The Ministry of Health announced last week that the precautionary third dose of Covid-19 vaccine would be available for the age group of 18-59 years on payment at private centres from April 10. In response to our query dated February 4, 2022, the Department of Health and Family Welfare said, "As per the announcement in Parliament during Budget session 2021, …
The Supreme Court will hear tomorrow a plea seeking directions to the Union Government to hand over the premises of HLL Biotech Limited in Chengalpet to the government of Tamil Nadu on lease to produce CoVID 19 vaccines. Filed by S Jimraj Milton through Advocate on Record T.S Sabarish, the plea states that India despite being home to the largest …
Asserting that Tamil Nadu has infrastructural strength to administer 2 crore doses of Covid-19 vaccines in a month, Health Minister Ma Subramanian demanded that the Centre should make Integrated Vaccine Complex at Chengalpet operational. Integrated Vaccine Complex Facility a high-level facility which was set up in a 100 acre land in Tamil Nadu’s Chengalpet has been lying unutilised at a …
After days of hectic negotiations, discussions on pricing and much back and forth, India has finally inked two vaccine deals. Bharat Biotech International Limited signed a deal with the central government on January 11 to supply 55 lakh doses of its inactivated vaccine called Covaxin. SII to supply 4.5 cr doses, Bharat Biotech 38.5 lakh SII will supply a total …
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