Coronavirus vaccine highlights: India s Covaxin shows immune response with no side effects, says Lancet
Coronavirus vaccine live updates: A massive fire at the Serum Institute of India’s (SII) campus in Pune on Thursday led to the deaths of five people who were trapped inside an under-construction building. The tragedy has failed to deter SII s vaccine supply to other nations and India. Follow live updates on Covid-19 vaccine news
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UPDATED: January 22, 2021 18:35 IST
Coronavirus vaccine live updates: Airport handlers in Nepal carry the vaccine consignment sent by India. (AP)
Coronavirus vaccine Highlights: A massive fire at the Serum Institute of India’s (SII) campus in Pune on Thursday led to the deaths of five people who were trapped inside an under-construction building. The five who died were construction workers whose bodies were recovered by the fire department.
UPDATED: January 21, 2021 23:44 IST
Coronavirus vaccine live updates: PM Modi will get vaccinated in Phase 2 of India s vaccination drive.
Coronavirus vaccine updates: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, chief ministers of states may get vaccinated against Covid-19 in the second phase of India s vaccination drive.
India has sent its consignment of Covid-19 vaccines to neighbouring Nepal. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson said a plane carrying vaccines took off for Nepal on Thursday. Meanwhile, an Asha worker in Punjab developed health complications after she took the coronavirus vaccine being administered to healthcare workers.
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Coronavirus Vaccine LIVE Updates: India has identified over 3 lakh healthcare workers across the country who will get the first doses of the coronavirus vaccines that have been supplied by Serum Institute of India (SII) and Bharat Biotech. 56 lakh doses of Covishield have reached states and Union territories for the vaccination drive that will kick in from January 16. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be virtually launching India’s vaccination drive. Meanwhile, Brazil has sent a plane to India to import 2 million doses of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine that is being manufactured by SII in Pune. Bolivia on the other hand has signed a deal with the Serum Institute to access 5 million doses of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine. Bolivia has already entered a deal with Russia for 5.2 million doses of the Sputnik-V vaccine and they have now said the country will fetch another 5 million doses from India to inoculate its entire population. Follow live updates on coronavirus vaccine news:
The govt has said that vaccine recipients, for now, will not have the option to choose from the two vaccines Oxford vaccine, Covishield, and indigenously developed Covaxin that have been approved for restricted emergency use in India
Covid vaccine updates | Bharat Biotech to supply 12 million doses of Covaxin to Brazil: Sources
23:26 PM IST: Updates to this live blog have ended.
20:25 PM IST: Bharat Biotech is likely to supply 12 million doses of Covaxin to Brazil, sources said. Bharat Biotech had signed an agreement with Precisa Medicamentos to supply its Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin to Brazil.
19:19 PM IST: Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech has signed an agreement with Precisa Medicamentos for the supplies of Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin to Brazil.
19:14 PM IST: India s Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said that the country s regulators are looking at four more Covid-19 vaccines in the pipeline. Among these are the vaccines developed by Zydus Cadilla, Russia s Sputnik-V, Biological E and Gennova.