Coronavirus HIGHLIGHTS: Confident Of Getting EMA's Approval In A month For Covishield, Says SII Chief Adar Poonawalla
Coronavirus HIGHLIGHTS: US' National Institute of Health said that India's Covid vaccine 'Covaxin' developed by Bharat Biotech effectively neutralises both Alpha and Delta variants of Coronavirus.
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Coronavirus HIGHLIGHTS, Wednesday June 30: India's Covaxin, developed by Bharat Biotech in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research, effectively neutralises both Alpha and Delta variants of coronavirus, the US' National Institute of Health has said. Meanwhile, The US House of Representatives has expressed solidarity with India in its fight against the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic and in a resolution urged the Biden administration to urgently facilitate Covid assistance to India.
Nearly half or 49% of the 60 and above population has been vaccinated with the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine. The percentage is 42% for those between 45 to 59 and 15% for those between 18-44 years. Total vaccine doses administered so far crossed the 33 crore mark on Tuesday.
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Confident Of Getting EMA's Approval In A month For Covishield: SII Chief Adar Poonawalla
Vaccine major Serum Institute of India is confident of receiving approval from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for its COVID-19 vaccine Covishield in a month, company's chief executive officer Adar Poonawalla said on Wednesday.
"The EMA is absolutely correct in asking us to apply, which we have through AstraZeneca, our partners, a month ago, and that process has to take its time. An approval process even with UK MHRA, WHO took its time and we have applied to the EMA," Poonawalla said at India Global Forum 2021.
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