In May, an additional 21,54,440 doses of Covaxin are to be supplied. This takes the total vaccine supplied and in pipeline till date to 3,11,87,060 doses.
In May, an additional 21,54,440 doses of Covaxin are to be supplied. This takes the total vaccine supplied and in pipeline till date to 3,11,87,060 doses.
The price of DRDO’s 2DG anti-COVID 19 drug has been fixed at Rs 990 per sachet by Dr Reddy’s lab.
Prakash Javadekar said that India will be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 by the end of 2021 and accused Rahul Gandhi of trying to spread fears and misinformation on vaccine.
Pfizer is ready to offer 5 crore doses to India between July and October this year and has sought certain relaxations.
Germany will start vaccination children over the age of 12 against Covid-19 from June 7.
Sambit Patra claimed that the Centre provided over 45 lakh free doses to Delhi. He added that the Delhi government procured a little over 8 lakh vaccines while private hospitals procured more than 9 lakh doses.
Pfizer, which is ready to offer 5 crore doses to India between July and October this year, has sought certain relaxations including indemnification.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked Health Minister Harsh Vardhan to counter opposition parties' narratives on vaccination with facts.
There is no vaccine in Delhi; for 4 days vaccination centres for the 18-44 age group are shut & not just here but across India, several centres are shut. Today when we should have opened new centres, but now we are also shutting the existing ones, which is not good: Delhi CM
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra alleged that vaccines in India were a means for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "personal publicity" rather than a tool to save people's lives.
Scientists have developed two new drugs to both prevent the COVID-19 infection, and also treat people who have been exposed to the novel coronavirus so that they do not develop severe disease.
The study, conducted by Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, that include 69 symptomatic healthcare workers working at the hospital, who were tested positive for Covid-19 after their vaccination with the Covishield vaccine during the first 100 days of the vaccination drive earlier this year.
In an exclusive talk with IndiaTV UP CM Yogi Adityanath said that the state govt is fully prepared for the third wave of coronavirus if at any time it emerges. He also said that around 3.5 lakh Covid testing is being done everyday.
The Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines were first given emergency use nod in December last year in the US. The Johnson & Johnson vaccine was granted emergency use authorization in February.
The Cambridge, Massachusetts, company said that the vaccine-induced immune responses among children were comparable to those seen in a study of adults last year, a finding that could clear the way for a second shot for use in adolescents after Pfizer-BioNTech
According to the health officials, the drive will begin at 11 a.m. and 100 free slots will be available without any registration. The vaccine will be administered on a first come first serve basis.
Moderna said Tuesday its COVID-19 vaccine strongly protects kids as young as 12, a step that could put the shot on track to become the second option for that age group in the U.S.
AAP MLA Atishi Marlena has informed that Delhi on Monday received nearly 1.5 lakh doses of Covishield for the 45 plus age group.
Over 15 lakh people were vaccinated against Covid-19 in India on May 22. The government has revised the gap between the two doses for Covishield,to 12-16 weeks. However, the interval for the second dose of Bharat Biotech's Covaxin remains unchanged.
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