The Central government has approved Biological E’s Corbevax for restricted use in an emergency as a heterologous booster dose, official sources confirmed on Wednesday. On Tuesday, had reported that Corbevax booster for heterologous first has been approved by the Centre. Last month the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI) recommended Biological […]
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No quarantine for Covishield-vaccinated Indians in UK from Oct 11
There would be no quarantine required for fully vaccinated Indian travellers in the UK from October 11, British High Commissioner to India Alex Ellis said referring to the country’s fresh travel guidelines on Thursday. Britain has revised its travel guidelines and has extended the inbound vaccinated arrivals system to further […]
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US Agrees to Export Covid-19 Vaccine Raw Materials to India
US President Joe Biden administration to allow export of key raw materials for the manufacture of Covid-19 vaccine to India which is witnessing a massive spike in coronavirus cases, the United States has finally agreed to supply materials for the Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII) to boost the production […]
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India records over 3-lakh COVID-19 cases in a day for the first time
India reported 3,14,835 Covid-19 new cases in the last 24 hours, the highest single-day spike since the onset of the pandemic early last year, taking the overall infection tally to 1,59,30,965 on Thursday, according to data from the Union Health Ministry.the highest surge for any country in the world since […]
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India dispatches Covishield vaccines to Bahrain, Sri Lanka
After providing coronavirus vaccines to several countries including Bangladesh, Nepal, and the Maldives, India on Thursday established its position as a reliable partner in COVID-19 assistance by dispatching Covishield vaccines to Bahrain and Sri Lanka. A consignment of 50,400 doses of coronavirus vaccines will be provided by India to Sri Lanka under the Vaccine Maitri initiative, while Bahrain will receive […]
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First consignment of Covishield vaccines to arrive from Pune to Delhi today
The first lot of Covid-19 vaccines is to arrive at Delhi airport from Pune on Tuesday morning aboard a SpiceJet flight. Later in the day, an Air India flight is expected to fly in another consignment of the vaccines to Delhi from Pune. The SpiceJet flight SG8937 departed the Pune […]