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After Modi and Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh takes first dose of COVID-19 vaccine

March 2, 2021

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…

COVAX receives first batch of Oxford-AstraZeneca Covishield vaccine from SII

February 25, 2021

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,…

India delivers Covid-19 vaccines to Mexico

February 15, 2021

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…

Dominican PM thanks Modi for Covid-19 vaccines

February 12, 2021

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…

Indian pharmaceutical plans to manufacture 600 million Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine doses annually

February 10, 2021

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…

Afghanistan receives 500,000 Covid-19 vaccine doses from India

February 9, 2021

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…

India becomes third topmost country to administer highest doses of Covid-19 vaccines

February 8, 2021

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…

Pfizer drops application for emergency use of its Covid-19 vaccine in India

February 6, 2021

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. …

Bharat Biotech signs agreement with Ocugen to commercialize Covaxin in US

February 3, 2021

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…

India gifts 500,000 vaccines to Sri Lanka

January 28, 2021

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…