BCG

Pune: The fire at Serum Institute of India (SII) that killed five workers on Thursday won’t result in any loss of Covishield coronavirus vaccine due to “multiple production buildings”, but will have an impact on BCG and rotavirus vaccines.…

India is now struggling to control the COVID-19 pandemic, but another health disaster will be a growing headache for our country. Due to the pandemic and subsequent lockdown, many children missed their routine immunizations -- BCG. Data…

New Delhi: Going by evidence that suggests that the BCG vaccine, normally given to children for immunity against tuberculosis also protects against respiratory tract infections, including viral diseases, the Indian Council Of Medical…