American pharmaceutical company Pfizer and German company BioNTech pledged Friday to deliver 2 billion doses of their COVID-19 vaccine to middle- and low-income countries over the next 18 months, amid international calls for more vaccine solidarity. The companies, which together developed the first vaccine to
India will be in a position to vaccinate at least all of its adult population by the end of 2021, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Friday. At a meeting to review the pandemic situation in nine states and union territories, the minister said, “Between
Vaccination can mitigate COVID-19 infection for Long-Term Vaccination can mitigate COVID-19 for the long term and drive India towards being a Covid free Nation. We have become the world hub for vaccines and if we depend on the three vaccines, the estimate is that by
Amid a rise in black fungus cases particularly in COVID patients in Delhi, some medical experts feel that “unhygienic masks” and poorly ventilated rooms could be a contributing factor, while others said “no clinical evidence” has been established linking the two. Doctors at many leading
The cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country has surpassed 19 crore, the Union Health Ministry said on Thursday. On the day-125 of the vaccination drive on Thursday, a total of 14,56,088 vaccine doses — 12,73,785 first dose and 1,82,303 second dose —
Bharat Biotech on Thursday said it plans to produce additional 200 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine ‘Covaxin’ at its subsidiary’s Ankleshwar (Gujarat) based facility, taking the overall production volume of the vaccine to 1 billion (100 crore) dosages per annum. The Hyderabad-based firm said it
The situation remains critical in the country with the sudden spike in cases during the second wave. While it’s every persons wish now to get vaccinated but the supply of vaccines are limited and it may be more prudent to reset the vaccination plan to
This method of heated chemotherapy is given to remove cancer cells from the abdominal cavity that are not visible to naked eye - The procedure involves pumping the chemotherapy drug directly into the abdominal cavity affected by cancer cells - It is recommended for appendicular cancer, colorectal
JSW Group, today, launched a 1,000-Bedded Oxygenated Covid Care District Field Hospital in Toranagallu, Ballari, Karnataka. The Mega-Hospital was inaugurated virtually by the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Karnataka Sh B. S. Yediyurappa in the presence of Shri Anand Singh, Minister for Infrastructure Development, Haj &
Strengthens offerings & continues to be at the forefront of COVID care Cipla Limited (BSE: 500087; NSE: CIPLA EQ, referred to as “Cipla”) today announced the commercialisation of a polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test kit ‘ViraGen’ for COVID-19 in India, in partnership with Ubio Biotechnology Systems
