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COVID-19 news update: Centre defends increasing gap between doses; report claims 'underreporting' of deaths in Chennai
Fp Staff • 4 years agoOn the vaccine front, India's vaccination drive seemed set to get another push with SII announcing that it hopes to launch Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine ‘Covovax’ in India by September
RDIF, Panacea Biotec launch production of Sputnik V vaccine in India; set to produce 10 mn doses per year
• 4 years agoThe first batch of the COVID-19 vaccine produced at Panacea Biotec's facilities at Baddi in Himachal Pradesh will be shipped to Russia's Gamaleya Center for quality control
Discussions on with Indian govt for expedited approval of COVID-19 vaccine, says Pfizer
• 4 years agoCEO Albert Bourla said that Pfizer is aware that 'access to vaccines is critical'. "Unfortunately, our vaccine is not registered in India although our application was submitted months ago," the CEO added
COVID-19 vaccine data analysis: At current rate of 2.2mn doses per day, India can only cover 30% population by end-2021
Tejal Kanitkar • 4 years agoFree universal vaccination across classes and regions may be the only way to ensure maximum coverage
COVID-19 vaccine: Bharat Biotech to boost Covaxin production to 700 million doses per year
• 4 years agoAccording to a press release issued by the Hyderabad-based vaccine maker, manufacturing scale-up has been carried out in a stepwise manner across multiple facilities at Hyderabad and Bangalore
WHO rejects SII’s proposal seeking extension of Covishield’s shelf life from 6 to 9 months
• 4 years agoThe UN body has also sought a meeting with the Drugs Controller General of India to discuss the matter 10:12
COVID-19: Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine 100% effective in 12 to 15-year-olds, say companies
• 4 years agoPhase 3 trials carried out on 2,260 adolescents in the United States "demonstrated 100 percent efficacy and robust antibody responses", the companies said in a statement
AstraZeneca revises COVID-19 vaccine efficacy to 76% after US panel flags issues
• 4 years agoThe revised figures comes a day after an independent panel in the US accused AstraZeneca of cherry-picking data in determining the protection offered by its vaccine
Hong Kong, Macau suspend use of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine over defective lids
• 4 years agoHong Kong govt has said the suspension was immediate while the matter is investigated by distributor Fosun Pharma and BioNTech, the German company that created the vaccine with American pharmaceutical firm Pfizer
Over 3.25 million vaccine doses administered on 22 March, highest single-day vaccination so far, says Centre
• 4 years agoOut of these, 29,03,030 beneficiaries were vaccinated across 48,345 sessions for the first dose and 3,50,065 healthcare workers (HCWs) and frontline workers (FLWs) received the second dose of vaccine