Page 3 - Vaccine

Malaria to pneumonia vaccines: SII now betting on non-Covid shots

SII has the capacity to produce 250 million monthly doses of Covishield

EU clears Moderna coronavirus vaccine for young kids, Pfizer boosters

The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine was previously granted a green light for use in children aged five and over last November

Sputnik Light may soon be only version available in India amid low demand

Meanwhile, local manufacturing partners have either halted or reduced production of Sputnik Light owing to low demand

Over 1 million Sputnik coronavirus vaccines expire in Guatemala

Only about 43% of the country's 12.6 million inhabitants over age 11 are fully vaccinated, in a country whose total population is 17 million

Pfizer Covid vaccine less effective kids aged 5-11 against Omicron: Study

The study examined Pfizer vaccine effectiveness from December 13, 2021 to January 30, 2022, among 852,384 fully-vaccinated children 12-17 years and 365,502 children 5-11 years

Bharat Bio working on TB vaccine, to ink pact with a firm for technology

Without providing details on the name of the firm with which BBIL will be inking MoU, Ella said the TB vaccine is currently undergoing phase 3 clinical trials

WHO works to spread Covid-19 vaccine technology to more nations

Vaccines have helped to change the course of the Covid-19 pandemic but this scientific triumph has been undermined by vast inequities in access to these life-saving tools, Tedros said

US Covid-19 vaccination drive is bottoming out as Omicron subsides

About 76% of the US population has received at least one shot; less than 65% of all Americans are fully vaccinated

Sanofi, GSK to seek regulatory approval for Covid vaccine candidate

Sanofi-GSK's shot relies on a conventional protein-based approach, compared with the newer mRNA technology used in established Covid-19 vaccines from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna

Moderna, Thermo Fisher partner to manufacture Covid vaccine, other drugs

Thermo Fisher had already partnered with Moderna last year to help scale up production of its Covid vaccine, branded as Spikevax

India's Covid-19 vaccination coverage exceeds 175.03 cr, says MoHFW

As per the health ministry, with the administration of 36,28,578 vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, India's Covid-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 1,75,03,86,834

Over 111.7 mn unutilized Covid vaccine doses available with states, UTs

As part of the nationwide vaccination drive, the Centre has been supporting the states and UTs by providing them Covid-19 vaccines free of cost

Foreign Covid vaccine firms can do business here, but on India's terms: Min

Mandaviya also said that the world is astonished by India's vaccination coverage which has reached almost 175 crore, adding that the third Covid-19 wave is on the decline

Moderna eyes Covid booster by August, not clear yet if Omicron-specific

Moderna chief executive Stephane Bancel said in an interview the company aimed to have a booster ready by August 2022, before next autumn when he said more vulnerable people may need it

Short AstraZeneca shelf life complicates vaccine rollout to world's poorest

Many more vaccines are expected to be rejected as African nations and Covax said that from January they would not accept vaccines with less than two-and-a-half months' shelf life

Covid vaccine makers shoot for exports as domestic demand may remain low

ZyCoV-D is already approved by the regulator for use in children aged 12 and more

New Zealand's Ardern labels anti-vaccine mandate protests 'imported'

Claiming inspiration from truckers' anti-vaccine mandate demonstrations in Canada, the protesters have also blocked several streets around parliament with their trucks, vans and motorcycles

Vaccinated warehouse workers can now work unmasked, says Amazon

The company is rolling back a mask requirement it put back into effect during the Omicron surge in December

Covid: India's first mRNA vaccine under final trials, says govt

Indian Council of Medical Research Director General, Dr Balram Bhargava, said that this is another vaccine which really establishes that India is heading towards becoming a vaccine superpower

Omicron's mutations explain why it is less severe among vaccinated

Omicron emerged as a variant of concern only in November 2021, but all the mutations it contains, except one, had been described before that