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Covid 19 Vaccine: DCGI Gives Restricted Emergency-Use Approval For Sputnik V

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Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has granted permission for the restricted emergency use of Russian Covid-19 vaccine ‘Sputnik V’ with certain conditions, paving the way for a third vaccine to be available in the country, sources said on Monday. The approval came after the Subject Expert Committee (SEC) on Covid-19 of the Central Drugs …

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India Reports 81,466 New Covid-19 Cases, 469 Deaths

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The Union Health Ministry informed on Friday that India has reported 81,466 new covid cases and 469 coronavirus-related deaths in the last 24 hours. With these additional cases, the total number of Covid-19 cases in the country reached 1,23,03,131. With 469 new deaths, the death toll in India has gone up to 1,63,396. There are …

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Dr Reddy’s Submits Indian Indian Phase II/III Trials Of Sputnik To DCGI

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Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, has submitted the emergency use authorization for the Russian covid-19 vaccine known as Sputnik V of Indian data phase II/III trials after the direction of the expert committee that advises the Indian drug regulator. This was submitted last month also but the subject matter committee has rejected the application because of the …

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DGCI Approves Anti-Fungal Medicine For Covid-Linked Black Fungus Treatment

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Bharat Serums and Vaccines Limited has become the first company to receive approval from the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) to use anti-fungal medication — Liposomal Amphotericin B or LAmB — as a medical intervention in patients of Mucormycosis. Mucormycosis is a deadly invasive fungal infection that emerged as a ‘new worry’ for healthcare …

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National Adverse Event Following Immunization Committee Finds No Link Between Vaccine And Deaths

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The National Adverse Event Following Immunisation (AEFI) Committee has started reviewing and investigating deaths after Covid-19 vaccination, and has found no link between the vaccine and the deaths so far, according to sources in the government. On Friday the experts’ committee of cardiologists, physicians, and neurologists reviewed five deaths and found that the deaths were …

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First Flight With Covid-19 Vaccines Reaches Delhi

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The first batches of Covishield, the vaccine developed by the Serum Institute of India (SII), left Pune to be taken to different parts of the country ahead of the coronavirus vaccination mission. At approximately 10.40 am, the first batch of the vaccine entered Delhi International Airport. Three trucks carrying the Covishield vaccine reached Pune International …

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From Factory To Syringe: Centre Outlines Covid-19 Vaccination Plan

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On Tuesday, the Centre spelled out the mechanics being put in place across the nation that will allow the roll-out of the world’s largest Covid-19 vaccination drive within the next week, which will use a repurposed version of the current vaccine delivery network at national, state, district, and local levels. While negotiations are in the …

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