COVID-19 Daily Updates
Fact check: No, India’s vaccine ‘Covishield’ is not going to be commercialized in 73 days
Serum Institute of India (SII) has rubbished reports, which stated that SIIs COVID-19 vaccine Covishield will be commercialized in 73 days. Some reports also claimed that after the phase III trials of the vaccine are initiated in India, Indians will be given free shots of Covishield.
SIIs official statement read: Serum Institute of India clarifies that the current claims over COVISHIELDs availability, in the media are completely false and conjectural. Presently, the government has granted us permission to only manufacture it and stockpile it for future use.
Also read : India conducts over one million COVID-19 tests in single day
Covishield had been developed by Oxford University and British-Swedish firm Astra Zeneca in partnership with SII. Currently, the vaccine is undergoing phase III trials.
Nagpur’s COVID-19 tally, on Tuesday, January 25, reached 5,43,064 (till 5 pm) as 4028 (972 from rural and 2956 from city) new cases were recorded in a single day.
Also, active COVID cases, as on Tuesday, could be seen inching closer to 30,000 mark in the district.
Nagpur’s COVID-19 tally on Sunday, January 2 reached 4,94,193 (till 5 pm) as 90 (73 city, nine rural) more people tested positive for the virus.
Nagpur registered 88 (81 from city) new COVID-19 positive cases on Friday, December 31. Nagpur previously had recorded as minimum as six cases on December 24.
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