Topic: AstraZeneca
PM Modi to Receive Dominica’s Highest National Honour
The Commonwealth of Dominica has announced an important honour. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will receive the Dominica Award of Honour. This award recognises his contributions during the...
Conditional market approval for Covaxin, Covishield
The Drug regulator in India has granted conditional market approval for the COVISHIELD and COVAXIN vaccines. This means that the private hospitals shall administer the vaccines. However, the... Canada approves Mixing & Matching Covid-19 vaccine brands
Canada has recommended “mixing and matching” of AstraZeneca, Pfizer and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines. NACI Guidelines National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) had issued guidelines for provinces and territories... WHO clears Chinese Vaccine Sinovac for global use
World Health Organisation (WHO) has given approval for global use of covid-19 Vaccine by Sinovac Biotech Ltd. Of China. Highlights WHO recommended its use for people above 18...
India to start tests on mixed vaccines
According to Dr N K Arora, chairman of Covid-19 working group under National Technical Advisory Group on Immunization (NTAGI), India may soon start testing feasibility of mixing two...
US Global Task Force on COVID-19
The External Affairs Minister of India recently held a discussion with the US Global Task Force on Pandemic Response. He discussed about the priorities of India in vaccines,...
What is Sputnik Light Single Dose?
Sputnik V vaccine developed by Russia is a two-dose vaccine. The unique feature of the vaccine is that the first and second dose are different from each other....
Intellectual Property Waiver for COVID Vaccines
India and South Africa proposed for IP waiver at the World Trade Organisation in 2020. This has now been backed by the United States. The US will further...
Infections after COVID Vaccination
The Indian Council of Medical Research recently reported that around two to four of the ten thousand vaccinated people tested positive for the disease. This is referred to...
Bhutan: 93% of adults vaccinated in 16 days
The Himalayan kingdom Bhutan has recently completed vaccinating 93% of its adult population in the world. How did Bhutan succeed in its vaccination programme? The population of Bhutan...
India to Gift 2 lakh Covid Vaccine Doses to UN Peacekeepers
India will send 200,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines (AstraZeneca Vaccine) to the UN peacekeepers. on March 27, 2021 and then vaccines will be distributed to peacekeeping missions. Highlights...
