Serum Institute of India, UNICEF enter into long-term supply for COVID-19 vaccines
India is one of the world s biggest drugmakers, and an increasing number of countries have already approached it for procuring the coronavirus vaccines. PTI
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The Serum Institute of India (SII) and UNICEF have entered into a long-term supply agreement for the AstraZeneca/Oxford and the Novavax vaccines, with the UN children s agency saying it will have access to up to 1.1 billion doses of vaccines for around 100 countries.
India is one of the world s biggest drugmakers, and an increasing number of countries have already approached it for procuring the coronavirus vaccines.
India s Serum Institute Inks UN Deal For 1.1 Billion Covid Vaccines To 100 Countries India s Serum Institute Inks UN Deal For 1.1 Billion Covid Vaccines To 100 Countries UNICEF, which plays a key role in immunisation campaigns worldwide - welcomed the development, describing COVAX as the largest vaccine procurement and supply operation ever mounted.
Serum Institute, UNICEF ink deal for supply of Covishield and Novavax vaccines to 100 nations
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The Serum Institute of India (SII) and UNICEF have entered into a long-term supply agreement for the AstraZeneca-Oxford Covishield and the Novavax vaccines, with the UN children s agency saying it will have access to up to 1.1 billion doses of vaccines for around 100 countries.
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January 6, 2021
ISLAMABAD: More than 371,500 babies were born worldwide on New Year’s Day and India is estimated to have recorded the highest number of births at around 60,000, according to the UN’s children’s agency.
Unicef said that an estimated 371,504 babies were born around the world on New Year’s Day. Fiji in the Pacific was projected to have welcomed 2021’s first baby while the United States would welcome its last. Globally, over half of these births are estimated to have taken place in 10 countries: India (59,995), China (35,615), Nigeria (21,439), Pakistan (14,161), Indonesia (12,336), Ethiopia (12,006), the United States (10,312), Egypt (9,455), Bangladesh (9,236) and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (8,640), it said.
Aditi Tandon
New Delhi, January 1
As the calendar flipped to 2021, UN Children’s Fund (Unicef) estimated the birth of 3,71,504 babies globally on New Year’s Day.
Globally, over half of these births are estimated to take place in 10 countries, India leading the charts with 59,995 births expected on Friday.
Babies born in India on January 1, 2021, are expected to have a life expectancy of 80.9 years, the agency said.
“An additional 1,000 babies are surviving each day in India due to the country’s efforts as envisaged in the India Newborn Action Plan 2014-2020. A million newborns with special needs survive each year thanks to the additional 320 district-level special newborn care units established in this period,” according to Unicef India Country Representative Dr Yasmin Ali Haque.
3.7L babies will be born worldwide on Jan 1, 60K in India: Unicef
In total, an estimated 140 million (14 crore) children will be born in 2021. Their average life expectancy is expected to be 84 years.
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An estimated 3,71,504 babies will be born around the world on New Year’s Day, with about 60,000 babies expected to be born in India alone, UN Children’s Fund (Unicef) said on Friday.
In total, an estimated 140 million (14 crore) children will be born in 2021. Their average life expectancy is expected to be 84 years.
While Fiji in the Pacific will welcome 2021’s first baby, the US will welcome its last.