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Under this framework, persons who have taken vaccines authorised by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) will be exempted from travel restrictions within the EU. (PTI Photo)

India requests EU to consider Covishield, Covaxin jabs under Green passport scheme

The sources said the genuineness of such vaccination certification can be authenticated on the CoWIN portal

30 Jun 2021 9:17 PM

The Union health ministry will facilitate the supply of these vaccines to the private hospitals after payment is made. (Photo: PTI/File)

Private hospitals need to place orders on CoWIN to procure vaccines from July 1

Most hospitals have already registered on the portal, sources stated

30 Jun 2021 12:26 PM

'Mixed' schedules of these vaccines induced high concentrations of antibodies against the SARS-CoV2 spike IgG protein when doses were administered four weeks apart. (Photo: Representational/PTI)

Oxford study says mixing COVID-19 vaccines gives good protection

The University of Oxford is leading the Com-COV study, run by the National Immunisation Schedule Evaluation Consortium

29 Jun 2021 8:55 AM

The Centre informed about the projected availability of COVID-19 vaccines in an affidavit filed in the suo motu case. (Photo: PTI/File)

135 crore vaccine doses to be available between August-Dec: Centre to Supreme Court

Out of these, the estimated availability of Covishield doses is 50 crores, while of Covaxin doses is 40 crores

27 Jun 2021 11:58 AM

Karan Thapar | Mind the gap: Covishield’s 2nd jab sets off controversy

Paradoxically, three days after India’s May decision, and because of the threat of the Delta variant, the UK reduced the gap to eight weeks

25 Jun 2021 12:40 AM

A medic holds a vial of Bharat Biotech's covid vaccine, Covaxin. (Photo: AFP)

Over 2.58 crore Covid vaccine doses still available with states: Centre

Of this, the total consumption, including wastage is 25,32,65,825 doses, the ministry said

18 Jun 2021 3:24 PM

The NTAGI chairman also stated that Canada, Sri Lanka and few other countries are using 12 - 16 weeks interval for the AstraZeneca vaccine which is the same as the Covishield vaccine. (ANI)

Decision to increase gap between Covishield doses based on scientific evidence: NTAGI

Dr Arora said that the earlier decision of four weeks was based upon the bridging trial data available then

16 Jun 2021 12:45 PM

Researchers at Public Health Scotland and the University of Edinburgh, UK, found that the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine offered better protection against the Delta variant compared to the Oxford-AstraZeneca preventive. (AFP)

Pfizer, AstraZeneca vaccines protect against Delta variant: Lancet study

Pfizer vaccine offered 92 per cent protection against the Alpha variant and 79 per cent against the Delta strain 2 weeks after the 2nd dose

15 Jun 2021 1:11 PM

A medic administers a dose of COVID-19 vaccine to a man, at Nair hospital in Mumbai, Monday, June 14, 2021. (PTI Photo)

Covid recovered people need only one dose of vaccine: AIG Study

The study concluded that the single dose of vaccine does offer protection and creates the immune memory required to fight the virus

15 Jun 2021 12:45 AM

Health workers administer COVID-19 vaccine doses to shopkeepers at a market in Bhopal, Tuesday, June 8, 2021. (PTI Photo)

Centre places order for 44 cr doses of COVID-19 vaccines

AIIMS director said there is no data to show that children will be seriously infected in subsequent Covid-19 waves

09 Jun 2021 1:35 AM

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi addresses the nation in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Centre to provide free vaccine to states for those over 18 yrs from June 21: PM Modi

The Centre has decided to buy 75 per cent of jabs from vaccine makers

07 Jun 2021 9:28 PM

The conclusion of the study said that both the vaccines have shown elicited good immune response. (Photo: PTI)

Covishield produced more antibodies than Covaxin, says preliminary study

The study is a preprint and has not been peer-reviewed

07 Jun 2021 1:14 PM

Flagging several other flaws in its vaccine policy -- including shortage of vaccine doses and problems faced by rural people in accessing vaccines -- the court also directed the Centre to give an outline for “how and when the Central government seeks to vaccinate the remaining population in phases 1, 2 and 3” . — PTI

SC slams Centre’s vaccination policy as ‘irrational’, asks for purchase data

The top court also sought data on the percentage of population that has been vaccinated (with one dose and both doses)

03 Jun 2021 1:03 AM

A health worker collects swab sample of a passenger at a COVID-19 testing counter at New Delhi railway station, on May 25, 2021.

COVID cases, positivity rate take a dip in Delhi, but black fungus a big worry

The Centre said that India was the second country after the United States to cross 20 crore cumulative Covid-19 vaccination coverage

27 May 2021 2:37 AM

The AEFI Committee’s in-depth case review of 498 serious and severe events found 26 cases to be potential thromboembolic events following the administration of Covishield vaccine. (Representational Image/AFP)

Reporting of vaccination adverse effects made hugely difficult, going unreported

It is important for the government to take AEFI tracking more seriously and aggressively as it is doing for vaccination

23 May 2021 1:16 PM

We can reach a national jab rate of 10 million (one crore) a day, which means vaccinating the country in 4-5 months. (AP file photo)

Probal DasGupta | India can vaccinate swiftly by using ‘mohalla method’

A swifter pace of vaccinations is the antidote to arrest fatality numbers, build confidence and encourage a quicker economic revival

19 May 2021 6:54 AM

Govt ready to allow other companies to make Covaxin

The government has now engaged five Public Sector Undertakings to help increase production of Covaxin

14 May 2021 12:00 AM

The stock of Covaxin in Delhi has finished. (Photo: AP)

Serum says will raise monthly production to 10 crore doses by August

Sources said Health Ministry and the office of DCGI had sought from both the firms their production plan for June, July, August, September

12 May 2021 10:43 PM

Any overzealous, though well-meaning judicial intervention may lead to unforeseen and unintended consequences in absence of any expert advice, the Centre told the top court. — AFP

Differential vaccine pricing is right, Centre tells Supreme Court

Government defends move, says it is to incentivise vaccine makers

11 May 2021 7:54 AM

Under India's Vaccine Maitri' initiative, which translates into Vaccine Friendship, the country has been providing vaccines to nations across the world (Representational image: AP)

India's gift of 200,000 COVID vaccine doses will be sent to UN peacekeepers on Mar 27

More than 58 million Made in India coronavirus vaccine doses have reached about 70 countries in the recent weeks

26 Mar 2021 11:40 AM

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