Health minister Mansukh Mandaviya while responding to a question on the current capacity to manufacture Covid vaccines said it is projected to go forward from August to December 2021.
Delta is believed to be one of the factors that catalysed India's second Covid wave. Further mutations in Delta have led to other variants, leading to concerns about vaccine efficacy.
The study, conducted by Christian Medical College in Vellore, aims to assess whether a person can be given two different Covid vaccine shots to complete the inoculation course.
Brazil's decision came after Bharat Biotech terminated its pact with the country after its deal to supply 20 million Covaxin doses attracted investigation by Brazilian authorities.
The Jair Bolsonaro-led Brazil government cancelled Indian drugmaker Bharat Biotech’s emergency use authorisation request for its Covaxin vaccine on 24 July.
Talks are still on with Moderna, Sputnik yet to be procured for the national Covid vaccination programme, which means Covishield and Covaxin will remain the mainstay.
More than 45.73 crore vaccine doses have been supplied to states/UTs so far. Of this, total consumption, including wastage, stands at 43,80,46,844 doses, as per 8 am data Tuesday.
The termination came after the deal with the Brazilian Government for the supply of 20 million doses of the Covaxin landed in controversy and attracted investigation by authorities.
Bharat Biotech Friday announced cancellation of the MoU it signed with Precisa Medicamentos and Envixia Pharmaceuticals LL.C for its vaccine for the Brazilian market.
Suchitra Ella of Bharat Biotech said approval is not expected to be a long process as majority of Bharat Biotech's facilities have been audited and approved by WHO in the past.
While the commission didn’t mention provisions under which IndiGo's market domination would be examined, Competition Act 2002 prohibits abuse of dominant position by any enterprise.
It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.
Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.
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