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A health worker holds the used vials of Covishield vaccine during a special vaccination drive in the outskirts of Jammu. (Photo: PTI)

India committed to supplying COVID-19 vaccines to other nations by...

India had suspended exports of COVID-19 vaccines in April

25 Oct 2021 8:24 AM GMT

A health worker holds the used vials of Covishield vaccine during a special vaccination drive in the outskirts of Jammu. (Photo: PTI)

Covishield may offer over 90% protection against death from Delta...

The study is the first to show how effective vaccines are at preventing death from the Delta variant

21 Oct 2021 7:00 AM GMT

A vial of Covishield, an Indian made vaccine for COVID-19, lies at a vaccination center set up at a government run school in Bengaluru. (Photo: AP)

Covishield approved by Australia for international arrivals

The recognition of the vaccines will remove a significant barrier for international students seeking to study in...

1 Oct 2021 6:03 AM GMT

A health worker holds the used vials of Covishield vaccine during a special vaccination drive in the outskirts of Jammu. (Photo: PTI)

India could ship vaccines to COVAX in a few weeks, say sources

WHO, which co-leads COVAX, has been urging India to restart supplies for the programme

9 Nov 2021 7:01 AM GMT

Covishield, the India-manufactured Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, was added to the UKs approved list last month. (PTI)

UK to add Covaxin to approved vaccine list from November 22

The move follows the World Health Organisation's Emergency Use Listing for Covaxin, which is the second most used...

9 Nov 2021 6:10 AM GMT

A syringe is prepared with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination clinic at the Keystone First Wellness Center in Chester. (Photo: AP)

COVID-19: Andaman and Nicobar Islands achieve 100 pc vaccination...

The total cases of the COVID-19 infection have moved up to 7,701 including two active cases

19 Dec 2021 7:36 AM GMT

The Centre has purchased 11 million doses of Covishield vaccine for the ongoing inoculation drive. (Photo: AP)

Serum Institute applies for trials of another Covid-19 vaccine

The firm has already produced Covishield vaccine, co-developed by the University of Oxford and British-Swedish company...

30 Jan 2021 6:57 PM GMT

The government must at least now do a rethink on the campaign and be true and honest with the people on its components. It must win peoples confidence by placing all the facts before them, to start with; piecemeal and ad hoc release of critical information is not the right way to do it. (Photo:AFP)

AA Edit | Put politics, profit aside; level with all on vaccine

The government and the companies should have been upfront about the products from the beginning

22 Jan 2021 6:30 PM GMT

A nurse, right, performs rituals to a box containing COVID-19 vaccines upon its arrival at a government Hospital in Ahmedabad, India, Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021. (AP /Ajit Solanki)

AA Edit | Transparency the key to success of vaccine drive

If a vaccine is under trial and has not gone through the due process, its administration should be called clinical...

17 Jan 2021 6:40 PM GMT

A health worker shows the Covishield vaccine, after arrival of the first batch of the vaccines from the Serum Institute of India. (PTI)

Pregnant, lactating women should not be given COVID-19 vaccine now:...

The ministry has listed precautions and contraindications for COVID-19 vaccination along with a comparative factsheet...

15 Jan 2021 5:02 AM GMT

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. PTI photo

PM Modi to launch COVID-19 vaccination drive on January 16

Modi is likely to interact via video link with some healthcare workers fwho will be receiving the shots on the first day

15 Jan 2021 3:47 AM GMT

Drugs Controller General of India Dr V G Somani along with Principal Director General of Press Information Bureau K S Dhatwalia (R) during a press conference to announce the approval of Oxford COVID-19 vaccine Covishield, manufactured by the Serum Institute, and indigenously developed Covaxin of Bharat Biotech for restricted emergency use in the country, in New Delhi, Sunday, Jan. 03, 2021. (PTI)

Covishield to cost Rs.200 per dose, export banned by government

The government is now in a hurry to start vaccination drive, the schedule for which will be announced soon

5 Jan 2021 1:53 AM GMT