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COVID-19 Mutant Strain Threat Prompted Covaxin’s Approval, Say Minutes Of SEC Meetings
New Delhi: The impending danger of the new mutant strain of coronavirus found in the UK helped Bharat Biotech get emergency use approval for its vaccine candidate Covaxin. India has now reported 71 cases of mutant strain with number rising…
All Indian COVID-19 Vaccines Being Developed For Storage At 2-8 Degree Celsius, Says Govt Official
New Delhi: The logistics for storing all Indian vaccines being developed against the coronavirus at 2-8 degrees Celsius have been worked out while considering temperature as a factor, 'mint' quoted Secretary, Department of Biotechnology…
High Drama After COVID-Positive Actress Refuses To Enter Govt Hospital
Kolkata: A British actress, who had tested positive for COVID-19 after arriving from the UK, was taken to a private facility after she refused to be treated at a government hospital in Kolkata.
Sources said the actress, Banita Sandhu, had…
Bharat Biotech To Produce Data To Show Covaxin’s Efficacy On Mutant Strain
New Delhi: Bharat Biotech-developed vaccine candidate COVAXIN will be affective on mutant strains of the novel coronavirus, the company expressed confidence at a press conference on Monday.
According to Bharat Biotech chairman and managing…
Here’s How Much Covishield Vaccine Will Cost
Mumbai: Serum Institute of India's CEO Adar Poonawalla has revealed the Covishield vaccine prices.
The vaccine will be supplied to the government at Rs 250 per dose and will be sold in the private market at Rs 1,000 per dose.
Since the…
Masks May Never Go: ICMR Chief
New Delhi: As India prepares for mass vaccination, ICMR Director General Dr Balram Bhargava opined that masks will probably never go.
“We don't know for how long the vaccine will be effective, we don't know how much of the population we'll…
Get Familiar With Co-Win, India’s COVID-19 Vaccine App
New Delhi: As the Indian government prepares to roll out the largest vaccination programme in the world, the question in common people’s mind is what they need to do to get the first jab to protect themselves from novel coronavirus.
The…
New COVID-19 Strain: 38 Cases Detected In India So Far
New Delhi: A total of 38 people have tested positive for the new UK COVID-19 strain in India so far, according to an update from the Union Health Ministry on Monday.
The break-up is -- 8 samples at National Centre for Disease Control…
DCGI Approves Covaxin For Trials Children Above 12 Years, Covishield For Those Above 18
New Delhi: The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has approved Bharat Biotech's Covaxin for children above the age of 12 years while Oxford-AstraZeneca's vaccine Covishield, manufactured by Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII)…
DCGI Urged To Withdraw Approval For Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin
New Delhi: The All India Drug Action Network (AIDAN) has urged the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) to reconsider the recommendations of the SEC in granting the REU approval to Covaxin.
AIDAN has said it is shocked to learn about…