COVID-19 vaccine

Harsh Vardhan: Covid-19 vaccine expected in early 2021, distribution plan in works India

Harsh Vardhan: Covid-19 vaccine expected in early 2021, distribution plan in works

<p>India is likely to have a vaccine against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) by early next year and it will possibly come from several sources, Union health minister Harsh Vardhan said in a meeting of the Group of Ministers on Tuesday, according to sources. “We’re expecting that early next year we should have vaccine in the […]</p>

By Connect Gujarat Desk 13 Oct 2020
Serum Institute gets DCGI nod to resume trials of Oxford COVID-19 vaccine India

Serum Institute gets DCGI nod to resume trials of Oxford COVID-19 vaccine

<p>Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) Dr V.G. Somani on Tuesday gave permission to Serum Institute of India to resume clinical trial of the Oxford COVID-19 vaccine candidate in the country while revoking its earlier order of suspending any new recruitment for phase two and three trials. The DCGI, however, put certain conditions like taking […]</p>

By Connect Gujarat Desk 16 Sep 2020
Phase II clinical trials of Oxford COVID-19 vaccine begin in Chennai & Pune India

Phase II clinical trials of Oxford COVID-19 vaccine begin in Chennai & Pune

<p>Second Phase clinical trials of Oxford COVID-19 vaccine begin in Chennai and Pune. In Chennai, two prominent medical institutions are starting the second and third phase field trial of the Oxford vaccine candidate Covishield. In another development, the Tamil Nadu Government has exempted college students having arrears except in the last semester from writing the […]</p>

By Connect Gujarat Desk 27 Aug 2020
Russia announces world’s first Covid-19 vaccine, Putin’s daughter gets vaccinated News

Russia announces world’s first Covid-19 vaccine, Putin’s daughter gets vaccinated

<p>Amid the race to develop a Covid-19 vaccine, Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a coronavirus vaccine, touted as the world’s first such vaccine too. The registration of the vaccine lays ground for mass inoculation even as the final stages of clinical trials to test safety and efficacy continue. The president has asked Health Minister Mikhail […]</p>

By Connect Gujarat Desk 11 Aug 2020
India prepares five sites for final phase human trials of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine India

India prepares five sites for final phase human trials of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine

<p>Five sites across the country are ready for the third and final phase of human trials of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, numerous media reports claimed. The Serum Institute of India, the largest vaccine maker in the country, has been chosen by Oxford and pharma giant AstraZeneca to manufacture the vaccine once it is ready. Trials […]</p>

By Connect Gujarat Desk 28 Jul 2020
India becomes one of frontrunners in global effort to develop COVID vaccine India

India becomes one of frontrunners in global effort to develop COVID vaccine

<p>India has become one of the frontrunners in the global effort to develop a vaccine for the containment of COVID-19. Government agencies have stepped up collaboration with private partners to fastrack the approval process needed for development of a potential Covid vaccine. AIR correspondent reports, human clinical trials of the indigenous COVID vaccines have been […]</p>

By Connect Gujarat Desk 25 Jul 2020
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