According to official sources, the government has approved Biological E’s Corbevax as a preventative dose or booster shot for adults over 18 who have had both the Covishield and Covaxin vaccines. This is the first time a different booster dose than the one used for the primary Covid Continue Reading
In response to an increase in Covid cases in schools, the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) today granted Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin restricted use authorization for children aged 6 to 12. The DCGI gave its approval following recommendations from the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation’s Subject Expert Committee (SEC) on COVID-19 (CDSCO). For the Continue Reading
The Serum Institute of India (SII) and Bharat Biotech slashed the prices of Covishield and Covaxin vaccines for private hospitals to Rs 225 per dose on Saturday, a day before the Centre rolls out precautionary doses of Covid-19 vaccines to all adults. In private hospitals, each dose of Covishield costs Rs 600, while Covaxin costs […]Continue Reading
According to a study conducted by the National Institute of Virology (NIV) in Pune, neutralising antibody levels in those who were fully vaccinated against the coronavirus with Covishield, Covaxin, or a combination of both — Covishield as the first dose and Covaxin as the second dose – waned after six months in those who were […]Continue Reading
Expert committee recommends that Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin be given to children. The subject expert committee recommended that the vaccine be given to children between the ages of two and 18 years. Final approval should be passed from the Drug Controller General of India. This is the second vaccine that children can use if approved. The […]Continue Reading
Mia Amor Mottley, Prime Minister of Barbados thanked Narendra Modi via a letter for receiving 100,000 doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca anti-coronavirus vaccine. On February 4, Mottley in the letter said: “On behalf of my government and people, I wish you to express gratitude to you, your government and the people of the Republic of India for […]Continue Reading