WHO’s covid vaccine program: What you need to know
4 years, 4 months ago

WHO’s covid vaccine program: What you need to know

Live Mint  

The World Health Organization on Tuesday urged countries to join a global pact aimed at ensuring less wealthy countries have access to COVID-19 vaccines, warning about the risks from so-called "vaccine nationalism." The COVAX global vaccines facility is a program designed to pool funds from wealthier countries and nonprofits to develop a COVID-19 vaccine and distribute it equitably around the world. COVAX is part of a broader program, called the Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator, that works to ensure that vaccines, treatments, diagnostic tests and other healthcare resources are broadly available to combat the pandemic. Governments including United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, and the European Union have spent tens of billions of dollars on deals with vaccine makers such as Pfizer Inc, Johnson & Johnson, AstraZeneca Plc and others.

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PopVax Announces that the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases will Conduct and Sponsor the U.S.-based Phase I Clinical Trial of PopVax’s Next-Generation mRNA-LNP COVID-19 Vaccin
1 month, 4 weeks ago

PopVax Announces that the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases will Conduct and Sponsor the U.S.-based Phase I Clinical Trial of PopVax’s Next-Generation mRNA-LNP COVID-19 Vaccin

Live Mint  

MUMBAI, India & HYDERABAD, India – Business Wire India PopVax, an Indian full-stack biotechnology company developing novel mRNA vaccines and therapeutics using machine learning-enabled computational protein design, is pleased to announce that it has been selected for inclusion in the U.S. Government’s Project NextGen. As part of this initiative, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the …

‘Most people are confused’: What to know about the latest Covid shot
4 months, 1 week ago

‘Most people are confused’: What to know about the latest Covid shot

Politico  

Even the Democratic National Convention turned into a superspreader event. And despite the virus’ prevalence — and the persistent threat of long Covid — public health officials are contending with a myriad of obstacles as they try to boost the population’s defenses, including dwindling enthusiasm for the shots, lackluster testing and the end of a program meant to help the …

Updated COVID vaccines will be available later this week, recommended for everyone six months and up
1 year, 3 months ago

Updated COVID vaccines will be available later this week, recommended for everyone six months and up

Salon  

A new, fourth round of COVID-19 booster shots was approved Tuesday, following the recommendation of federal health agencies, which will make the vaccines available to Americans later this week. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention followed suit this afternoon, with CDC director Mandy Cohen recommending updated vaccination for "everyone 6 months and older to better protect you and your …

US govt awards $1.4 bln for development of new COVID...
1 year, 4 months ago

US govt awards $1.4 bln for development of new COVID...

Daily Mail  

The Biden Administration has allocated another $1.4billion to developing Covid treatments and vaccines – despite declaring the pandemic over months ago. The news comes as hospitalizations rise for the fifth week in a row, though they are still three times lower than this time last year. Hospitalizations across the US have risen for the fifth week in a row, but …

Draft WHO pandemic deal pushes for equity to avoid COVID ’failure’ repeat
1 year, 11 months ago

Draft WHO pandemic deal pushes for equity to avoid COVID ’failure’ repeat

Live Mint  

Governments may have to reserve drugs and vaccines for the World Health Organization to distribute in poorer countries to avoid a repeat of the "catastrophic failure" during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to an early draft of a global pandemic agreement. The draft also retains earlier provisions that could see pharmaceutical companies made to release details of any public contracts for …

DCGI Approves Market Authorisation for SII's Covid Vaccine Covovax as Heterologous Booster Dose
1 year, 11 months ago

DCGI Approves Market Authorisation for SII's Covid Vaccine Covovax as Heterologous Booster Dose

News 18  

The Drug Controller General of India has approved market authorisation to COVID-19 vaccine Covovax as a heterologous booster dose for adults who have been administered two doses of Covishield or Covaxin, official sources said on Monday. Prakash Kumar Singh, Director of Government and Regulatory Affairs at the Serum Institute of India, had recently written to the DCGI for the approval …

Covid vaccines have averted THREE MILLION deaths in America
2 years ago

Covid vaccines have averted THREE MILLION deaths in America

Daily Mail  

Two years ago tomorrow the first person in the US got the shot outside a trial The report likely underestimates the full impact of vaccines, the researchers said More than 120 million Covid infections were prevented by the shots, it found Covid vaccines have averted more than three million deaths in the US during the pandemic, a report has found. …

