Tag: COVAXIN

Mexico’s health regulator Cofepris has authorized the emergency use of India’s COVID-19 vaccine COVAXIN, Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said on Tuesday.

India has put a temporary hold on all major exports of the AstraZeneca coronavirus shot made by the Serum Institute of India (SII), the world’s biggest vaccine-maker, to meet domestic demand as infections rise

The arrival of Covid-19 vaccines promises a return to more normal life – and has created a global market worth tens of billions of dollars in annual sales for some pharmaceutical companies.

An estimated 1.8 million doses of the Astra Zeneca vaccine is likely to arrive in Sri Lanka by the end of this month under the COVAX facility of the World Health Organization, Dr. Palitha Abeykoon, the WHO Director General’s Special Envoy to coordinate the global response to COVID-19 said.

India’s drugs regulator on Saturday recommended for emergency use a locally developed coronavirus vaccine called COVAXIN, which is expected to be a backup to the AstraZeneca/Oxford shot.