Discussion Coronavirus (COVID-19) Vaccination Drive Updates

[Bapun]

There is growing hope that a vaccine against coronavirus may be given the green light by health regulators by the end of this year to be rolled out for a vaccination programme in six months’ time or even less, according to a UK media report.

Oxford coronavirus vaccine could be rolled out within six months: Report

 

[Bapun]

Dr Harsh Vardhan said all three vaccines in India undergoing trials have proven to be safe, immunogenic and efficacious in clinical trials outside India and need to undergo bridging studies to prove their safety and immunogenicity in the Indian population.

The minister said the government plans to receive and utilise 400-500 million Covid-19 vaccine doses and that of the 1.3 billion population, 20-25 crore people would be getting the first shot by July 2021.

20-25 Crore People Will Get First Covid-19 Shot by July 2021, Says Health Minister Harsh Vardhan

 

[Bapun]

The coronavirus vaccine being developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University, which is one of the most anticipated vaccine in the race so far, could ring in profits for the pharmaceutical company around July, said a report.

Coronavirus vaccine update: Setback for Sputnik V in India, report says AstraZeneca could see profits in July

 

[Bapun]

Indian government expects a covid-19 vaccine to be ready for sale as early as December if clinical trials are successful, a senior health ministry official said. The Serum Institute of India has advanced the furthest in clinical trials in India, currently conducting phase 3 trials of Covidshield, which has been jointly developed by the UK’s AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford.

Covid vaccine alert: India-made Covaxin cleared for Phase III trials. 5 updates

 

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• The Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine is expected to be one of the first from big pharma to secure regulatory approval, along with Pfizer and BioNTech's candidate
• If it works, a vaccine would allow the world to return to some measure of normality after the tumult of the pandemic

Covid vaccine hopes rise, Oxford shot prompts immune response in old, young

 

[Bapun]

The coronavirus vaccine being developed by Oxford University and British firm AstraZeneca could be ready for public use in December 2020, Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII) chief executive Adar Poonawalla has said. The Serum Institute is currently conducting the phase-3 trial of Oxford-AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine in India.

Coronavirus vaccine will be ready for public use by December: Adar Poonawalla

 

[Bapun]

Adar Poonawalla, chief executive officer (CEO) of Pune-based pharmaceutical company Serum Institute of India (SII), on Wednesday said that a vaccine against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) is likely to be available in the country by January 2021 provided approvals from regulatory bodies are in place in time.

Covid-19 vaccine likely to be available by Jan, will be affordable: Adar Poonawalla

 

[Bapun]

AIIMS Director Randeep Guleria has said that common people will have to wait till 2022 for a shot of the coronavirus vaccine, while reminding that the coronavirus infection "will not vanish" with vaccination.

No coronavirus vaccine for common people till 2022, Covid won't vanish, says AIIMS Director Randeep Guleria

 

[Bapun]

The drug maker Pfizer announced on Monday that an early analysis of its coronavirus vaccine trial suggested the vaccine was robustly effective in preventing Covid-19, a promising development as the world has waited anxiously for any positive news about a pandemic that has killed more than 1.2 million people.

Pfizer’s Early Data Shows Vaccine Is More Than 90% Effective

 

[Rajkumar]

Just Joking part,
We seen ads of Fans, Paints, Toilet Cleaners etc are made, but still no vaccine for Covid-19