GAVI financing to allow for immediate funds for next pandemic
2 years, 3 months ago

GAVI financing to allow for immediate funds for next pandemic

Live Mint  

Global vaccine alliance GAVI has set up financial instruments that will allow the group to immediately access pledged donor funding if it needs to buy vaccines for future pandemics, Chief Executive Seth Berkley told Reuters. Berkley said that in 2020 and 2021, GAVI was limited in its ability to buy COVID-19 vaccines because even though donors had committed $2.4 billion, …

China Approves World's First Inhalable Covid-19 Vaccine
2 years, 4 months ago

China Approves World's First Inhalable Covid-19 Vaccine

News 18  

Chinese drug regulators have approved the world’s first inhalable Covid-19 vaccine, made by Tianjin-based manufacturer CanSino Biologics, boosting the company’s share price by seven percent on Monday. The National Medical Products Administration gave the go-ahead for the vaccine for emergency use as a booster, the company said in a statement to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on Sunday. Scientists in …

COVID-19: Over 7.20 crore unutilized vaccine doses available with States, Union Territories says health ministry
2 years, 5 months ago

COVID-19: Over 7.20 crore unutilized vaccine doses available with States, Union Territories says health ministry

Firstpost  

The vaccination drive has been ramped up through the availability of more vaccines, advance visibility of vaccine availability to States and UTs for enabling better planning by them, and streamlining the vaccine supply chain New Delhi: The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Sunday informed that more than 7.20 crore balance and unutilized COVID-19 vaccine doses are still available …

In race for monkeypox vaccines, experts see repeat of COVID-19
2 years, 5 months ago

In race for monkeypox vaccines, experts see repeat of COVID-19

The Hindu  

Moves by rich countries to buy large quantities of monkeypox vaccine, while declining to share doses with Africa, could leave millions of people unprotected against a more dangerous version of the disease and risk continued spillovers of the virus into humans, public health officials are warning. Yet while monkeypox is much harder to spread than COVID-19, experts warn that if …

India supplied 23.9 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses to 101 countries, UN entities: Centre
2 years, 5 months ago

India supplied 23.9 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses to 101 countries, UN entities: Centre

Firstpost  

Minister of State for Health Bharati Pravin Pawar said as on 19 July, 2022, a total of 200.34 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered to beneficiaries above 12 years of age in the country New Delhi: India has supplied 23.9 crore doses of coronavirus vaccine to 101 countries and UN entities in the form of grant, commercial export, or …

The CDC endorses Novavax, a more traditional COVID vaccine, for adults
2 years, 5 months ago

The CDC endorses Novavax, a more traditional COVID vaccine, for adults

NPR  

The CDC endorses Novavax, a more traditional COVID vaccine, for adults Enlarge this image toggle caption Georg Wendt/AP Georg Wendt/AP U.S. adults who haven't gotten any COVID-19 shots yet should consider a new option from Novavax — a more traditional kind of vaccine, health officials said Tuesday. The Novavax difference All of the vaccines used in the U.S. train the …

Serum Institute gets govt nod to export 32.4 lakh doses of Covovax vaccine to US
2 years, 6 months ago

Serum Institute gets govt nod to export 32.4 lakh doses of Covovax vaccine to US

India Today  

The government has allowed Serum Institute of India to supply 32.4 lakh doses of its Covid-19 jab Covovax under the brand name Nuvaxovid to the US, which will be the first vaccine to be exported to the country by any Indian manufacturer, official sources said on Friday. "It is a matter of pride for us and our country that, in …

WHO to share vaccines to stop monkeypox amid inequity fears
2 years, 6 months ago

WHO to share vaccines to stop monkeypox amid inequity fears

The Hindu  

The World Health Organisation said it's creating a new vaccine-sharing mechanism to stop the outbreak of monkeypox in more than 30 countries beyond Africa. WHO's Europe director, Hans Kluge, said on June 15 he was concerned by the scramble by some rich countries to buy more vaccines without talk of buying supplies for Africa. Mr. Kluge urged governments "to approach …

Biden administration lays out its plan for Covid-19 vaccinations for children under 5
2 years, 7 months ago

Biden administration lays out its plan for Covid-19 vaccinations for children under 5

