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Heterologous Booster Shots Should Be India’s Next Step

July 23, 2022 19:37

India has become the second country after China to administer two billion coronavirus vaccine injections. This is an important landmark in the fight against the pandemic. The numbers must be considered against the backdrop of the total of 43.8 million covid cases and 526K deaths that India has seen since the pandemic started. Initially, there […]

We’re Producing 4-5 Cr Covaxin Doses Per Month, Plan To Ramp Up By 1.5 Cr: Bharat Biotech MD (Part 2)

October 26, 2021 20:21

NEW DELHI: In the part two of an extensive interview with The New Indian’s Executive Editor, Dr Krishna Ella of Bharat Biotech speaks on the vaccine efficacy and shares his plans of ramping up the production to produce 1 to 1.5 cr more vaccine doses to meet the annual target of 100 cr. EXCLUSIVE: PART […]

Hurt By Bullying On COVAXIN Just Because PM Took It; We’re Just Scientists, Undeterred By Attack, Bringing India’s Nasal Vax Now: Bharat Biotech MD (Part 1)

October 25, 2021 22:20

NEW DELHI: In the very first interaction hours ahead of WHO permission to issue international certification, Dr Krishna Ella of Bharat Biotech shares with The New Indian his plans for the launch of nasal vaccine, his disappointment with false news over Covaxin and global politics of over homegrown vaccine. Rohan Dua: Despite creating an indigenous […]