Covishield Current Affairs, GK & News
WHO’s medical alert on fake Covishield Vaccines
World Health Organisation (WHO) issued medical alerts on fake Covishield Vaccines in India. Key Points WHO has raised doubts on the genuineness of Covishield which is reaching patients in India. India is reporting circulation of fake vials of the covid-19 vaccine that has been developed by Oxford-AstraZeneca while manufactured by Serum Institute of India (SII). ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2021
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs • Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: COVID-19 vaccine • Covishield • CoWIN Platform • Fake covishield vaccine • Serum Institute of India (SII)
Cyrus Poonawala to receive Lokmanya Tilak Award
The founder of the Serum Institute of India (SII) in Pune, businessman Cyrus Poonawalla has been named the winner of the prestigious National Lokmanya Tilak Award 2021. Highlights He will be commended for his work during the COVID-19 pandemic and how his company helped save many lives by creating the Covishield vaccine and then making ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2021
Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News
Topics: COVID 19 pandemic • Covishield • Cyrus Poonawalla • National Lokmanya Tilak Award 2021 • Serum Institute of India (SII)
ZyCoV-D: World’s first DNA-based Vaccine
Indian pharmaceutical company Zydus Cadila is soon going to apply Central Drugs Regulator (DGCI) for emergency approval of the corona vaccine ZyCoV-D. If approved, it will be the world’s first DNA-based vaccine. With this, the number of vaccines available in the country will increase to 4. So far, Serum Institute’s Covishield, Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin and ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2021
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: Coronavirus • COVAXIN • COVID-19 • COVID-19 vaccine • Covishield • SPUTNIK V • ZyCov-D
COVISHIELD: Gap between doses increased
The Government of India recently increased the gap between the two doses of the COVISHIELD Vaccine. The gap was increased from six to eight weeks to twelve to sixteen weeks. This is the second time in three months, the gaps between the doses of COVISHIELD have been widened. In March 2021, the Union Territories and ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2021
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs
Topics: adenovirus • COVAXIN • COVID-19 vaccine • Covishield • Lancet • NEGVAC
Sinopharm Vaccine approved by WHO
The World Health Organisation recently approved the Emergency Use of Sinpharm vaccine. Recently, the WHO approved COVID-19 vaccines developed by AstraZeneca, Pfizer, BioNTech, Johnson and Johnson as well. The other popular Chinese Vaccine is sinovac. Sinopharm Vaccine Sinopharm vaccine was developed by China. This is the first time the WHO has given approval to a ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2021
Category: International Current Affairs
Topics: COVAXIN • COVID-19 vaccine • Covishield • Emergency Use Authorisation • Pfizer • Sinopharm • Sinovac • WHO