CNN  

CNN — The White House has announced a highly anticipated Covid-19 vaccine rollout plan for children under 5. The administration “has made 10 million vaccine doses available for states, Tribes, territories, community health centers, federal pharmacy partners, and others to pre-order,” according to a White House fact sheet shared with CNN Wednesday. “Our experience is that the longer the ordering …

Advisers to the FDA back Novavax COVID vaccine
2 years, 7 months ago

Advisers to the FDA back Novavax COVID vaccine

NPR  

Advisers to the FDA back Novavax COVID vaccine Enlarge this image toggle caption Karen Ducey/Getty Images Karen Ducey/Getty Images In a 21-0 vote with one abstention, advisers to the Food and Drug Administration recommended that the agency authorize Novavax's two-dose vaccine against COVID-19. In comments to the committee before its vote, Dr. Peter Marks, the FDA's top vaccine official said, …

The AP Interview: US ‘vulnerable’ to COVID without new shots
2 years, 7 months ago

The AP Interview: US ‘vulnerable’ to COVID without new shots

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — White House COVID-19 coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha issued a dire warning Thursday that the U.S. will be increasingly vulnerable to the coronavirus this fall and winter if Congress doesn’t swiftly approve new funding for more vaccines and treatments. “That leaves a lot of us vulnerable.” Jha predicted that the next generation of vaccines, which are likely to be …

Biden marks COVID ‘tragic milestone’ in US at global summit
2 years, 7 months ago

Biden marks COVID ‘tragic milestone’ in US at global summit

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden appealed to world leaders at a COVID-19 summit Thursday to reenergize a lagging international commitment to attacking the virus as he led the U.S. in marking the “tragic milestone” of 1 million deaths in America. He spoke solemnly of the once-unthinkable U.S. toll: “1 million empty chairs around the family dinner table.” The coronavirus has …

Biden urges global COVID fight, US nears 1 million deaths
2 years, 7 months ago

Biden urges global COVID fight, US nears 1 million deaths

Al Jazeera  

World leaders held a summit to discuss efforts to end the COVID-19 pandemic and prepare for future health threats. United States President Joe Biden appealed to world leaders to commit to a renewed international effort to confront the COVID-19 pandemic, as he marked the approaching “tragic milestone” of one million deaths from the virus in the US. “Today, we mark …

COVID-19: Govt to expedite process of recognition of Biological E Corbevax by other countries
2 years, 8 months ago

COVID-19: Govt to expedite process of recognition of Biological E Corbevax by other countries

The Hindu  

The government plans to expedite the process of recognition of COVID-19 vaccine Corbevax by other countries while its manufacturer Biological E pursues WHO's emergency use listing for the jab being administered in India among the 12-14 years age group. According to an internal document circulated to the members of the Empowered Group-5 on COVID-19 Vaccination, which will be meeting soon, …

White House: Without Funding U.S. Will Lose COVID Treatments
2 years, 8 months ago

White House: Without Funding U.S. Will Lose COVID Treatments

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — For much of the past two years, America has been first in line for COVID-19 vaccines and treatments. Japan, Vietnam, the Philippines, and Hong Kong have all placed orders for treatments and vaccine doses that the U.S. can’t yet commit to, according to the White House. “We know companies are working on additional, promising life-saving …

Experts say U.S. suspension of COVID aid will prolong pandemic
2 years, 9 months ago

Experts say U.S. suspension of COVID aid will prolong pandemic

LA Times  

In the latest Senate package targeted at stopping the coronavirus, U.S. lawmakers dropped nearly all funding for curbing the virus beyond American borders — a move many health experts slammed as dangerously short-sighted. He said Uganda has leaned heavily on donor help — it received more than 11 million vaccines from the U.S. — and that any cuts “would make …

Rich countries getting new COVID vaccine before poorer ones despite U.N.-backed initiative
2 years, 9 months ago

Rich countries getting new COVID vaccine before poorer ones despite U.N.-backed initiative

LA Times  

A worker moves boxes carrying Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine at SK Bioscience Co. in Andong, South Korea, on Feb. 9. Novavax, the company behind a COVID-19 vaccine touted as a key tool for the developing world, will miss a target for giving doses to a U.N.-backed effort to supply shots to poorer countries. The company behind a COVID-19 vaccine touted as …

Rich Countries Getting New COVID Vaccine Before Poorer Ones
2 years, 9 months ago

