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Poonawalla, whose family owns SII, was quoted as saying by broadcaster CNBC-TV18 that the fire would mean delays in launching new products and revenue losses of more than 10 billion rupees ($137 million). Equipment worth millions of dollars has been damaged, he said. … [Read more...] about Fire at India’s Serum Institute kills 5, AstraZeneca vaccine output unaffected

The agreement was signed on Saturday by Carlito Galvez, a former military general in charge of the Philippines’ strategy to fight the coronavirus, according to a statement issued by SII’s local partner, Faberco Life Sciences Inc. … [Read more...] about Philippines signs deal to secure 30 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine Covovax: distributor

Nguyen Ngo Quang, deputy director of the Department of Science and Technology under the Ministry of Health, noted that while a vaccine represents an essential part of the fight against the pandemic, it is not the only tool available. As such, Quang urges all members of the public to continue following guidelines set out by the Ministry of Health. VOV … [Read more...] about Volunteers to take first shots of 75mcg dose of COVID-19 vaccine

First to get one of two vaccines granted "emergency approval" will be 30 million health and other frontline workers, followed by around 270 million people aged over 50 or deemed high-risk all over the vast nation. About 150,000 staff in 700 districts have been specially trained, and India has held several national dry runs involving mock transportation of vaccines and dummy injections. Authorities will use the experience from holding elections in the world's biggest democracy, and from regular child immunisation programmes for polio and tuberculosis. But in an enormous, impoverished nation with often shoddy transport networks and one of the world's worst-funded healthcare systems, the undertaking is still daunting. Regular child inoculations are a "much smaller game" and vaccinating against Covid-19 will be "deeply challenging", said Satyajit Rath from the National Institute of Immunology. The two vaccines approved by India -- AstraZeneca's Covishield, made by local partner the … [Read more...] about India readies colossal coronavirus vaccine rollout

JAKARTA -- Indonesia launched one of the world’s biggest COVID-19 vaccination campaigns on Wednesday with President Joko Widodo getting the first shot of a Chinese vaccine as his country fights one of the worst coronavirus outbreaks in Asia. … [Read more...] about Indonesia launches vaccination drive as COVID-19 deaths hit record