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India’s First Indigenous Vaccine against Pneumonia
The first Indian vaccine against Pneumonia has been developed by Serum Institute of India. The vaccine is to be made available to the domestic makers soon. Highlights India has access to pneumonia vaccines. However, the new locally developed vaccine is much cheaper than the other pneumonia vaccines such as NYSE:PFE produced by Pfizer and LSE:GSK ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2020
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs
Topics: GAVI • Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunizations • PCV vaccine • Pneumonia • Serum Institute of India • UNICEF • Universal Immunization Programme
EU enters into deal with AstraZeneca, for first Covid-19 vaccine
The European Union has entered into an agreement to but at least 300 million doses of AstraZeneca’s potential COVID 19 vaccine in the first-ever such deal in advance by the group. This is expected to weaken the global approach taken by the World Health Organization in this regard. What is the Deal? The European Union, ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2020
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs • International Current Affairs
Topics: AstraZeneca • EU • European Union • GAVI • Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunizations • Inclusive Vaccines Alliance