COVISHIELD
- Telangana
Reduce gap for COVID-19 vaccination doses: Harish Rao to Centre
Hyderabad: Telangana Health Minister T Harish Rao, on Friday, urged the Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Dr Mansukh Mandaviya to reduce the gap between the doses of Covishield vaccinations and…
- India
110 countries recognise India’s Covishield, Covaxin: Source
New Delhi: As of now as many as 110 countries have recognized India’s Covid vaccines — Covishield and Covaxin — and have agreed to mutual recognition of Covid-19 vaccination certificates with India,…
- World
Australia recognises India’s Covaxin, after Covishield
Melbourne: The Australian government on Monday recognised India’s Covaxin, a vaccine against the coronavirus. Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin and AstraZeneca and Oxford University’s Covishield are the two widely used vaccines in India. Australia has…
- India
India, UK hold talks on vaccine certification process: British envoy
New Delhi: British High Commissioner Alex Ellis on Thursday said India and the UK held “excellent” technical discussion on the issue of vaccine certification. Referring to new British travel rules, Ellis had on…
- India
Mixing Covishield, Covaxin provides better immunity: ICMR
New Delhi: Administering people a dose of Covishield, followed by Covaxin in the second dose is safe and improves immunity, according to a study by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) released…
- India
Expert panel recommends trials on mixing Covaxin and Covishield
New Delhi: The Subject Expert Committee (SEC) of the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) on Thursday recommended granting permission for trials of mixing COVID-19 vaccines–Covaxin and Covishield–said sources. As per sources,…
- Hyderabad
Vaccines effective in reducing mortality by 50% in Delta variant patients : CCMB
Hyderabad: Among the many concerns of the COVID-19 itself, there have been many new complications and variants being discovered very often leading to new new problems. The delta variant being the most…
- Telangana
Telangana administered over 1.32 Cr doses so far
Hyderabad: The number of doses of Covid-19 vaccines administered in Telangana reached 1.32 crore as more than 1.18 lakh doses were given during the last 24 hours. A total of 1,18,724 doses…
- India
Covishield recognised by 16 European nations: SII’s Adar Poonawalla
New Delhi: Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and owner of the Serum Institute of India (SII) on Saturday said that it was good news for international travellers that Covishield, the Indian version of…
- India
European Union may deny entry to Covishield vaccine jab receivers
Brussels: As the European Union (EU) is reopening borders to non-EU tourists especially those who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, travellers inoculated with the Indian-made AstraZeneca vaccine, or Covishield, could face problems…
- World
Nine countries in Europe accepting Covishield for travel: Sources
New Delhi: Nine European nations are accepting Covishield vaccines for travel to their countries, sources said on Thursday. Austria, Germany, Slovenia, Greece, Iceland, Ireland and Spain are among the countries allowing travel by…
- Telangana
Telangana increases gap for Covishield second dose to 14-16 weeks
Hyderabad: The Telangana government has decided to extend the gap for the second dose of the Covishield vaccine to 14-16 weeks after taking the first dose. Originally designed to be administered at…
- Kerala
Goof up has 65-yr-old Kerala man getting two vax doses within minutes
Thiruvananthapuram: In a serious lapse on the part of health officials a 65-year-old man who came to the state run Karuvatta primary health centre in Alappuzha district to receive his second dose of…
- Telangana
Telangana to vaccinate job seekers going abroad for work
Hyderabad: After undertaking a special drive to administer the COVID-19 vaccines to high-risk groups and student going abroad for higher studies, the Telangana government on Monday also decided to vaccinate individuals who…
- Top Stories
Explainer: Are vaccines effective against Delta plus variant of COVID-19?
Hyderabad: A week after the union government called the Delta plus variant of COVID-19 a ‘variant of concern’, inhibitions are on the rise whether the prescribed vaccines against the viral disease will…
- India
Adar Poonawalla responds to Covishield’s exclusion from EU’s list
New Delhi: Vaccine major Serum Institute of India chief executive officer Adar Poonawalla on Monday said he has taken up the issues faced by Indians who have taken the Covishield jab traveling to…
- India
Mamata now writes to PM to get Covaxin authenticated by WHO
Kolkata: A day after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee alleged that people are suffering for the Central governments decision to introduce Covaxin without proper authorisation from the World Health Organization (WHO), the…
- India
COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers bag huge profits on ‘humanitarian’ cause: Report
Hyderabad: 2.9 crore cases and 3.85 lakh deaths since the pandemic began in March 2020 and India’s vaccine makers have turned out to be classic profiteers instead of the humanitarians that they…
- India
COVID-19: Over 29.10 crore vaccine doses provided to States/UTs
New Delhi: More than 29.10 crore (29,10,54,050) vaccine doses have been provided to States ad Union Territories so far by the central government (free of cost channel) and through direct state procurement…
- Hyderabad
Only 4.28 percent of Apollo healthcare workers showed post-jab infection
Hyderabad: A post vaccination study by Apollo Hospitals among healthcare workers at its units across India has revealed that Covid vaccines provided protection in more than 95 per cent of the healthcare workers.…
- India
Increase in gap between Covishield doses based on scientific evidence: NTAGI
New Delhi: The decision to increase the gap between two Covishield doses from 4-6 weeks to 12-16 weeks is based on scientific reason regarding behaviour of adenovector vaccines, said Chairman of India’s Covid-19…
- Hyderabad
Single dose enough for those infected by COVID-19: AIG study
Hyderabad: A single dose of vaccine is sufficient for those already infected by COVID-19, claimed a study by Hyderabad’s AIG Hospitals. The hospital announced on Monday that it conducted a study on…
- Kerala
Kerala receives 5.38 lakh COVID vaccine doses
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala received a fresh stock of 5.38 lakh COVID vaccine doses on Saturday, informed the state health department. “The state has received 5.38 lakh doses of COVID vaccine. Out of which,…
- India
Halt in exports by SII leaves global vaccination drive stumbling
The Serum Institute of India, and with it India, has snagged the title of the largest vaccine manufacturer in the world. But as the second wave hit the country and left people…
- Chennai
COVID-19: Tamil Nadu runs out of stock, halts vaccination
Chennai, June 9 (IANS) Vaccination in Tamil Nadu has come to a grinding halt as several districts have fallen short of the required doses in the state. 39 out of the 45 health…
- India
Govt sets maximum price of vaccines for private hospitals
New Delhi: The government has set the maximum price private hospitals can charge for the three COVID-19 vaccines currently available in the country — Covishield Rs 780 per dose, Covaxin Rs 1,410 and…
- Top Stories
Efficacy of Covaxin, Covishield, Sputnik V more or less equivalent: Guleria
New Delhi: Data available till now shows clearly that efficacy of all vaccines — whether Covaxin, Covishield or Sputnik V — are more or less equivalent, AIIMS Director Randeep Guleria said amid rumours…
- Middle East
Vaccinated Indians who travelled to Saudi asked to register on Tawakkalna app
New Delhi: Indians who received the Covishield vaccine shot in India and travelled to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia have been asked to register their COVID vaccination certificate on the Tawakkalna app,…
- Telangana
Sharmila Reddy criticizes KCR over vaccination in Telangana
Hyderabad: Y.S. Sharmila Reddy daughter of former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Y.S.Rajshekhar Reddy has criticized the Telangana chief minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao over the vaccination in the State. She alleged that…
- India
2nd Made-in-India COVID-19 vaccine coming, deal signed for 30 cr doses
New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) In another landmark move in the fight against Covid-19 pandemic, the Central government has booked 30 crore doses of another Made-in-India vaccine to be manufactured by Hyderabad-based Biological-E’s…
