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Chennai’s Leela Hotel Turns COVID-19 Hotspot With 20 Positive Cases
Chennai: After ITC Chola, 20 staff members at Chennai’s Leela Palace, have tested positive for COVID-19.
Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) officials said they have instructed the luxury hotels to postpone the scheduled events. A total of…
COVID-19 Vaccines Only For India Now: Serum Institute CEO
Pune: India will not allow the Oxford University-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine’s export for several months, according to Serum Institute of India (SII) CEO Adar Poonawalla. SII has been contracted to manufacture 1 billion doses of the…
Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin Can Be Used As Backup, Says AIIMS Director Dr Randeep Guleria
New Delhi: Lauding the final approval of the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) on Sunday to two COVID-19 vaccines, All India Institute Of Medical Science (AIIMS) Director Randeep Guleria said, the indigenously developed Covaxin,…
Adar Poonawalla Thanks PM Modi, DCGI After Covishield Gets Final Approval
New Delhi: The new year couldn't have begun on a better note for Pune-based Serum Institute Of India (SII) with Covishield getting the nod for restricted emergency use in India after the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation…
India Gets COVID Vaccine: SII & Bharat Biotech Candidates Formally Approved
New Delhi: India has finally got its vaccine against coronavirus. Two vaccines — Pune-based Serum Institute’s Covishield and Bharat Biotech's Covaxin — received emergency use approval from the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) on…
Withdraw Approval For Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin: AIDAN Urges DCGI
New Delhi: The All India Drug Action Network (AIDAN) has asked the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) to reconsider SEC recommendation in granting REU approval to Bharat Biotech-developed COVAXIN.
According to the AIDAN, it is…
India First Nation To Isolate & Culture COVID-19 UK Variant: ICMR
New Delhi: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said that India has successfully cultured the new COVID-19 strain that originated in the United Kingdom.
The ICMR claimed via a tweet that no country is yet to report successful…
Vaccine Roll-Out: Massive Nationwide Mock Drill Conducted Across 125 Districts
New Delhi: As India prepares for the COVID-19 vaccine roll-out, the Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoHFW) on Saturday organised a massive nationwide exercise whereby an end-to-end mock drill on vaccine administration was…
After Oxford Vaccine, Expert Panel Recommends Granting Approval To Covaxin
New Delhi: A day after the Subject Expert Committee (SEC) on COVID-19 of the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) recommended granting permission for emergency use of the Oxford vaccine, the expert panel on Saturday gave…
COVID Vaccine To Be Free Across India: Health Minister
New Delhi: The COVID-19 vaccine will be provided free of cost across the country, Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan said on Saturday.
The minister told this to the media after reviewing the dry run of the vaccination process at a…