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Study finds slightly increased blood clot rates after first shot of AstraZaneca's COVID-19 vaccine
• 4 years agoThe findings are based on 2,80,000 people aged 18-65 who received a first dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in Denmark and Norway
File complaint about threats, will conduct in-depth probe: Maharashtra govt tells Adar Poonawalla
• 4 years agoThe SII CEO, who has been in the UK on an extended stay to evade alleged threats in India over the ever-increasing demand for COVID-19 vaccines, has said he will return in a few days
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
China wanted to show off its COVID-19 vaccines to the world, but the move is backfiring
• 4 years agoA YouGov survey this month of roughly 19,000 people in 17 countries and regions showed that most were distrustful of a COVID-19 vaccine made in China
COVID-19 vaccination: 447 recipients across India suffer adverse events post inoculation; how AEFI is tracked, reported
Fp Staff • 4 years agoWith COVID-19 making the immunisation of adults necessary, the Centre has involved cardiologists, neurologists, general physicians, and pulmonologists in the AEFI committees at national, state, and district levels
Over 1.91 lakh healthcare, sanitary workers get COVID-19 vaccine jabs; no cases of post-vaccination hospitalisation, says Centre
Fp Staff • 4 years agoThe Union health ministry that the programme had been a "success" as no cases of post-vaccination hospitalisation had been reported as of 7 pm on Saturday
COVID-19 vaccine: DCGI grants approval to Covishield, Covaxin; Modi terms it 'decisive turning point'
Fp Staff • 4 years agoThe DCGI's approval was given on the basis of recommendations submitted by a COVID-19 subject expert committee (SEC) of the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO)
Coronavirus News Updates: COVID-19 vaccination dry run at six sites in Uttar Pradesh from 5 January
Fp Staff • 4 years agoCoronavirus News Updates: In a statement, the state government said the dry run will start at 10 am in three urban and as many rural sites with a minimum of two sessions
Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine will be available at cost price across world, says pharma head Olivier Nataf
• 4 years agoUnlike the two vaccines produced by Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech, which require ultra-cold storage, the AstraZeneca vaccine can be kept in the conventional fridge used to store vaccines around the world
India readies five sites for final phase of human trials of Oxford's COVID-19 vaccine
• 5 years agoSerum Institute of India has been chosen by Oxford University and its partner AstraZeneca to manufacture the COVID-19 vaccine