Tag: Vaccines

Germany’s BioNTech to set up centre in Israel to develop medicine, vaccines for cancer

German biotechnology company BioNTech SE will establish a centre in Israel for the development and production of vaccines and drugs against cancer, the Israeli Finance Ministry said in a statement on Wednesday.

March 23, 2023

US to distribute monkeypox vaccines nationwide to curb outbreak

The US Department of Health and Human Services will immediately send 56,000 doses of the Jynneos vaccine to areas with high transmission.

June 29, 2022

Two plant-based vaccines requiring no cold storage on their way

The results were even stronger for efficacy against moderate-to-severe disease, at 78.8 per cent (95 per cent CI, 55.8 per cent to 90.8 per cent).

June 7, 2022

Biden should bail Xi out with mRNA vaccines

The pandemic news coming out of China over the past month has been grim with Covid spreading widely despite Xi Jinping’s efforts to contain the virus.

June 3, 2022

Over 3 cr children between 12-14 years age group administered COVID-19 vaccine first dose

The countrywide vaccination drive began on January 16 last year with healthcare workers getting inoculated in the first phase.

May 10, 2022

DCGI grants EUA to 3 Covid vaccines for different age group of children

Besides Corbevax and Covaxin, the DCGI also approved restricted use iA emergency situation to ZycovD (Zydus Cadila vaccine) for children above the age of 12 years for a two-dose regimen.

April 26, 2022

India administers over 175 cr vaccines against Covid-19

With the administration of more than 36.28 lakh Covid-19 vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, India's Covid-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 175.03 crore, said Union Health Ministry on Saturday.

February 19, 2022

Israel to roll out Covid vax for kids below 5 years in April

Currently vaccines are available in the country for adults, and children aged five and above.

January 16, 2022

India despatches five lakh Covid vaccines to Afghanistan

India is in touch with Pakistan for the supply of 50,000 metric tonnes of wheat for the people of Afghanistan. The wheat is to be transported to the war-torn country through Pakistan territory.

January 1, 2022

Unicef delivers over 100mn Covid vaccines to B’desh

The 100 million vaccines delivered so far also include over 50 million doses that Unicef has delivered to Bangladesh under the COVAX facility, which is the WHO-led initiative for equitable distribution of Covid-19 vaccines around the world.

December 29, 2021

Covid: Over 55 per cent of India’s eligible population fully vaccinated

In total, the country has administered 134 crore jabs under the mass vaccination drive.

December 14, 2021

India better prepared to face Omicron, says health expert

Most of the vaccines, in general, have demonstrated their effectiveness against new variants including Delta in preventing hospitalisations and deaths.

December 7, 2021

Daily Covid cases slide; 70 crore jabs logged

A downward trend in the daily Covid cases continued for the second consecutive day with 31,222 new cases and 219 deaths in the last 24 hours.

September 7, 2021

‘Vaccines don’t give 100 per cent protection’

According to Dr Nikhil Tandon, COVID-19 Vaccines do not provide 100% protection.

September 3, 2021

New Zealand extends virus lockdown; Australia eyes vaccines

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the lockdown will continue until at least the end of the month in Auckland, where most of the cases have been found

August 23, 2021

Large consignment of vaccines reach city airport

Following the arrival of fresh vaccine stock, the KMC said Covishield doses will be given on 9 August, but that all Covishield centres will again remain shut from 10 August until further notice. It cited the lack of vaccines from the government of India as the reason.

August 9, 2021

Rahul Gandhi accuses Modi govt. of lacking spine

A day after the Modi government failed to indicate in the Parliament a fixed timeline for the completion of the vaccination drive, former Congress president Rahul Gandhi took a dig by saying people’s lives are on the line and it’s a “classic case of a missing spine.” Rahul took to Twitter and wrote, “People’s lives...

July 24, 2021