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Hyderabad: Two persons who allegedly stole Covaxin and Covishield vaccine vials from a government health centre in the old city were arrested by the Mirchowk police on Tuesday. The police recovered the vaccines and other stolen articles from them. The arrested persons were Javeed Khan alias Jadoo (28) and Ghouse Pasha (27), both residents of […]

New Delhi: Serum Institute of India (SII) plans to launch a COVID vaccine for children in the next six months, the company’s CEO Adar Poonawalla said on Tuesday. Participating in an industry conference, Poonawalla said the vaccine ‘Covovax’ is under trial and would offer protection to children all the way down till three years. Currently, […]

Hyderabad: The immunity against Covid gained by individuals who were administered with two doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine (Covishield) is waning quickly, raising fears among public health officials here. They say that a combination of the unvaccinated population and those who were vaccinated immediately after the launch of Covid vaccines might trigger a fresh surge […]

Vijayawada: Andhra Pradesh received nine lakh more doses of Covishield vaccine on Thursday. On arrival at the Gangavaram airport here in the morning, the vaccine was dispatched to the Gannavaram vaccine storage centre. Meanwhile, the state government is contemplating on extending the curfew after June 20 with slight relaxation in timings.

The hospital announced on Monday that it conducted a study on 260 healthcare workers who got vaccinated between January 16 and February 5 to assess the immunological memory response in all those patients.

Scores of NRIs who had gone to India had taken Covishield as it continues to be the mainstay of India’s Covid-19 vaccination drive

Sources said during a recent internal audit, Ranga Reddy area hospital authorities learned that 50 vaccine injection vials, which otherwise could be used to vaccinate 500 persons, were missing from the stock

People with comorbidities, belonging to this age group, are included in the first priority group, Health Department sources here said.

SII said it will address the limited capacity by scaling up the vaccine production over the next two months.

Those who are eligible must get themselves vaccinated at the earliest, says DPH Dr G Srinivasa Rao

“There is no need for people to panic. The second virus did have much impact when compared to the first wave.," he said.

The former Union minister was administered 'Covishield' vaccine, which is manufactured by Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII).

The city-based firm has already produced Covishield vaccine, co-developed by the University of Oxford and British-Swedish company AstraZeneca.

Bahrain had earlier approved Covishield to support its efforts towards vaccinating members at risk of developing complications from COVID-19.

Frontline health workers and volunteers are given priority to be inoculated from Wednesday, followed by parliamentarians from Friday.

Bangladesh will start the nationwide COVID-19 vaccine distribution from early February.

A total of 2 million doses of the Covishield vaccine, by Serum Institute of India, has been dispatched from Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport to Dhaka.

Transport Minister Puvvada Ajay Kumar along with MP Nama Nageswar Rao has formally launched the vaccination programme at the District Hospital.

Krishnamma, a sanitation worker at Gandhi Hospital was the first person to receive the Covid vaccine in Telangana.

Speaking after inaugurating vaccination drive, Indrakaran stated that the government made elaborate arrangements for smooth conduct of the vaccination across the State.