The EU has its own safe-travel list, from which the United States was recently removed after a spike in infections there.
The UK's health regulator has approved Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines for booster doses against Covid-19, even as the country's decision on the third dose remains pending.
The deal ends a blame game over the EU's slow start in vaccinating its 448 million population
Monoclonal antibodies boost immune response to infections by binding to particular sites on the spike protein of the virus that causes Covid-19.
Earlier there were reports that government could make a move to reduce the minimum gap between two doses of the Covishield Covid-19 vaccine, but NTAGI has denied the reports
SII has informed the Centre that it will be able to supply around 20 crore doses of COVID-19 vaccine Covishield in September itself to Government to India and private hospitals, official sources said
A second wave of Covil infections and local supply delays prompted the government to prioritize its own citizens and halted overseas shipments of vaccines in April.
Preliminary results from Azerbaijan trials have been announced
Results from Astra's study found no one in the trial who received the cocktail contracted severe Covid-19 or died in relation to the disease, the company said in a statement Friday
The Oxford University study found that 90 days after a second shot of the Pfizer or Astra vaccine, their efficacy in preventing infections had slipped to 75 per cent and 61 per cent, respectively
The COVID vaccines by Pfizer and AstraZeneca are less effective against the Delta variant compared to the Alpha variant, according to a study led by researchers at the University of Oxford
Drug firm AstraZeneca Pharma India on Monday reported a 45.03 per cent decline in its net profit to Rs 10.24 crore for the June ended quarter
Nepal received the first batch of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine from Japan on Saturday, local media reports said.
A growing number of countries are looking at switching to different Covid vaccines for second doses, a measure necessary in Denmark after health authorities discontinued AstraZeneca's vaccine in April
The trial, led by researchers including from the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the University of Oxford, UK, was published in the journal Science Translational Medicine.
Let's look at the evidence
Firm exploring whether vaccine biz is sustainable for next 5-10 years: Official
The efficacy of the single dose of Oxford-Astrazeneca Covid-19 vaccine Covishield dropped at 16 weeks for those above the age of 60
AstraZeneca reported first-half revenue of $15.5 billion, up 23 per cent
No extra risk after second dose shows study led and funded by drug maker