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COVID-19 Vaccine Shortage; 6 Units Shut In Odisha’s Berhampur
Berhampur: Vaccination against COVID-19 is likely to come to a halt in Berhampur as the city is left with Covishield stock only for today.
Due to shortage the health officials had to stop…
No More Vaccine Registration For Healthcare & Frontline Workers: Centre
New Delhi: The government won’t permit fresh registration for COVID-19 vaccination for healthcare and frontline workers.
Union health secretary Rajesh Bhushan wrote to the state chief…
COVID-19 Vaccine Update: Clinical Trials For Third Dose Of Covaxin Allowed
New Delhi: An expert panel of Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has permitted Bharat Biotech to administer a third dose of its COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin to a select group of volunteers…
Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin Not Upto Manufacturing Standards, Says Brazil
Rio de Janeiro: Brazil’s health regulator Anvisa has said that Covaxin did not meet its manufacturing standards.
The Brazilian government had signed a contract in February to buy 20…
Indian Drugmaker To Produce 200 Million Doses Of Russian Sputnik V COVID Vaccine
Bengaluru-based drugmaker Stelis Biopharma will produce 200 million doses of Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine.
The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), which backed the…
COVID-19: Odisha Vaccinates 1 Lakh Elderly In A Day
Bhubaneswar: Odisha on Monday achieved the target of vaccinating one lakh elderly persons in a single day. Sharing the news, Health Secretary Pradipta Mohapatra thanked each and every…
Treat Judges, Lawyers As Frontline Workers & Vaccinate Them: PIL
Mumbai: Members of the legal fraternity should be considered as frontline workers and given access to the COVID-19 vaccine on priority basis, according to a Public Interest Litigation (PIL)…
Relief For Doubters: Covaxin Phase 3 Trials Show Interim Efficacy Of 81%
Hyderabad: There’s reassuring news for those who had doubts about the efficacy and safety of Covaxin, one of the two vaccines being administered in India as of now.
Bharat Biotech,…
No Time Restriction, COVID-19 Vaccine Now Available 24×7 In India
New Delhi: The COVID-19 vaccine will now be available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
The time constraint which was there earlier has been done away with, the idea being to increase…
Bhubaneswar MP Aparajita Takes Covid Vaccine Jab
Bhubaneswar: Member of Parliament from Bhubaneswar Aparajita Sarangi took the COVID-19 vaccine shot in Odisha capital on Wednesday.
The MP took the COVAXIN jab at All India Institute of…