DNA Explainer: What happens if you take one shot of Covaxin and the other of Covishield?
A frequent question arises is that can one take Covaxin as a second shot if you have taken Covishield for the first short and vice versa? (Image Source: Reuters)
Updated: May 15, 2021, 03:58 PM IST
Amid the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, India has started the third phase of its vaccination drive across the country. Since this is a new disease and the vaccine to prevent it has been made in a record time, people have their own hesitations and doubts about it.
As of now, the Indian government had given nod to two vaccines - AstraZeneca s Covishield and Bharat Biotech s Covaxin. Only recently Russian Sputnik V vaccine has received clearance in India.
Centre provides Rs 220 cr grant, Covaxin s monthly production to cross 10 cr doses by Sep
Among the public sector companies, Mumbai-based Haffkine Biopharmaceutical Corporation Ltd has been provided a grant of Rs 65 crore for manufacturing Covaxin.
BusinessToday.In | May 15, 2021 | Updated 18:15 IST
Production of Covaxin is expected to reach more than 10 crore doses per month by September, 2021.
The Centre has provided financial assistance in the form of grant of Rs 220 crore to vaccine manufacturers to boost the production of Bharat Biotech s COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin, and its production is expected to reach more than 10 crore doses per month by September this year.
The Department of Biotechnology, which is implementing Mission COVID Suraksha announced as part of Atmanirbhar Bharat 3.0 to accelerate development and production of indigenous COVID-19 vaccines, has provided financial assistance to vaccine manufacturers, the Ministry of Science & Technology said in a statement.
India should collaborate with other countries to ramp up COVID vaccine capability, says Fauci By Reena Bhardwaj | Updated: May 14, 2021 07:34 IST
Washington [US], May 14 (ANI): Dr Anthony Fauci, the Biden administration s top medical adviser on Thursday (local time) said that it is imperative for India to collaborate with other countries, and companies to ramp up its vaccine production capability to vaccinate country s huge population against COVID-19.
Calling India as one of the best vaccine producer in the world, the leading American infectious disease expert said, It s a very very large country with a population of about 1.4 billion people, you only have a couple of percentage of the people who are fully vaccinated and over about 10 per cent or so that have at least one dose so you ve got to work out arrangements with other countries, other companies at the same time as ramping up your own capability of making vaccines because as we all kn
India should work out with other countries: Fauci
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14 May 2021, 12:18 GMT+10
By Reena BhardwajWashington [US], May 14 (ANI): Dr Anthony Fauci, the Biden administration s top medical adviser on Thursday (local time) said that it is imperative for India to collaborate with other countries, and companies to ramp up its vaccine production capability to vaccinate country s huge population against COVID-19.
Calling India as one of the best vaccine producer in the world, the leading American infectious disease expert said, It s a very very large country with a population of about 1.4 billion people, you only have a couple of percentage of the people who are fully vaccinated and over about 10 per cent or so that have at least one dose so you ve got to work out arrangements with other countries, other companies at the same time as ramping up your own capability of making vaccines because as we all know, India is one of the best if not the biggest vaccine producer in the world. As sever