Rich Countries Getting New COVID Vaccine Before Poorer Ones

Huff Post  

FILE - A worker moves boxes carrying Novavax's COVID-19 vaccine at SK Bioscience Co. in Andong, South Korea, on Feb. 9, 2022. via Associated Press NEW DELHI — The company behind a COVID-19 vaccine touted as a key tool for the developing world has sent tens of millions of doses to wealthy nations but provided none yet to the U.N.-backed …

Rich countries getting new COVID vaccine before poorer ones
2 years, 9 months ago

Rich countries getting new COVID vaccine before poorer ones

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — The company behind a COVID-19 vaccine touted as a key tool for the developing world has sent tens of millions of doses to wealthy nations but provided none yet to the U.N.-backed effort to supply poorer countries, a sign that inequity persists in the global response to the pandemic. The company, Novavax, got $388 million from one …

Rich countries getting new Novavax COVID-19 vaccine before poorer ones
2 years, 9 months ago

Rich countries getting new Novavax COVID-19 vaccine before poorer ones

LA Times  

The company behind a COVID-19 vaccine touted as a key tool for the developing world has sent tens of millions of doses to wealthy nations but provided none yet to the United Nations-backed effort to supply poorer countries, a sign that inequity persists in the global response to the pandemic. The investment guaranteed COVAX the “right of first refusal” to …

Better to err on the side of caution to ensure public health during pandemic, TN tells SC
2 years, 9 months ago

Better to err on the side of caution to ensure public health during pandemic, TN tells SC

The Hindu  

States like Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra in the Supreme Court on Tuesday justified their hardened stand to make COVID-19 inoculation mandatory, even at the cost of denying people their rights, by saying that it was better to err on the side of caution to prevent serious or irreversible harm to the public when there was insufficient information about the virus. …

Op-Ed: What will it take to make a universal COVID vaccine?
2 years, 9 months ago

Op-Ed: What will it take to make a universal COVID vaccine?

LA Times  

As California emerges from Omicron, other places are again in lockdown or facing record caseloads after trying and failing to avoid the variant. Since this protein is so prone to mutation, making it harder for the body to recognize in future variants, a more universal vaccine must target parts of the virus that are shared among several viruses in the …

Serum Institute Seeks Covovax's Inclusion in Covid Vaccination Drive for 12 Years & Above
2 years, 9 months ago

Serum Institute Seeks Covovax's Inclusion in Covid Vaccination Drive for 12 Years & Above

News 18  

Serum Institute of India has urged the Union government to include Covovax in the National COVID-19 Vaccination programme for inoculating those aged 12 years and above, official sources said on Tuesday. India's drug regulator had granted restricted emergency use authorisation to Covovax for the 12 to 17 years age group subject to certain conditions on March 9 and for 18 …

White House to share COVID-19 technology innovated by US government with the WHO
2 years, 10 months ago

White House to share COVID-19 technology innovated by US government with the WHO

Daily Mail  

The White House is planning on sharing American-invented COVID-19 technology with the World Health Organization in an effort to fight the pandemic across the world. The White House is expected to announce on Thursday that it will collaborate with the WHO and the U.N. to share American COVID-19 technology with the rest of the world in an effort to fight …

White House launches ‘test to treat’ COVID-19 initiative, plan toward greater normality
2 years, 10 months ago

White House launches ‘test to treat’ COVID-19 initiative, plan toward greater normality

LA Times  

Beginning this month, Americans will be able to head to their local pharmacy for a coronavirus test and, if they test positive, receive antiviral pills on the spot, at no cost to them. President Biden announced the launch of the “test to treat” initiative during Tuesday night’s State of the Union Address as he emphasized the country’s progress in battling …

US to evaluate Covaxin as COVID-19 vaccine candidate, announces Bharat Biotech
2 years, 10 months ago

US to evaluate Covaxin as COVID-19 vaccine candidate, announces Bharat Biotech

Firstpost  

The FDA has lifted its clinical hold on Bharat Biotech’s Investigational New Drug application to evaluate the COVID-19 vaccine candidate, BBV152, known as Covaxin outside the United States Hyderabad: Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech on Saturday said its COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin will be evaluated as a vaccine candidate for the disease in the United States. “Ocugen, Inc announced that the US Food …

COVID-19: WHO chief Tedros Adhanom calls for cooperation, financing to end pandemic
2 years, 10 months ago

COVID-19: WHO chief Tedros Adhanom calls for cooperation, financing to end pandemic

