SII has a tie-up with US' Novavax to manufacture and supply Covovax vaccine in India and in low- and middle-income countries as part of the COVAX vaccine alliance countries.
At 0.12% of the population, India's daily vaccination rate is the world's lowest. What could likely add to this is the increased gap between Covishield's two doses.
A BMJ article from April 2021, a Bristol study and one Scotland research informed NTAGI recommendation to increase Covishield dose gap to 12-16 weeks, says an official.
Over 23,000 adverse events have been reported since administration of Covishield & Covaxin vaccines began and of these 700 cases were reported to be serious, the health ministry said.
With an expert panel recommending waiting up to 16 weeks to take second the Covishield dose against Covid-19, ThePrint looks at what studies and other experts say about this.
The NTAGI has also suggested that pregnant women may be offered the choice to take any Covid vaccine and that lactating women can be inoculated any time after delivery.
According to Modi govt’s affidavit in Supreme Court, Maharashtra is No.1 in central allocation of vaccines, UP tops in procuring directly from manufacturers.
Modi govt Friday said it had told states to prioritise second dose of Covid vaccines over first dose in a 70:30 ratio, in what may be its first admission about shortage of vaccines.
One has to be incredibly credulous to buy BJP spin masters’ argument that the government got rid of Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar for harmonious relationship with the judiciary.
Modi government had also made numerous efforts to establish peace with Pakistan but has now adopted a different path, militarily, to establish peace, adds defence minister.
As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.
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