New Delhi: Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has taken the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine at RR Hospital in the national capital on Tuesday. "The first dosage of COVID-19 vaccine was administered to me at RR Hospital today. India's resolve...
Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII) on Tuesday dispatched its first batch of Oxford-AstraZeneca Covishield vaccine shots for the COVAX vaccination initiative. Under this initiative, Ghana became the first country to receive vaccines. COVAX (Covid-19 Vaccines Global Access) is a...
On Sunday, Mexico received a shipment of “Made in India” Covid-19 vaccines at the Mexico City airport. India delivered 870,000 doses of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine Covishield to Mexico. Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII) manufactures Covishield. While sharing the...
Dominican Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit and his cabinet colleagues formally received the vaccines from Douglas–Charles Airport, Dominica. Dominican Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit thanked India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi after the Caribbean nation received a shipment of 35,000 Covishield vaccines...
Managing Director of Indian pharmaceutical company Biological E Ltd on Wednesday told Reuters that the company is looking to contract-manufacture around 600 million Johnson and Johnson's Covid-19 vaccine doses per year. Managing Director of Biological E Mahima Datla said: "We...
On Sunday, Afghanistan received 500,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine Covishield from India under the Vaccine Maitri initiative. The Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine Covishield is developed by the Pune-based Serum Institute of India. India’s Chargé d'Affaires Raghuram S handed over the shipment...
The United States and the United Kingdom are the only two countries that have administered more number of Covid-19 vaccines than India. India’s Health Ministry on Sunday tweeted that India now ranks the third among countries for the highest number...
Pfizer withdrew the emergency use request of its Covid-19 vaccine in India after an expert panel under India’s drug regulator recommended against approving its vaccine. On Friday, pharma major Pfizer Inc announced the withdrawal of its application for emergency-use authorization...
According to the agreement, Ocugen will have the commercial rights to administer vaccines to candidates in the United States and will be responsible to conduct clinical trials and acquire emergency use authorization from the United States Food and Drug Administration. ...
Since the launch of the Vaccine Maitri initiative on January 20, India has provided vaccines to Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Mauritius, Myanmar, Nepal, and Seychelles. On Thursday, India sent 500,000 doses of Covishield vaccine to Sri Lanka under the Vaccine Maitri...