India TV News  

The World Health Organization's Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has called for cooperation and collaboration in the face of common threats from the Covid-19 pandemic. The WHO chief made the remarks on Friday at a panel discussion titled "Get Well Soon: Finding a Way Out of the Pandemic" during the ongoing Munich Security Conference, reports Xinhua news agency. Tedros called on …

Covaxin to be evaluated as COVID-19 vaccine candidate in US, says Bharat Biotech
2 years, 10 months ago

Covaxin to be evaluated as COVID-19 vaccine candidate in US, says Bharat Biotech

India TV News  

Highlights Covaxin will be evaluated as a COVID-19 vaccine candidate in United States, Bharat Biotech said. COVAXIN will be evaluated as a COVID-19 vaccine candidate in the United States, said Bharat Biotech on Saturday. In a statement, Ocugen Inc, Bharat Biotech's partner in the US and Canada for Covaxin, noted that the American health regulator -- the US Food and …

AP sources: White House seeks another $30B for COVID battle
2 years, 10 months ago

AP sources: White House seeks another $30B for COVID battle

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is telling Congress that it needs an additional $30 billion to press ahead with the fight against COVID-19, officials said. Two people familiar with the administration’s plan confirmed key details on Tuesday: $17.9 billion for vaccines and treatments, $4.9 billion for testing, $3 billion to cover coronavirus care for uninsured people, and $3.7 billion to …

Covid-19 | India Likely To Supply Covovax, Corbevax Vaccines To Quad Partners: Report
2 years, 11 months ago

Covid-19 | India Likely To Supply Covovax, Corbevax Vaccines To Quad Partners: Report

ABP News  

New Delhi: India on Friday conveyed to the Quad partners that New Delhi is open to supplying Covid-19 vaccines, including Covovax and Corbevax, manufactured in the country under the vaccine partnership. “As pandemic continues to impact us, we have undertaken collective efforts to address global health security, Quad vaccine initiative and our collective vaccine delivery. Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne …

COVAX Cuts North Korea's Covid-19 Vaccine Allotment After No Deliveries Accepted
2 years, 11 months ago

COVAX Cuts North Korea's Covid-19 Vaccine Allotment After No Deliveries Accepted

News 18  

The COVAX global COVID-19 vaccine-sharing programme has scaled back the number of doses allocated for North Korea, international aid organisations said, as the country has so far failed to arrange for any shipments. A website dashboard maintained by the United Nations children’s agency, UNICEF, shows the number of doses earmarked for North Korea now stands at 1.54 million, down from …

COVID pills, a holy grail vaccine and 'immune fitness': Why there's a virus 'recalibration' coming
2 years, 11 months ago

COVID pills, a holy grail vaccine and 'immune fitness': Why there's a virus 'recalibration' coming

ABC  

Kerry Chant probably summed it up best: "All of us just want COVID to be gone." This means people should focus more on their "immune fitness" this year, Professor Jenkins says. Novavax is a "protein subunit" vaccine which means it introduces a part of the COVID virus to the immune system but it doesn't contain any live components of the …

Panel pitches full market nod for Covaxin, Covishield
2 years, 11 months ago

Panel pitches full market nod for Covaxin, Covishield

Hindustan Times  

The subject expert panel of the national drugs regulator on Wednesday recommended full market authorisation for both Covaxin and Covishield under certain conditions, according to people familiar with the developments. Serum Institute of India and Bharat Biotech International Ltd, manufacturers of Covishield and Covaxin respectively, separately applied to the central drugs standard control organisation to seek full market authorisation stating …

Covid-19: What will it take to vaccinate the world?
2 years, 11 months ago

Covid-19: What will it take to vaccinate the world?

