More Than 2 Billion Doses of COVID-19 Vaccines to Become Available in India Soon, Government Advisor Says More Reuters A woman receives a dose of COVISHIELD, a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine manufactured by Serum Institute of India, at a vac...
India implemented the largest COVID-19 vaccination drive in the world, through which it vaccinated the majority of its population. Lessons from the Indian COVID-19 vaccination experience can be invaluable for other LMICs as well as for preparedness for future outbreaks. Our...
If I am Covid-19 positive, when can I get my vaccine shot? The government has advised a period of four-eight weeks after recovery from Covid-19 to get the vaccination. COVID-19 Vaccines for Children and Teens There are no vaccines available for children and teens at the m...
Experts have said that vaccines are the best way forward for India, whichlaunched its mass inoculation programin January. Since then, official data showed that only 11% of the population has received at least one vaccine dose while just 3.4% have completed the required two doses. The Indian...
In August, the government of India granted Emergency Use Authorization to a COVID-19 DNA vaccine. Pharmaceutical firm Zydus Cadila, in partnership with India’s Department of Biotechnology, developed the 3-dose intradermal vaccine, called ZyCov-D, which is authorized there for use in people aged...
A timeline for the nasal spray’s rollout was also not available, theAssociated Pressreported. “This step will further strengthen our collective fight against the pandemic” Indian health minister Mansukh Mandaviya said onTwitter. The vaccine was developed by scientists at Washington University in St...
COVAXIN®, India's indigenousCOVID-19 vaccineby Bharat Biotech is developed in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) - National Institute of Virology (NIV). The indigenous, inactivated vaccine is developed and manufactured in Bharat Biotech'sBSL-3 (Bio-Safety Level 3...
"To be fair, I believe there have been two surprises. Unlike a year ago, when Covid-19 vaccine availability was being forecasted around mid-2021, the vaccine became available a bit earlier. Second, the lull in Covid-19 cases in India sort of set the complacency at all levels," he not...
An effective vaccine against COVID-19 is need of the hour. India has been a hub for vaccine productions and Indian pharmaceutical companies have contributed immensely to the vaccine related projects running all over the world. Indian companies have also been pioneers in starting working on COVID-...
61% citizens sceptical about COVID-19 vaccine; say won’t rush to take it in 2021, even if its available Citizens of India via LocalCircles in July 2020 raised the issue of an urgent need to develop a serial number tracking of COVID-19 vaccine to avoid any black marketing, and to tra...