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EU seeks 10 mn AstraZeneca vaccines from India to meet shortfall: Indian source SECTIONS Last Updated: Apr 01, 2021, 06:51 PM IST Share Synopsis The EU wants the doses from Serum, the world's largest vaccine maker, to offset supply shortfalls from AstraZeneca's European plants and speed up the bloc's vaccine roll-out. Reuters The European Union has asked India to allow it to buy 10 million doses of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine from Serum Institute of India, a government official told Reuters, the latest sign of growing pressure on Delhi to export more of its production to other countries. ...

Covaxin efficacy data has no effect on opposition states SECTIONS Share Synopsis A day after Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech reported its interim data, the three states on Thursday said they would wait for a formal approval from the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) before using Covaxin for the immunisation drive. AFP The Opposition-ruled states of Punjab, Chhattisgarh and Kerala, which have refused to use Bharat Biotech's Covaxin, have not changed their stance even after the manufacturer released interim data showing 81% vaccine efficacy in phase 3 clinical trial. A day after Hyderabad...

Covaxin sent to more states, Chhattisgarh says won’t use it now SECTIONS Share Synopsis Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Punjab, Gujarat, West Bengal, Kerala and Madhya Pradesh have each received 37,760 doses of Covaxin. The vaccine vials supplied to the states carry a May expiration date. NEW DELHI: The Centre has expanded the ambit of Bharat Biotech’s Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin by supplying it to seven new states in the middle of the first phase of public immunisation drive. However, Chhattisgarh said it would not use the vaccine till phase-3 trials are over. Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Punjab, Guj...