Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 13 (ANI): Union Minister DV Sadananda Gowda on Thursday asked whether people in the government should hang themselves if the production of COVID-19 vaccines is insufficient.
New Delhi [India], May 12 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, requesting to allow other companies with "capabilities", to manufacture the two COVID-19 vaccines--Covaxin and Covishield--being already produced in India.
New Delhi [India], May 8 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday asked EU leaders to support the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) waiver to COVID-19 vaccines at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to remove hurdles in ramping up vaccine production. EU l
Bhubaneswar (Odisha), May 7 (ANI): Construction work of a vaccine production unit has started at Andharua in Bhubaneshwar and a target has been set to commence production of Covaxin by June 2022, the Odisha government has announced.
New Delhi [India], May 6 (ANI): Ramping up global production of vaccines, removing hindrances in supply chains and TRIPS waiver will be part of discussion between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and EU leaders on Saturday during the India-EU summit, EU officials have said.
London [UK], May 5 (ANI): External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar on Wednesday explained the difference between India's vaccine "production situation", from that of the US and said Covishield is being made in India due to its efficient production venue.
London [UK], May 4 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met US Secretary of State Antony Blinken here on Tuesday (local time) and discussed COVID-19 challenge, vaccine production capacity, supply chains with him amid the second wave of pandemic in India.
New Delhi [India], May 1 (ANI): Expressing his happiness at the delivery of the first batch of Sputnik V vaccine to India, Russian envoy Nikolay Kudashev on Saturday said that the local production is about to start soon and is planned to be gradually increased up to 850 million doses per
Washington [US], April 29 (ANI): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday said that the United States is proud to deliver its first shipment of critical oxygen equipment, therapeutics and raw materials for vaccine production to India to tackle COVID-19 crisis.
Washington [US], April 27 (ANI): United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai on Monday (local time) met virtually with Dr Albert Bourla, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Pfizer, to discuss increasing vaccine production and global health issues.
New Delhi [India], April 20 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has approved a total of Rs 4,567.50 crore as advance payment to Serum Institute of India (SII) and Bharat Biotech to ramp up vaccine production against coronavirus, sources told ANI.
New Delhi [India], April 17 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a meeting to review the status of preparedness to handle the COVID-19 in view of rising cases and stressed that there is no substitute for testing, tracking and treatment.