The government, in this phase, will vaccinate people over 60 and individuals over 45 with comorbidities to rein in the rising number of more infectious virus strains leading to a spurt in COVID-19 cases in some states

Having reported the highest number of coronavirus infections after the United States, and with the world's biggest vaccine-making capacity, India says it has been the fastest to reach many inoculation milestones

In India, we are fortunate that supply of vaccines is not a rate-limiting step, but to meet the timelines set by the government, we will have to immunise somewhere between 4 and 5 times more people each day than we are doing today, says Gagandeep Kang of Christian Medical College in Vellore

Just the two shots have been used in what India calls the world's biggest immunisation programme to cover 300 million people by August, starting with healthcare and other workers to reach the elderly and those with existing conditions by March

Cadila says its business in India, which comprises human health formulations, consumer wellness and animal health, posted strong growth during the quarter as it rose 20 per cent on a y-o-y basis and recorded revenues of Rs 1,643 crore

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Initial 30 crore vaccinations (60 crore doses) planned by the Centre would have cost Rs 13,200 crore. However, need for 66 crore doses raises the cost by Rs 1320 crore

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Wearing a face mask is also crucial in India's fight against coronavirus because the government plans to inoculate 30 crore priority population over the next two months

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The COVID-19 vaccine in India will be first offered to healthcare workers, frontline workers and persons above 50 years of age. Depending on the disease epidemiology and vaccine's availability, the remaining population will be vaccinated later on

If India received a lower allocation of 95-125 million doses via COVAX, then the cost to the government of procuring additional shots would go up to $1.8 billion

Alka Sharma, an adviser with the Department of Biotechnology said more than 100 participants from Afghanistan, Bhutan, Maldives, Mauritius, Nepal, Sri Lanka took part in this training programme

VK Paul says globally, 33 vaccines are in clinical trial phase, of which 10 vaccines are in advanced trial phase. Key consideration while prioritising population for vaccine inoculation is accessing people with risk to mortality and protection of healthcare system and response system

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Over the last four days, the Indian arm of US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, Pune-based Serum Institute of India and Hyderabad-based pharmaceutical firm Bharat Biotech have applied to the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) seeking emergency use authorisation

Coronavirus vaccine update: The ministry also said that India has eight coronavirus vaccine candidates in the making. Out of the eight, two have applied for emergency use authorisation

DCGI VG Somani has said the CDSCO will facilitate analysis of interim clinical trial data at pre-defined stages. PM Modi says nearly eight vaccine candidates, out of which three are indigenously developed, are undergoing trials in India

Centre is presently conducting extensive backend preparation for  COVID-19 immunisation drive. Government expects to receive and utilise 400-500 million doses and cover around 20-25 crore people by July 21