SII CEO says safe, effective COVID-19 vaccine ready for roll-out ANI | Updated: Jan 03, 2021 12:34 IST
New Delhi [India], January 3 (ANI): Covishield, India s first COVID-19 vaccine is approved, safe, effective and ready for roll-out in the coming weeks, said Serum Institute of India Chief Executive Officer Adar Poonawalla on Sunday.
Taking to Twitter, Poonawalla said, Happy new year, everyone! All the risks @SerumInstIndia took with stockpiling the vaccine have finally paid off. COVISHIELD, India s first COVID-19 vaccine is approved, safe, effective, and ready to roll-out in the coming weeks.
He also thanked the political leadership, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan and Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI).
India reports 18,177 new COVID-19 cases, DCGI approves vaccines for emergency use ANI | Updated: Jan 03, 2021 21:17 IST
New Delhi [India], January 3 (ANI): India reported 18,177 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 1,03,23,965, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) informed on Sunday.
With this, the total number of active cases now stands at 2,47,220. As many as 217 lives were claimed by the coronavirus in the last 24 hours, taking the death toll to 1,49,435. So far 99,27,310 recoveries have been reported in the country.
India s coronavirus active cases continue to go down as the total number of confirmed cases has dropped below 2.5 lakhs on Sunday.
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New Delhi [India], January 3 (ANI): As the COVID-19 vaccines of Serum Institue of India and Bharat Biotech have been granted permission for restricted use in an emergency situation, Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Sunday termed it as "watershed moment" in India's battle against COVID-19.
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