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New Delhi: As the country waits for a COVID vaccine for children before a possible third wave of the coronavirus pandemic hits India, a senior government official said on Friday that more data is needed before Zydus Cadila’s three-dose…

New Delhi: A large-scale, real-life study conducted by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has found that two doses of COVID-19 vaccine – be it Covishield or Covaxin -- ensured 95 per cent protection from death. ICMR conducted the…

New Delhi: The Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII) will start manufacturing the anti-COVID vaccine Sputnik V from September, Russian authorities said on Tuesday. The RDIF (Russian Direct Investment Fund) said they “intend to produce…

New Delhi: India’s vaccination against COVID-19 increased by 67 per cent as the country administered 6.77 crore doses in the 13 days from June 21 to July 3. Since India returned to COVID vaccines’ centralised procurement and distribution,…

Hyderabad: The final analysis of Covaxin's efficacy from phase 3 clinical trials have been released. The overall efficacy of the COVID-19 is 77.8 per cent, said Bharat Biotech. Covaxin efficacy on Delta variant The vaccine was found to…

New Delhi: The Indian government is holding talks with Johnson and Johnson for its single dose COVID-19 vaccine. “We are in talks with Johnson & Johnson regarding their single-dose vaccine. Their vaccine is being produced outside,”…

Bhopal: Prime Minister Narendra Modi sought to clear hesitancy over taking the COVID-19 vaccine on his monthly ‘Mann Ki Baat’ broadcast on Sunday. And he succeeded to some extent, too, as some of the villagers got inoculated along with…

New Delhi: Serum Institute of India (SII) is expected to begin clinical trials of Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine ‘Covovax’ for children this July, according to media reports. SII is also planning to introduce Covovax in India by September.…

New Delhi: Contrary to his earlier derision for COVID-19 vaccines, yoga guru Baba Ramdev has now said he will soon get himself vaccinated and urged others to take the jab too. Ramdev also lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement…

New Delhi: In a blatant highlight of the problem of vaccine inequity, just nine corporate hospital groups in big cities had cornered 50 per cent of the stock of COVID-19 doses meant for the private sector in May. These nine hospital groups…