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Pune: Serum Institute of India (SII) CEO Adar Poonawalla on Saturday raised some serious concerns regarding the production and distribution of COVID-19 vaccine in the country. Poonawalla asked whether the Indian government will have Rs…

Pune: The Serum Institute of India (SII) will start the third and final phase of human trial of Oxford-Astrazeneca’s coronavirus vaccine at Pune’s Sasson General Hospital early next week. “The phase III trial of ‘Covishield’ vaccine will…

Washington: Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates on Tuesday said that India is a leading vaccine producer and may release huge volumes of COVID-19 vaccine by 2021. According to a PTI report, Gates also said that India is playing an important…

New Delhi: No date has been fixed for its launch, but the coronavirus vaccine may be ready by the first quarter of 2021, according to Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Harsh Vardhan. He also said that the Union government may order…

New Delhi: COVID-19 vaccine administration’s National Expert Group will meet on Wednesday to discuss the logistic, procurement and administration of the vaccine when it’s ready. The panel is headed by Dr VK Paul, member (health), NITI…

New Delhi: The Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) on Wednesday approved the first fully indigenously developed Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Conjugate Vaccine developed by Serum Institute of India, Pune. The vaccine will be used to…

New Delhi: India registered the highest single-day surge of 27,114 COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the country’s total caseload past the 8 lakh-mark to 8,20,916 on Saturday. The death toll rose to 22,123 with 519 more succumbing…

New Delhi: Experts and medicos have criticised the Indian Council of Medical Research’s (ICMR) recent announcement that the indigenous COVID-19 vaccine, COVAXIN, will be available for public use by August 15. The experts said that such a…

Hyderabad: The country's first potential COVID-19 vaccine has received the green light from Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) for Phase I and II human clinical trials. The trials will begin across the country in July. The vaccine,…

New Delhi: Google on Monday revealed that the search for COVID-19 vaccine skyrocketed in May and went up by over 190 per cent in India. The search for coronavirus, on the other hand, dropped to No. 12 in searched topics, according to a…