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Delay in commercial launch of Sputnik V, says Dr Reddy
Russia would import the first 50 million jabs ensuring a speedier rollout before the Indian pharmaceuticals company’s start producing the Sputnik V vaccines.
India overpowered US in COVID-19 vaccination drive
In the previous one week, India had administered over 3 crore, 91 lakh vaccine doses. The Health Ministry in a tweet said that the milestone vaccination figure outnumbered the population of many countries like Canada, Malaysia and Saudi Arabia.
Covishield did not apply for approval, says EMA on leaving it out of its ‘Green Pass’
Covishield has been an important part of the international COVAX alliance, the vaccines with this initiative meed to have the WHO’s approval and on the other side, the Green Pass initiative was based on the EMA’s approval.
India’s December-end target to vaccinate everyone requires Bharat Biotech to raise its game
India is counting on Bharat Biotech to supply a total of 48 crore doses of COVAXIN out of the 187 crore. It is needed to vaccinate all 93-94 crore adults in the country.
COVID-19 can be detected through cellphones screen with this new test
New COVID-19 tests have made it possible to detect the virus by using swab samples from cellphone screens.
Johnson&Johnson to pay $230 million for opioid crisis in New York
The Attorney General added that Johnson&Johnson had helped fuel the fire but as of today they were committed to leave the opioid business in the whole country and that opioids would no longer be manufactured or sold in the United States by the company.
“Vaccination plus Masks,” according to a WHO official, is insufficient in the case of the Delta COVID variant
A WHO representative stated, "We need to make an effort over a short period of time, or else there will be a lockdown." Vaccination is necessary because it reduces the likelihood of the virus spreading and the risk of severe sickness, she explained.
Rajasthan faces it’s first case of Delta Plus variant
Delta plus variant found in Rajasthan's woman after she was fully recovered from Covid-19 and got vaccinated.
Now users can link vaccine certificate to passports on CoWIN
CoWIN provides its users with the facility to link vaccine certificate to passports. Arogya Setu tweets about it.
Mixing of vaccines may improve immunity, says AIIMS Director
"We need to learn from the second wave... to deal with the third wave (of COVID-19 infections)," AIIMS chief Dr Randeep Guleria told NDTV.