Booster
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Why are so many vaccinated people getting COVID-19 lately?
India | Jan 05, 2022, 02:37 PM ISTPeople might mistakenly think the COVID-19 vaccines will completely block infection, but the shots are mainly designed to prevent severe illness, says Louis Mansky, a virus researcher at the University of Minnesota.
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Covid-19: For now, Covaxin likely to be only vaccine available for children of 15-18 yrs
India | Dec 26, 2021, 11:20 PM ISTThe healthcare and frontline workers and citizens above 60 years of age with comorbidities would be administered the third dose of the same vaccine they had been given before.
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COVID: California sets deadline for health worker boosters
World | Dec 23, 2021, 12:52 PM ISTCalifornia was the first state to require health care workers to be vaccinated, a rule that took effect in September.
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India's top genome scientists recommend booster dose for those above 40
India | Dec 03, 2021, 12:35 PM ISTThe recommendation came amid demands for a booster dose of covid vaccines by lawmakers during a discussion in the Lok Sabha on the pandemic situation in the country.
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India doesn't need Covid booster dose immediately: Experts
India | Oct 20, 2021, 08:25 PM ISTLast week, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said that over 74 percent of the eligible population in India has received the first dose of the Covid vaccine.
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Next on FDA’s agenda: Booster shots of Moderna, J&J vaccines
World | Oct 12, 2021, 08:19 PM ISTThe FDA meetings come as U.S. vaccinations have climbed back above 1 million per day on average.
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Joe Biden gets COVID-19 booster shot after authorization
World | Sep 28, 2021, 06:40 AM ISTBiden told reporters, "It's hard to acknowledge I'm over 65, but I'll be getting my booster shot."
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US President Joe Biden urges COVID-19 booster shots for those now eligible
World | Sep 24, 2021, 09:08 PM ISTThe booster plan marks an important shift in the nation's vaccination drive. Britain and Israel are already giving a third round of shots over strong objections from the World Health Organization that poor countries don't have enough for their initial doses.
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Do you need to get a booster dose of Covid vaccines? Govt responds
India | Sep 16, 2021, 07:57 PM ISTAmid talks of a third shot of the Covid-19 vaccine, the government on Thursday said that booster doses were not the "central theme" in scientific and public healthcare discussions at the moment.
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Pfizer Covid booster shot likely to start by September 20 in US: Fauci
World | Sep 06, 2021, 03:35 PM ISTEven as the approvals are pending, the Joe Biden administration has announced plans to offer third doses to people who received the Pfizer and Moderna shots.
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NASA one step closer to taking humans to Mars, conducts second successful SLS booster test
World | Aug 12, 2016, 01:51 PM ISTThe Space Launch System (SLS), arguably the world’s most powerful NASA’s rocket that the space agency hopes will one day carry humans to Mars, has given positive results in the second test. The second
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NASA all set to test-fire booster for world's most powerful rocket today
World | Jun 28, 2016, 10:09 AM ISTWashington: NASA is all set to test -fire a booster for the world's most powerful rocket Space Launch System today. This megarocket is developing to blast astronauts on the journey to Mars and on other
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Govt's Yet Another Booster Dose For Air India
Aug 04, 2011, 10:13 PM ISTNew Delhi, Aug 4: Ailing Air India today got a fresh equity infusion of Rs 1200 crore in the third instance of financial assistance to the beleaguered national carrier from the government.The decision was taken