Addressing a virtual press briefing on April 13, Dmitriev said its vaccine partnership covers 20 producers in 10 countries including Korea, China and India

The company has got permission from the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) to import the vaccine. Reddy's is also going to tap domestically contract manufactured vaccines as and when companies are allowed to start commercial manufacturing in India

Rahul Gandhi tweeted, citing Mahatma Gandhi's quote: 'First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win'. He also tagged a media report, saying the Centre has fast-tracked emergency approval for foreign-produced jabs.

\"It is an investigational drug. Its role has been clearly defined in the clinical management protocol. There is no question of the use of Remdesivir in home settings,\" said NITI Aayog member Dr V K Paul

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said the government will not go for lockdowns as they don't want to arrest the economy

The government has not started with the vaccination of people under the age of 45 yet, but whenever it'll start, another 4 months will be required to cover them at the present rate of vaccination

The vaccines which are listed in World Health Organization's (WHO) emergency use listing will also be granted emergency use approval in India.

Indian vaccine manufacturers, including SII, Bharat Biotech, Panacea Biotech, Sanofi's Shanta Biotech, Biological E, Hester Biosciences and Zydus Cadila, have an installed capacity to manufacture 8.2 billion doses of different vaccines per year

The e-commerce giant will also cover its delivery service partner associates, comprising Amazon Flex drivers, 'I Have Space' store partners, trucking partners, and their eligible dependents

People were seen queuing overnight outside some clothing stores and also some pubs and restaurants, which are now allowed to serve customers outdoors. Social mixing indoors remains heavily restricted and people are still expected to work from home

India bans Remdesivir exports till COVID surge abates India has banned the export of Remdesivir injection and active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) used for making the coronavirus medication till the recent surge in COVID-19 cases subsides. India has been witnessing a surge in COVID-19 cases with the second wave of the pandemic. As of Sunday, the number of active cases stood at 11.08 lakh. This has led to a sudden spike in demand for Injection Remdesivir used in treatment of COVID patient...

India is now the world's second most affected country in terms of coronavirus. The US, with 3.1 crore cases stands on top, followed by India and Brazil

Indian CEOs believe that partial lockdown to fight COVID-19 infection could impact the movement of labour as well as movement of goods, in turn affecting industrial production significantly

Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) has tied up with a host of Indian pharma companies such as Dr Reddy's Laboratories, Hetero Biopharma, Gland Pharma, Stelis Biopharma and Vichrow Biotech for the production of Sputnik V

Tika Divas begins today: PM Modi said that family members and community members should create a micro containment zone themselves when a positive case is detected. Micro containment zones are a key component in fighting coronavirus, he stated

Tika Utsav from today: States like Bihar and Uttar Pradesh have ramped up their efforts to increase inoculation. They have urged people to get themselves vaccinated during the four-day programme

Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope alleged that many states, which are smaller than Maharashtra in terms of population and the number of patients, have received more doses

\"On April 10, vaccination will take place in government and civic centres between noon and 6am, and it will be between 9am and 5pm on April 11,\" the BMC said

WHO Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety said in an interim statement the relationship between the vaccine and the occurrence of blood clots with low platelets is considered plausible, but is not confirmed

Dr Vardhan says over 89 lakh healthcare workers have got the first dose and over 54 lakhs have got the second dose. As far as frontline or field level workers are concerned, over 98 lakhs got the first dose and over 45 lakhs have got the second dose, he adds