India donates first 500,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine to Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka said 150,000 health workers and 115,000 selected military and police troops will be the first to be inoculated at six hospitals in Colombo and its suburbs. Sri Lanka’s president on Thursday welcomed the first 500,000 doses of a Covid-19 vaccine from India, which has donated the shots to…
COVID-19 vaccines only to be administered to those over 18
The subcommittee managing COVID-19 vaccination has decided that inoculation will focus on those over the age of 18, when the first batch arrives in February. Director-General of the Department of Disease Control, Dr. Opas Karnkawinpong, department adviser Dr. Tawee Chotiwittayansunan and Head of the Chulalongkorn University Center for Excellence in…
SII’s Adar Poonawala Shares Details Of COVID Vaccine: ‘First 100m Doses To Cost Rs 200’
Elaborating on the price of the COVID-19 vaccine, Poonawala said that SII would initially focus on making the vaccine available at a reasonable price at Rs 200. As India gears up for the world’s largest COVID vaccination drive from January 16, Serum Institute of India (SII) CEO Adar Poonawala called the…
India starts shipping COVID-19 vaccine to cities
Ahead of the world’s largest nationwide inoculation drive which is set to begin on January 16, the first consignment containing vials of Covishield vaccine left Pune’s Serum Institute of India in the early hours of Tuesday. Amid tight security, 3 trucks carrying the very first consignment of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid…
Thailand to receive first COVID-19 vaccine doses as early as February
The Minister of Public Health has revealed Thailand will be receiving the first 2 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine between February and April next year. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Health Anutin Charnvirakul, has announced in a Facebook post that Thailand will receive at least two million doses…
PM reviews vaccine development and manufacturing process at 3 facilities
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi today undertook a three city tour to conduct extensive review of the vaccine development and manufacturing process. He visited the Zydus Biotech Park in Ahmedabad, Bharat Biotech in Hyderabad and Serum Institute of India in Pune. The scientists expressed joy that the Prime Minister met…
Thai researchers start COVID-19 vaccine monkey trials
SARABURI(NNT)-After a promising outcome from trials in rats, an anti-virus vaccine prototype developed by Thai researchers is now being tested in monkeys, with the results expected by September. Researchers from the National Research Council of Thailand, the National Vaccine Institute, and Chulalongkorn University today started the trial of the mRNA…
Prime Minister’s interaction with Mr. Bill Gates
PM Modi interacts with Bill Gates, discusses global response to COVID-19 Important for India to be included in the ongoing global discussions for coordinating responses to the COVID-19 pandemic: PM Modi in an interaction with Bill Gates The Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi today interacted with Bill & Melinda Gates…