Covishield

New Delhi: The CEO of Serum Institute of India (SII), Adar Poonawalla, on Sunday urged nations to “be patient” amid the wait for Covishield, the COVID-19 vaccine developed by SII in partnership with Oxford University and pharmaceutical…

New Delhi: The declining numbers of COVID cases being reported may boomerang going by the fact that a sizeable proportion of Indians have not been turning up for the second dose of the vaccine. On Saturday, 7,668 beneficiaries received the…

New Delhi: More than 300,000 people were vaccinated against COVID-19 in a single day for the first time on Friday. Nearly, 13,90,592 people have been inoculated since January 16 when the drive started, Hindustan Times reported quoting data…

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.…

New Delhi: The fact sheet for Covishield by Serum Institute of India (SII), people who are severely allergic to any ingredient of the COVID-19 vaccine are advised not to take it. One should not get the Covishield vaccine if the person had a…

New Delhi: Those receiving Bharat BioTech’s Covaxin during the nationwide vaccination drive against COVID-19 will have to sign a “consent form” and agree to certain terms and conditions. Besides, the recipients of Covaxin will be…

New Delhi: Despite the government's repeated assurance and efforts to allay apprehensions, resident doctors at Delhi's Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital (RMLH) on Saturday demanded they be administered Covishield vaccine and not Covaxin since the…

New Delhi: One of the questions doing the rounds on the COVID-19 vaccination process in India was whether citizens could choose their vaccine from the ones approved by Drugs Controller General of India -- Serum Institute of India’s…

Pune: The CEO of Serum Institute of India (SII), Adar Poonawalla, on Tuesday said his firm has decided to sell the first 100 million doses of Covishield vaccine at a special price to the government. Poonawalla said the SII will be selling…

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…