Tag: Covid19 Vaccine

COVID19: States, UTs To Get 46L More Vaccine Doses In 3 Days
COVID19: States, UTs To Get 46L More Vaccine Doses In 3 Days

The Central government has so far provided more than 17,56,20,810 vaccine doses to States and Union Territories (UTs) "free of cost", and has planned to provide additional over 46 lakh doses within next three days.

  • Sunday, 09 May 2021
Moderna's 3rd Booster Jab Effective Against COVID Variants
Moderna's 3rd Booster Jab Effective Against COVID Variants

Washington: A third booster shot of US pharmaceutical Moderna’s Covid vaccine can rapidly increase the level of antibodies in previously inoculated people, according to data from its Phase 2 study.…

  • Thursday, 06 May 2021
Fake Drug Rackets On The Prowl In Rural Areas; Cheap Antibiotics Sold As Remdesivir
Fake Drug Rackets On The Prowl In Rural Areas; Cheap Antibiotics Sold As Remdesivir

New Delhi: Beware of fake life-saving drugs. Instead of Remdesivir, which is required for critically ill Covid patients, similar-looking vials of Monocef or Zetri, a low-cost antibiotic injection, are being…

  • Wednesday, 05 May 2021
Centre Provided 17 Cr COVID19 Vaccine To States/UTs Free Of Cost
Centre Provided 17 Cr COVID19 Vaccine To States/UTs Free Of Cost

New Delhi: The union government on Wednesday said that it has so far provided more than 17.02 crore vaccine doses to States and Union Territories free of cost, out of…

  • Wednesday, 05 May 2021
Health Ministry Issues Revised Guidelines For Home Isolation, Warns Against Remdesivir Use
Health Ministry Issues Revised Guidelines For Home Isolation, Warns Against Remdesivir Use

New Delhi: The decision to administer Remdesivir or use any other investigational therapy must be taken by a medical professional and the drug must be administered only in a hospital…

  • Thursday, 29 April 2021
PM Modi Chairs High-Level Meeting To Review COVID19 Situation
PM Modi Chairs High-Level Meeting To Review COVID19 Situation

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday chaired a meeting with top officials to review the Covid-19 situation in the country and was given an overview relating to oxygen…

  • Tuesday, 27 April 2021
Women Can Take COVID19 Jabs During Menstruation: Govt
Women Can Take COVID19 Jabs During Menstruation: Govt

New Delhi: Women can take Covid-19 vaccines during their periods, the government has clarified in wake of various reports on social media platforms against taking the jabs at such a…

  • Sunday, 25 April 2021
COVID19 Vaccine: Covaxin Price Fixed At Rs 600 For States, Rs 1,200 For Pvt Hospitals
COVID19 Vaccine: Covaxin Price Fixed At Rs 600 For States, Rs 1,200 For Pvt Hospitals

New Delhi: Bharat Biotech on Saturday said it would provide its COVID-19 vaccine, Covaxin, to state governments at Rs 600 per dosage. The Hyderabad-based vaccine major also said that it would…

  • Saturday, 24 April 2021
SII Calls Covishield Most Affordable; Sputnik Claims, Post-Vaccination Deaths From Pfizer More Than AstraZeneca
SII Calls Covishield Most Affordable; Sputnik Claims, Post-Vaccination Deaths From Pfizer More Than AstraZeneca

New Delhi: The Serum Institute of India (SII) on Saturday broke its silence over the pricing of its Covid-19 vaccine ‘Covishield’ and said that it is the most affordable vaccine…

  • Saturday, 24 April 2021
COVID19: Covishield Offers Protection From 'Double Mutant'
COVID19: Covishield Offers Protection From 'Double Mutant'

Hyderabad: Covishield vaccine offers protection from double mutant variant of novel coronavirus, shows a study by the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB). CCMB Director Rakesh K. Mishra termed…

  • Friday, 23 April 2021
State Govts Free To Purchase Vaccines From Manufacturers: Centre
State Govts Free To Purchase Vaccines From Manufacturers: Centre

New Delhi: The Centre on Thursday said that state governments are free to procure vaccine doses from the manufacturers as per the “Liberalised Pricing and Accelerated National Covid-19 Vaccination Strategy.”…

  • Thursday, 22 April 2021
COVID19 Vaccine: Govt Waives Import Duty On Remdesivir, Its APIs
COVID19 Vaccine: Govt Waives Import Duty On Remdesivir, Its APIs

New Delhi: Amid surging COVID-19 cases in the country, the government on Tuesday waived customs duty on Remdesivir, its raw materials and other components used to make the antiviral drug.…

  • Tuesday, 20 April 2021
Covaxin Production To Increase 10 Times By September: Union Health Minister
Covaxin Production To Increase 10 Times By September: Union Health Minister

New Delhi: Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Sunday said there will be a 10 times rise in Covaxin vaccine production by September while manufacture of remdesivir jabs, an anti-viral…

  • Sunday, 18 April 2021
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COVID19 vaccine research not for sale, says German Foreign Minister

Berlin: Germany cannot allow other countries to “exclusively” acquire the results of its researchers, the country’s Foreign Minister Heiko Maas told the Funke media group on Monday. On Sunday, German newspaper Welt am Sonntag reported that US President Donald Trump had attempted to lure scientists from German company CureVac, which is researching a coronavirus vaccine, […]

  • Sunday, 18 April 2021
Corona death count reaches 339
COVID19: ICMR Bats For Oxford Vaccine, WHO Lists 3 More As Frontrunners

New Delhi: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Sunday said that a candidate vaccine called ChAdOX1 a” being developed by researchers at the University of Oxford — is the frontrunner in the race to take on the deadly COVID-19 virus which has infected over 23 lakh people globally, killing over 1.60 lakh people. […]

  • Saturday, 17 April 2021
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