 | DCGI approves market authorisation for SII's Covid vaccine Covovax as heterologous booster doseCovovax is manufactured through technology transfer from Novavax. It has been approved by the European Medicines Agency for conditional marketing authorisation. |
 | NTAGI to discuss allowing Corbevax as booster for those vaccinated with Covishield, Covaxin: SourcesThe Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) on Sunday approved Corbevax for the precaution dose for those aged 18 and above. |
 | Germany to recognise Covaxin for travel purpose from June 1, says envoyIn November last year, the World Health Organisation recommended Emergency Use Listing (EUL) status for Covaxin. |
 | Documents for Covaxin emergency use listing submitted to WHO; expect approval at earliest: Bharat BiotechWHO chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan had said that the global health body is likely to take a decision on Covaxin in the emergency use listing within four to six weeks. |
 | HC asks Serum Institute, Bharat Biotech to disclose capacity to manufacture COVID-19 vaccinesThe high court also asked the Centre to explain in affidavit the rationale behind keeping strict control over class of persons who can be vaccinated against COVID-19 currently. |
 | Credibility of made-in-India vaccines evident in their high demand: PrasadUnion minister Prakash Javadekar, who also addressed the briefing, asserted that the vaccination in India has been the fastest, very successful, "faultless with hardly any complaints". |
 | 165 lakh COVID vaccine doses procured so far at cost of Rs 350.25 crore: MoS Health Ashwini ChoubeyThe existing infrastructure under Universal Immunization Programme is being used and simultaneously strengthened for deployment of vaccines, including storage and transportation. |
 | IGIMS employee, ambulance driver becomes first two to receive COVID-19 vaccine in BiharBihar health minister Mangal Pandey said that all preparations have been completed to carry on the vaccination drive successfully across the state |
 | Frontline worker Pushpa Kumari receives first COVID-19 vaccine shot in Andhra PradeshSoon after Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the nationwide vaccination drive from New Delhi, Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy formally launched it in the state from Vijayawada |
 | Apollo Hospitals chairman among first recipients as COVID-19 vaccination drive begins in ChennaiApollo Hospitals chairman among those who got the COVID vaccine shots on inaugural day. |
 | Ambulance driver who ferried 100s of COVID dead bodies among the first to receive vaccine in MysuruSandesh said he is more than happy to be the first recipient in Mysuru among his friends. |
 | Meet S Kistamma: Gandhi Hospital's sanitation worker who received first COVID-19 vaccine shot in TelanganaWhen Gandhi Hospital served as an exclusive COVID-19 treatment government hospital for many months last year and Kistamma served during the entire period. |
 | COVID-19 vaccination drive launched in Kerala, compulsory observation after getting shotAt least 1,300 people registered for vaccination are expected to get the first dose on the launch day. All centres had a thermal screening at the entrance. |
 | PM Modi launches India's coronavirus vaccine drive, first shot administeredA total of 3,006 vaccination centres across all states and union territories have been virtually connected and 100 beneficiaries are being given the shots at each site on the first day. |
 | If everything goes well India would get COVID-19 vaccine by year-end: Harsh VardhanThree COVID-19 vaccine candidates, including two indigenous ones, are in different phases of development in India. |
