HEALTH

CDSCO panel recommends grant of permission for restricted emergency use of Oxford COVID-19 vaccine

10:55 pm January 1, 2021

New Delhi: An expert panel on COVID-19 of the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) on Friday recommended grant of permission for restricted emergency use of Oxford COVID-19 vaccine Covishield in India, subject to certain regulatory provisions, official sources said. As for Bharat Biotech, the Subject Expert Committee (SEC) on COVID-19 of the CDSCO asked the […]

Govt allows import/export of COVID-19 vaccine without any value limitation

4:10 pm January 1, 2021

New Delhi: The government has allowed import and export of COVID-19 vaccines without any value limitation, in order to ensure speedy clearance and distribution. The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has amended the regulations to facilitate the import/export of COVID-19 vaccines through courier, at locations where the Express Cargo Clearance System (ECCS) […]

Dry run for COVID-19 vaccination in all states, UTs on January 2

5:39 pm December 31, 2020

New Delhi : A dry run for COVID-19 vaccination will be conducted by all state and union territory administrations on January 2 to test the linkages between planning and implementation and to identify the challenges, the Centre said on Thursday. The activity is proposed to be conducted in all state capitals in at least 3 […]

China grants conditional approval to its homegrown COVID-19 vaccine

12:21 pm December 31, 2020

Beijing: China has granted conditional approval to the country’s first homegrown COVID-19 vaccine developed by state-owned pharmaceutical giant Sinopharm, an official announcement said on Thursday. The approval comes a day after Sinopharm said its vaccine showed 79.34 per cent efficacy and a 99.52 per cent antibody-positive conversion rate in the interim results of the Phase III clinical trials. ”The inactivated […]

Chinese vaccine shipment arrives in Turkey

2:31 pm December 30, 2020

Hong Kong: A first batch of vaccines developed by Chinese biopharmaceutical company Sinovac has arrived in Turkey, after a two-week delay. A plane carrying 3 million doses of the CoronaVac vaccine landed in the capital Ankara early on Wednesday. The first shipment was initially scheduled to arrive on December 11 but Turkish officials said problems […]