The property leased by Serum CEO Adar Poonawalla is one of the largest residences in the neighbourhood measuring approx. 25,000 sq. ft (2,322 square meters), the equivalent of around 24 average English homes

The move will also affect supplies to the GAVI/WHO-backed global COVAX vaccine-sharing facility, through which 64 lower-income countries are supposed to get doses from SII, the programme's procurement and distributing partner UNICEF said

The apex court on Thursday had stayed proceedings in the Delhi High Court on giving priority to the legal fraternity for administering COVID-19 vaccine and favoured transferring the suo motu case on the issue to itself for adjudication

The vaccine manufacturing firms have said different high courts are seeking data on how many vaccines are produced and when they will give vaccines to all

Out of 38 autopsy reports, the National Adverse Events Following Immunisation (AEFI) committee reviewed of people who died after receiving the vaccination, nothing linked the deaths or adverse events to vaccination

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The HLL Lifecare Limited, a public sector undertaking, has issued the supply order on behalf of the Union health ministry on March 12 in the name of Prakash Kumar Singh, Director, Government and Regulatory Affairs at the Pune-based SII

India has reported 234 adverse events following immunisation (AEFIs), including 71 deaths, for both the vaccines till Friday, said Dr N K Arora, an advisor to the national AEFI committee

Canada got the first consignment of Covishield from India last week; India will send another consignment of 1.5 million doses to Canada

Price reduction may unlikely have any impact on final price charged from people vaccinating at private hospitals as Covid-19 vaccines are already subsidised by Centre

India, which is one of the world's biggest drugmakers, on January 19 had decided to send vaccines under grant assistance to several countries. Pakistan has decided to first administer vaccines to frontline workers, health workers and people having 65 years of age

Deal was signed last week. Apart from India, SII is providing Covishield to several poor nations through COVAX facility being led by Gavi, Vaccine Alliance, World Health Organisation, Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, and others

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Gopinath lauded India for playing a key role during the crisis by producing and dispatching the coronavirus vaccines to several countries

Biden administration aims to buy 600 million vaccines for its 300 million population, which has put stress on American raw material companies given demand from all across world

Biden administration recently decided to enforce Defence Production Act, which allowed it to boost vaccine production by blocking export of raw material supplies to other countries

The high court also asked the Centre to explain in affidavit the rationale behind keeping strict control over class of persons who can be vaccinated against COVID-19

Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan has said citizens can get vaccinated according to their convenience

Over 110 million doses of this to about 60 countries will be met through the AstraZeneca (AZ)-Serum Institute of India partnership

India's fuel demand to rise 9.8% in year to March 2022 India's fuel consumption could rise by 9.8% in the year to March 2022, its highest pace of growth in six years, driven by robust demand for gasoline and gasoil in Asia's third largest economy, according to initial government projections. Higher expectation of fuel consumption, a proxy for oil demand, points to a sharp recovery in industrial activity in the economy hit hard by the pandemic. Economic recovery lost steam in Jan-Feb: Axis...