COVAX News
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In view of the increasing threat of Omicron, WHO has approved the vaccine for children, Covovax
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The first consignment of Covishield has already left Pune
COVAX is an international COVID-19 vaccine sharing platform
India will start contributing to COVAX after 8 months
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Adar Poonawalla’s family-owned company SII is preparing to resume exports to the COVAX international vaccine sharing program for the first time since April.
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The World Health Organization (WHO), which co-leads COVAX, has been urging India to restart supplies for the programme, especially after it sent about 4 million doses to its neighbours and partners in October.
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One of the sources said it was "frustrating" that India had yet to confirm any supply to COVAX
The SII has contracts to supply hundreds of millions of doses of a licensed version of the AstraZeneca vaccine to COVAX
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India on Monday announced the resumption of the 'Vaccine Maitri' initiative.
Country's neighborhood will get the first consignment of COVID-19 vaccines
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US donated 1.53 million COVID-19 vaccines to Nepal
The vaccines were delivered under COVAX global vaccine initiative
KP Sharma Oli thanked US President Biden for the aid
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The country has so far administered 358.1 million vaccine doses giving at least one dose to 31% of its estimated adult population of 944 million.
Many experts believe that the country needs to administer at least 10 million doses a day to achieve its aim of immunising all adults by December.
India mainly relies on a licensed version of the AstraZeneca vaccine.
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Faisal Sultan, a senior health official said that the product has passed rigorous internal testing and said it was an important step to help in Pakistan`s vaccine supply line.
Two doses of the Sputnik V vaccine cost as high as USD 80, while the monthly income of an average worker in Pakistan is about USD 110.
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UNICEF is the world's single largest vaccine buyer.
The COVAX initiative aims to deliver at least 2 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses this year.
This includes 1.3 billion doses to lower income countries.
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Biden praised Johnson & Johnson, and Merck for coming together to produce more vaccine doses.
"I want to thank the two companies for showing how we can come together and defeat this virus," Biden said.
He also added that the two pharmaceutical companies were putting patriotism and public health first.
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US study has warned wealthy countries stockpiling Covid-19 vaccine
A study conducted by Duke University shows a huge gap in the purchase of the COVID-19 vaccine by wealthy nations and developing countries.
This situation threatens to leave poor nations struggling to inoculate more than a fraction of their billions of people.
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Bharat Biotech's coronavirus vaccine in collaboration with the ICMR has been cleared for the phase 3 of clinical trials.
On October 2, the Hyderabad-based vaccine maker had applied to the DCGI seeking permission to conduct Phase 3 trials.
The firm said that the study would cover around 28,500 subjects in 19 sites, across 10 states.
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Who's COVAX initiative aims to deliver at least 2 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines by the end of 2021.
As many as 168 countries have already announced their participation in COVAX including 76 wealthy, self-financing nations.
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