The statement comes the day after European and British medicine regulators said they had found possible links between AstraZeneca's vaccine and reports of very rare cases of brain blood clots
There is a causal link between the coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and very rare cases of blood clots, said a senior European Medicines Agency (EMA) expert
For the next one or two months, we will be prioritising supplies only to India based on the request of the government and also depending on the needs of our people, said Poonawalla
The world's largest vaccine maker, based in India, will be able to restart exports of AstraZeneca doses by June if new coronavirus infections subside in the country, its chief executive said Tuesday
World Bank President David Malpass has said that he is encouraged by the country's domestic vaccination programme
The Serum Institute of India (SII) will start supplying the first indigenously developed pneumococcal conjugate vaccine to the Centre from Wednesday, sources said on Tuesday
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Sri Lanka has temporarily halted its Covid-19 vaccination programme as there was a delay in securing more AstraZeneca vaccines from the Serum Institute of India, a top health minister has said
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SII is committed to supplying 200 million doses to the collaboration
India is, however, not officially banning Covid-19 vaccine exports. "This is a temporary move until the supply situation stabilises in the country," said a person close to the development
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Senior officials in New Delhi confirmed that there was no ban on exports from India, and no plans to do so either.
Last month, SII CEO Adar Poonawalla had urged other countries to be patient
Britain is using vaccines made by Pfizer and AstraZeneca, with 10 million doses of the 100 million ordered from AstraZeneca coming from the Serum Institute.
Countries are holding tight to their supplies and restricting access to materials needed to make more, said Adar Poonawalla, chief executive officer of the Serum Institute of India Ltd