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TS to get Covid vaccine from abroad; KTR holds meet with task force, pharma firms Updated May 15, 2021, 12:47 am IST TS will complete the second dose vaccination to those above 45 years on a top priority basis in May and June  The import of vaccine apart from allowing more companies to manufacture Covaxin along with Bharat Biotech dominated the discussions at the task force meeting. — Facebook Hyderabad: In a major relief to states facing acute shortage of vaccines, the Centre has hinte...

AP floats global tender for Covid-19 vaccines, Telangana in talks with manufacturers May 14, 2021 × The State had earlier identified 2.04 crore people in the 18- 45 age group for whom the Covid-19 vaccine has to be administered for free and has also earmarked necessary funds The Andhra Pradesh government has floated a global tender for procurement of Covid-19 vaccines with the last date for filing bids fixed as June 3. A pre-bid meet will be convened on either May 20 or May 22. The Principal s...

New Delhi, May 4: The devastating second coronavirus wave sweeping across India has come as a major setback to the global fight against the deadly pandemic.The World Health Organization is struggling to fill the gap left in the COVAX ...

Quad vaccine pact for Asia on track despite India crisis - U.S. officials AKIPRESS.COM - An agreement between the United States and three of its closest Indo-Pacific partners to produce up to one billion coronavirus vaccine doses in India by the end of 2022 to supply other Asian countries is "still on track," despite a surge of COVID-19 in India, senior U.S. officials said on April 26, Reuters reported. "Its moving forward expeditiously," a senior administration official told reporters in a bri...

A After a tightly centralized vaccination drive that has delivered the required two shots to less than 2% of the population, India is opening up its inoculation strategy in the middle of a raging pandemic. Can the new approach flatten the curve? Expanding the campaign to all adults below 45 starting next month is a late but welcome move. India’s daily infection rate of almost 350,000 is the worst any country has experienced. Even then, shifting a big part of the financial burden to 28 st...

BusinessWorld April 28, 2021 | 12:07 am WASHINGTON — An agreement between the United States and three of its closest Indo-Pacific partners to produce up to a billion coronavirus vaccine doses in India by the end of 2022 to supply other Asian countries is “still on track,” senior US officials said on Monday, despite a surge of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in India. “It’s moving forward expeditiously,” a senior administration official told repo...

Governments New Vaccine Strategy Is Bad Economics Governments New Vaccine Strategy Is Bad Economics Updated: April 27, 2021 9:36 am IST After a tightly centralized vaccination drive that has delivered the required two shots to less than 2% of the population, India is opening up its inoculation strategy in the middle of a raging pandemic. Can the new approach flatten the curve? Expanding the campaign to all adults below 45 starting next month is a late but welcome move. Indias daily infection ...

India’s virus surge is a flashback, and a warning, to many in Massachusetts ‘It’s like experiencing what Boston went through,’ only much worse. Email to a Friend COVID-19 patients received oxygen in Delhi on Sunday.Atul Loke/NYT For many in the health care field, India’s tragic coronavirus surge — fueling a world-record 352,991 reported cases on Monday alone — is a painful flashback to the darkest days of 2020 when the virus rampaged through Massachusetts and...

Synopsis After the current spike has peaked, people will still need to be inoculated at a rapid pace to flatten the curve and avert a third buildup. And that’s when the folly of charging Rs 600 or Rs 1,200 for a life-saving vaccine, in a country where the working class was struggling to buy Rs 5 biscuits even before the pandemic, may become clear. A vaccine queue in Mumbai. The world’s biggest democracy can’t shut anyone out of the market for vaccines. After a tightly centralised vaccina...

The Straits Times Quad vaccine pact for Asia on track despite India crisis: US officials People waiting in queue to receive a shot of the Covid-19 vaccine in Mumbai, India, on April 26, 2021.PHOTO: EPA-EFE Published4 hours ago https://str.sg/JF7j They can read the article in full after signing up for a free account. Share link: Or share via: Sign up or log in to read this article in full Sign up All done! This article is now fully available for you Read now Get unlimited access to all stories a...