Vaccine  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday interacted with chief ministers of all states via video conferencing for reviewing the plan for nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive

As India prepares to roll out the two approved vaccines to its citizens, the Indian Air Force is all set to be the carrier of the vaccine to the remotest parts of the country 

Brazil has now turned to its dear friend India for vaccine
 

Bill Gates has praised India for its scientific innovation and vaccine manufacturing capability 
 

Covishield uses a replication-deficient chimpanzee viral vector based on a modified adenovirus virus (which causes the common cold) that contains genetic material from the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Vaccine dosage enables the immune system to attack the Covid-19 virus if it infects the body
 

Addressing a gathering via video conferencing while laying the foundation stone for a new All India Institute of Medical Sciences in Gujarat's Rajkot, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that preparation is on full swing to mobilise and distribute India-manufactured vaccine to everyone

The dry run, which was aimed at end-to-end testing of the Coronavirus vaccination process, was undertaken in Krishna district in Andhra Pradesh, Rajkot and Gandhinagar in Gujarat, Ludhiana and Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar (Nawanshahr) in Punjab and Sonitpur and Nalbari districts in Assam.

The Serum Institute of India has come out with a new Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine, which it claims counters bacteria that can cause illnesses like pneumonia, which
causes infection of the lungs

 Indian Railways is in talks with the government over the transportation of the vaccine through its refrigerated wagons

India will produce about 300 million doses of the Russian Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine in 2021
 

Covaxin, Bharat Biotech’s coronavirus vaccine has shown promising results

Serum Institute of India (SII) is all set to expand its manufacturing of Covishield vaccine
 

India looks to play a pivotal role in supply of vaccine globally as the world looks for a vaccine 

India manufactures more than 60% of all vaccines sold across the globe, and while its $40 billion pharmaceutical sector is not yet involved in the production of the expensive Pfizer Inc and Moderna shots, the nation will play a pivotal role in immunizing much of the world

With the chances of a COVID-19 vaccine being available soon increasing, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said the mobile technology will be used for mass inoculation against the pandemic