covid-19 vaccines

New Delhi: Fresh guidelines have been issued by the Union Health Ministry for administering the COVID-19 vaccine to pregnant women and said that pregnancy doesn’t increase the chance of infection. “Most pregnant women will be asymptomatic…

New Delhi: Being one of the biggest drugmakers in the world, India is set to begin exporting COVID-19 vaccines as early on Wednesday, according to the central government. It will help the mid-and lower-income countries to secure supplies…

New Delhi: With Serum Institute of India (SII)-manufactured Oxford University’s Covishield has been rolled out in India as first COVID-19 vaccine, there are four more waiting for approval from the authorities. According to Union Health…

Pune: The first flight carrying COVID-19 vaccines — Covishield — from the Serum Institute of India (SII) left Pune at 8 am and is expected to land in Delhi at 10.15 am, according to officials aware of the development. The first doses of…

Chennai: The COVID-19 vaccines could be made available to “our countrymen” as early as the “next few days”, Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan said on Friday. After reviewing the second dry run of the coronavirus vaccination exercise…

New Delhi: Having used its manufacturing capability to pre-order 600 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, India is now negotiating for another one billion doses. According to a new global analysis of advance market commitments (AMCs) for…

New Delhi: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has partnered with Bharat Biotech International Limited (BBIL) to develop a fully indigenous COVID-19 vaccine for COVID-19. They will use the virus strain isolated at ICMR's National…