Tag: Covaxin

Home Ministry rejects media reports ‘Covaxin was rushed due to Political Pressure’

Calling the reports completely misleading, fallacious, and ill-informed the Health Ministry said, "The government of India and the national regulator Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) have followed a scientific approach and prescribed norms in approving the Covid-19 vaccines for emergency use authorization."

November 17, 2022

Bharat Biotech evinces interest to invest in Karnataka

Ella, Chairman, and MD of Bharat Biotech, which produces Covaxin, met state Minister for Large and Medium Industries Dr. Murugesh R. Nirani, in Hyderabad on Friday, stated the official press release from the ministry of large and medium industries.

October 14, 2022

Covaxin booster shot enhances efficacy against Delta, Omicron variants of COVID-19: Study

The study by 'bioRxiv', an open-access preprint repository for the biological sciences, shared on Tuesday that its study shows that administration of Covaxin booster dose will enhance the vaccine effectiveness against the Delta variant infection and give protection against the Omicron variants BA.1.1 and BA.2.

June 15, 2022

COVID-19 vaccine: 15-18 age group to get Covaxin from Jan 3

According to the Union Health Ministry, dedicated centres can be established for the same.

December 28, 2021

UK to add India’s Covaxin to approved list from Nov 22

The development has come after the World Health Organisation approved Covaxin for emergency use listing last week.

November 9, 2021

Australia recognises Covaxin

The approval by Australia comes when the Bharat Biotech-manufactured Covid-19 vaccine is seeking an approval from the WHO for Covaxin.

November 1, 2021

After WHO nod to Covaxin, India can supply 5M doses: PM Modi

"The Prime Minister expressed satisfaction over G20's decision to come up with the 15 per cent minimum Corporate Tax. It was at the 2014 G20 Summit that the Prime Minister had first proposed this idea of a minimum corporate tax in order to prevent to some extent the evasion of taxes," Foreign secretary Harsh Shringla said.

October 31, 2021

Didi jibe at Modi over billionth vaccine dose

Miss Banerjee asked if the photo of the Prime Minister can be there on vaccination certificates, "then will the death certificates for persons who died of Covid carry the same?"

October 25, 2021

Delhi gets child friendly vaccination centre

An expert panel of DCGI has recommended granting emergency use authorisation (EUA) to Bharat Biotech's Covaxin for children aged 2 to 18 with certain conditions.

October 19, 2021

Diligently working with WHO to obtain EUL for Covaxin: Bharat Biotech

The WHO's EUL approval for Covaxin was expected by 5 October as WHO's Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE) was scheduled to meet on this day to make its recommendations on Bharat Biotech's Covaxin for Emergency Use Listing. The process has been delayed as more technical data has been sought from the pharma major.

September 28, 2021

Covaxin may get WHO approval by month-end, says NITI Aayog

"We must give time to WHO to make their decisions based on science. However, we hope that these decisions can be taken quickly because people who are receiving Covaxin have certain imperatives of travel. Most of us, who chose the concurrency, is important in terms of licensure. We are hoping for an early decision,"

September 15, 2021

WHO nod to Covaxin by month-end: Niti Aayog

The WHO approval for emergency use of Covaxin will not only declare it safe for use in other countries but will also enable people receiving the shot to travel abroad without mandatory quarantine, he said.

September 14, 2021

KMC Covaxin centres to remain shut from today

“The closure has created backlogs and paved the way for chaos at vaccine centres. The situation can get worrisome if maximum people are not vaccinated before the onset of the third wave.”

September 13, 2021

Mansukh Mandaviya releases first commercial batch of COVAXIN manufactured in Ankleshwar, Gujarat

The National Covid-19 Vaccination Programme has been successfully going on across all states and Union Territories since 16th January, 2021, he added.

August 29, 2021

Covaxin single-dose to Covid infected equivalent to 2 doses for unaffected: ICMR

Antibody levels were measured at three-time points: on the day of vaccination (baseline), at month one following the first dose and at month two following the first dose.

August 28, 2021

14.49 lakh missed COVID second dose vaccine in Odisha after stipulated timeframe

An estimated 23%, roughly one in every five persons who are administered the first dose have missed the second jibe for an unexplained reason.

August 26, 2021

Covaxin, Covishield trial participants to get vax certificate

"In a welcome initiative, digital #COVID19 vaccination certificates will now be issued to the clinical trial participants of COVISHIELD & COVAXIN through Co-WIN. The nation thanks them for their incredible commitment & contribution to COVID-19 vaccine research & treatment,"

August 23, 2021