccination drive is underway, an AIIMS professor has claimed that the latest trials show that the safety and immunogenicity of India's indigenous COVID-19 vaccine--Covaxin--are almost the same in children, as adults above 1
New Delhi [India], October 9 (ANI): The Union Health Ministry on Saturday said the government has put in place a quantitative restriction on the export of syringes to boost their domestic availability and uptake.
New Delhi [India], October 8 (ANI): The Ministry of Health will issue fresh guidelines for foreign nationals from the UK after the country ordered to discontinue mandatory testing and quarantine norms for those vaccinated with Covishield travelling from India to the UK, sources told ANI o
New Delhi [India], October 7 (ANI): Serum Institute of India will export 10 lakh Covishield doses each to Nepal, Myanmar and Bangladesh, to help them fight against the pandemic, sources said.
New Delhi [India], October 7 (ANI): As a series of festivals commence from today, the Union Health Ministry has appealed to people to be cautious for the months of October, November and December in view of the COVID-19 pandemic.
New Delhi [India], October 4 (ANI): The Union Health Minister, Mansukh Mandaviya, on Monday, launched the Indian Council of Medical Research's (ICMR) vaccine delivery model -- Drone Response and Outreach in North East (i-Drone) that aims at supplying the COVID-19 vaccines and essential me
New Delhi [India], October 4 (ANI): Negotiation over the pricing of COVID-19 vaccine ZyCov-D between the central government and Zydus Cadila are still underway. The final decision is expected by this week, as per the government sources.
New Delhi [India], October 2 (ANI): The decision on Bharat Biotech's Covid-19 vaccine, Covaxin Emergency Use Listing (EUL) by the World Health Organisation (WHO) is expected in October, informed the top health experts in the country on Saturday.