Corona Vaccine

The National COVID-19 symposium scientific committee invites submission of the original work on COVID-19 case management. The National Conference aims to bring together the lesson learnt during the management of …

HIGHLIGHTS The COVAX Facility has notified participating economies that deliveries of doses from the Serum Institute of India (SII) will be delayed in March and April. Delays in securing supplies …

Assessments by World Bank and partners provide insights into more than 120 countries’ readiness to safely distribute vaccines WASHINGTON, March 18, 2021 – As countries undertake the largest vaccination campaign in …

As of 17 March 2021, more than 120 million cases of COVID-19 infections, with more than 2 million deaths, had been reported globally.  Vaccination remains a critical tool to help …

12 March 2021 News release Geneva The World Health Organization (WHO) listed the COVID-19 vaccine Ad26.COV2.S, developed by Janssen (Johnson & Johnson), for emergency use in all countries and for COVAX roll-out. The …

The World Health Organization (WHO) and Chubb Limited (NYSE: CB), through ESIS Inc., a Chubb company, signed an agreement on behalf of the COVAX Facility on 17 February 2021 for …

Declaration We must accelerate vaccine equity for all health workers – now Health and care workers have been at the forefront of the pandemic response: often under protected and over …

AstraZeneca/Oxford-developed vaccines to reach countries in the coming weeks 15 February 2021 The World Health Organization (WHO) listed two versions of the AstraZeneca/Oxford COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, giving the …

The Department of Drug Administration (DDA) has decided to approve ‘COVISHIELD’ COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use in Nepal. DDA provided the conditional permission for emergency authorisation of COVISHEILD vaccine against …

New Delhi, 13 January 2021 – On this day in 2011, WHO South-East Asia Region reported its last case of wild poliovirus from West Bengal in India. A decade later, …