Hindustan Times  

This is one of a series of interviews by Bloomberg Opinion columnists on how to solve the world’s most pressing policy challenges. It will not provide very durable protection Clara Ferreira Marques: You’re a veteran advocate for global health, vaccines and tropical-disease control, and served as a U.S. science envoy during the Obama administration. The Texas Children’s Hospital Center for …

Poorer nations reject over 100 million Covid shots as many close to expiry
2 years, 11 months ago

Poorer nations reject over 100 million Covid shots as many close to expiry

India Today  

Poorer nations last month rejected more than 100 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines distributed by the global programme COVAX, mainly due to their rapid expiry date, a UNICEF official said on Thursday. UNICEF's data on supplies and use of delivered vaccines show that 681 million shipped doses are currently stored in about 90 poorer nations, according to CARE, a charity, …

US researchers share COVID-19 vaccine with the world
2 years, 11 months ago

US researchers share COVID-19 vaccine with the world

Al Jazeera  

Using traditional technology that can be scaled widely and cheaply, Corbevax offers a potential solution to vaccine inequity. Bypassing the patent restrictions of major pharmaceutical firms, doctors Maria Elena Bottazzi and Peter Hotez at the Baylor College of Medicine and the Texas Children’s Hospital Center for Vaccine Development used traditional vaccine technology that can be deployed rapidly to help inoculate …

Gavi and Bharat Biotech discuss possible COVAX use of Covaxin
3 years ago

Gavi and Bharat Biotech discuss possible COVAX use of Covaxin

Live Mint  

The Gavi vaccine alliance is in talks with India's Bharat Biotech over potential procurement of the company's Covaxin COVID-19 shot for the COVAX global vaccine distribution programme, a Gavi spokesperson told Reuters on Thursday. The World Health Organization in November gave Covaxin, India's first homegrown COVID-19 vaccine, approval for emergency use. Gavi said it was also working with the Serum …

This new, low-cost COVID-19 vaccine could be a game changer for low-income countries
3 years ago

This new, low-cost COVID-19 vaccine could be a game changer for low-income countries

NPR  

This new, low-cost COVID-19 vaccine could be a game changer for low-income countries A low cost vaccine called Corbevax may help solve the problem of getting safe and effective COVID vaccines to poor and middle-income countries. Supply and cost have been barriers to getting vaccines to many parts of the world, but NPR's Joe Palca has this story about a …

Houston COVID-19 vaccine Corbevax gets DCGI approval for use in India
3 years ago

Houston COVID-19 vaccine Corbevax gets DCGI approval for use in India

Firstpost  

The vaccine uses an older recombinant protein yeast fermentation technology similar to that used for the recombinant hepatitis B vaccine which has been around for 40 years. Our vaccine technology offers a path to address an unfolding humanitarian crisis, namely the vulnerability the low- and middle-income countries face against the delta variant,” said Dr Peter Hotez, professor and dean of …

India-US healthcare collaboration in spotlight as India approves 2 more Covid vaccines
3 years ago

India-US healthcare collaboration in spotlight as India approves 2 more Covid vaccines

India Today  

India-US collaboration in the health sector is in the spotlight as the Central Drug Authority this week approved two more Covid vaccines - Corbevax and Covovax - and antiviral drug Molnupiravir for use in India. Indian companies working with Texas Children's, Baylor College of Medicine's National School of Tropical Medicine; Dr. Peter Hotez, Prof and Dean of the National School …

Covovax Approval to Strengthen Immunization Efforts in India, Lower, Middle Income Countries: SII
3 years ago

Covovax Approval to Strengthen Immunization Efforts in India, Lower, Middle Income Countries: SII

News 18  

Vaccine major Serum Institute of India on Tuesday said the approval for the COVID-19 vaccine 'Covovax' would strengthen immunization initiatives across India and various lower and middle income countries across the world. He was responding to Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya's announcement that the Central Drug Authority, the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation, has approved the SII's vaccine Covovax for …

India Supplied Over 983 Lakh Covid-19 Vaccine Doses to 94 Countries, 2 UN Entities Till Dec 15: Govt
3 years ago

India Supplied Over 983 Lakh Covid-19 Vaccine Doses to 94 Countries, 2 UN Entities Till Dec 15: Govt

News 18  

India has supplied 983.068 lakh doses of COVID-19 vaccine to 94 countries and two United Nations entities in the form of grant, commercial export or through COVAX till December 15 since the start of Vaccine Maitri programme in January, 2021, the Rajya Sabha was told on Tuesday. The country supplied COVID-19 related medical and other assistance to over 150 countries …

US pledges $580m to international COVID fight amid Omicron spread
3 years ago

US pledges $580m to international COVID fight amid Omicron spread

Al Jazeera  

The announcement comes as the Biden administration released a raft of measures aimed at ramping up domestic response. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken made the announcement on Tuesday, shortly before he said he is set to meet his counterparts from other countries to discuss global cooperation in responding to Omicron, which officials say has already become the dominant strain …

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