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CII partners with Serum Institute to expand vaccination across small towns, rural areas across India
CII partners with Serum Institute to expand vaccination across small towns, rural areas across India
The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has partners with Serum Institute of India to expand Covid vaccination drive to target communities in small towns and rural areas in India.
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UPDATED: July 30, 2021 17:12 IST
The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has partnered with the Serum Institute of India to expand Covid vaccination drive. (Image: Reuters)
The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has signed an agreement with Pune s Serum Institute of India (SII) to accelerate Covid-19 vaccination across the country in partnership with the industry, including healthcare providers. The vaccination drive will target communities in small towns and rural areas in India.
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MUMBAI: Even as public centres reel under erratic and insufficient supply of vaccines, private hospitals have been able to procure doses smoothly by placing orders directly through Co-Win since last week. Many received the stocks within 3-4 days of placing orders with the manufacturer, particularly Pune’s Serum Institute of India.
Joy Chakraborty, COO of PD Hinduja Hospital, said they managed to place orders through Co-Win last Wednesday and received doses within four days. “At this point, the new system is meeting expectations,” he said. Dr Prince Surana, CEO of Surana Group, said they placed an order for 40,000 doses on Friday and vaccines were delivered on Monday morning. “I was surprised… previously it would take weeks to a month,” he added. Orders, however, can only be placed for Covishield and Covaxin through Co-Win and not for Sputnik as yet.
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Maharashtra on Monday reported 7,603 new Covid-19 cases and 53 fresh fatalities. The state now has 1,08,343 active COVID-19 cases. Mumbai reported 478 new cases and nine fresh fatalities, while 701 patients recovered from the virus. This is the third time since the beginning of July that Mumbai has reported less than 500 COVID-19 cases. The city is now left with 7120 active cases. Meanwhile, there will be no Covid-19 vaccination in Thane on Tuesday. In another development, BMC informed that the preliminary experiment of a cocktail of two antibody drugs, Casirvimab and Imdevimab has been successful. More than 200 patients have been treated using this method at Seven Hills Hospital in Andheri.Read Less
Govt panel says no to Serum Institute s Covovax trial on children aged 2-17 years
Govt panel says no to Serum Institute s Covovax trial on children aged 2-17 years
An expert government panel has recommended against granting permission to the Serum Institute of India (SII) to conduct clinical trial of Covid-19 vaccine Covovax on children in the age group 2-7 years.
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UPDATED: July 1, 2021 10:24 IST
A government panel has said no to Serum Institute s Covovax trial on children aged 2-17 years. (Image for representation: PTI)
An expert panel on Wednesday recommended against granting permission to Pune s Serum Institute of India (SII) for conducting the phase 2/3 trial of Covid-19 vaccine Covovax on children aged between two to 17 years, sources said. The panel asked the pharmaceutical company to complete trials on adults first.