Increase gap between Covishield doses to 12-16 weeks, suggests top govt panel
Additionally, the panel suggested that pregnant women should be offered the choice of vaccine and lactating women can be inoculated any time after delivery
BusinessToday.In | May 13, 2021 | Updated 12:42 IST
National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI) has called for an increase in the gap between two doses of Covishield
A central government panel has suggested increasing the gap between two doses of Covishield. The National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI) has called for an increase in the gap between two doses of Serum Institute s vaccine to 12-16 weeks from the current four-eight weeks. The panel did not suggest any change in the dosage interval for COVAXIN.
You don t have enough vaccine : Delhi HC slams Centre over dialer tune urging people to vaccinate You are not vaccinating people, but you still say that vaccination lagavaiye (get vaccinated). Kaun lagayega vaccine (who will give vaccine), when there is no vaccination, said the Delhi High Court
BusinessToday.In | May 13, 2021 | Updated 19:37 IST
Delhi HC slams Centre over COVID-19 vaccine dialer tune
Delhi High Court criticised the Centre over the dialer tune urging people to get vaccinated when there is a shortage of vaccine doses. The court said that the irritating message was played for don t know how long asking people to get vaccinated when there is not enough vaccine.
According to a new tracker developed by researchers at the Cambridge Judge Business School and the National Institute of Economic and Social Research, new cases have peaked in the country
Big relief for import-dependent Indian pharma as Sichuan Airlines resumes cargo services
India is sourcing almost 70 per cent of drug intermediates, key starting materials and active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) all essential raw materials needed to manufacture medicines from China
Joe C Mathew | May 12, 2021 | Updated 12:51 IST
Sichuan Airlines resumes cargo services to India
In a major relief to the import-dependent Indian pharmaceutical industry, Chinese state-owned Sichuan Airlines has resumed its cargo services to India. The decision of Sichuan to suspend its services to India due to increasing COVID-19 cases for 15 days from the end of last month had threatened to disrupt the pharmaceutical, medical devices and oxygen concentrator supply chains.
Vaccine shortage may continue till July, says Serum CEO Adar Poonawalla
Coronavirus in India: Everybody really felt that India had started to turn the tide on the pandemic, said Poonawalla
BusinessToday.In | May 3, 2021 | Updated 11:48 IST
Adar Poonawalla says COVID-19 vaccine shortage to continue for few more months
Serum Institute CEO Adar Poonawalla has said that the vaccine shortage could continue for months amid India s devastating second wave of coronavirus. He said that the shortage could continue through July, which is when production is expected to increase to 100 million a month from the current 60-70 million. Everybody really felt that India had started to turn the tide on the pandemic, said Poonawalla to Financial Times, adding that the authorities did not expect to confront a second wave back in January, when cases had started declining.