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The Health Ministry is supposedly planning to offer COVID-19 vaccines at private hospitals for inoculating people above 60 and over 45 having comorbidities from March 1. As a part of the upcoming vaccination drive, the vaccines will be available at Rs 250/dose in 20,000 hospitals. Initially, while only Serum Institue of India's Covisheld will be available at private hospitals, around 1,500 NABH and NBE accredited hospitals have sought… read-more

The South African government has requested the Serum Institute of India to withdraw one million shots of its COVID-19 vaccine 'AstraZeneca'. The country has reportedly stopped the rollout of the vaccine after finding it provided only mild to moderate protection against the African variant of coronavirus. Moreover, South Africa will now use Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine for its health workers. Recently, on February 15, the WHO gave emergency… read-more

The Serum Institute of India (SII) chief Adar Poonawalla on January 30 announced of hopefully launching ‘COVOVAX’ as the second COVID-19 vaccine in June 2021. Poonawalla also claimed that the Novavax vaccine that has partnered with the US is currently undergoing trials and has shown excellent efficiency. While DCGI approved vaccines Covishield and Covaxin were used in India, the COVOVAX would become the third vaccine developed by India if… read-more

Pune-based the Serum Institute of India has announced a Rs 25-lakh compensation to the families of five deceased who lost their lives in the fire outbreak on January 21. Expressing his grief, SII CEO Adar Poonawalla said, "Extremely sorrowful day for all of us". Reportedly, four other people were evacuated from the SII's Manjari premises . Meanwhile, the SII and Maharashtra CM Uddav Thackary have assured that the accident will not affect… read-more

Stating that no other country with two or more vaccines has given an option, the health ministry representative on January 12 hinted that India will not provide option to choose between COVID-19 vaccines. Addressing a press conference, Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said both the vaccines of India are equally safe and there is no risk. Reportedly, the government will procure 110 lakh doses from Serum Institute of India and 55 lakh doses from… read-more