India's Modi says quick steps needed to stop second COVID-19 peak
“If we don't stop the growing pandemic right here, then a situation of a nationwide outbreak can get created,” Modi told a virtual conference of leaders of Indian states.
“If we don't stop the growing pandemic right here, then a situation of a nationwide outbreak can get created,” Modi told a virtual conference of leaders of Indian states.
WHO tells people to keep taking AstraZeneca Covid vaccine, while EU medical agency says benefits outweigh risks
The vaccines, produced by the British-Swedish pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca, arrived at Taoyuan International Airport at 10:25 a.m. on a Korean Air flight.
The European Commission has published its contract with drug-maker AstraZeneca for its Covid vaccine, amid a row over supplies.
Europe’s fight to secure COVID-19 vaccine supplies intensified on Thursday when the European Union warned drug companies such as AstraZeneca that it would use all legal means or even block exports unless they agreed to deliver shots as promised.
Vaccine production not hit.
The company is involved in producing Covid-19 vaccine Covishield – developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca – which has been given emergency use authorisation in India recently and is being used for inoculation in the country's mega vaccination drive.
Dialysis patient Brian Pinker received jab at Oxford’s Churchill hospital on Monday morning
India has approved the COVID-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University, paving the way for a huge immunisation campaign in the world’s second most populous country.