Moderna said Tuesday its COVID-19 vaccine strongly protects kids as young as 12, a step that could put the shot on track to become the second option for that age group in the U.S.
AAP MLA Atishi Marlena has informed that Delhi on Monday received nearly 1.5 lakh doses of Covishield for the 45 plus age group.
Over 15 lakh people were vaccinated against Covid-19 in India on May 22. The government has revised the gap between the two doses for Covishield,to 12-16 weeks. However, the interval for the second dose of Bharat Biotech's Covaxin remains unchanged.
India has administered more than one crore vaccine doses in the 18-44 age group, the Union Health Ministry said on Monday.
Roche's Antibody Cocktail is now available in India at Rs 59,750 per dose for the treatment of mild to moderate Covid patients.
According to the health ministry, a total of 19,60,51,962 vaccine doses have been administered through 28,16,725 sessions, as per the provisional report till 7 am today.
From June 1, people in the age group of 18 to 44 will be vaccinated in all districts. The chief minister said that 10.50 lakh people in the age group of 18 to 44 have been vaccinated in the state.
On May 10, the vaccination drive was expanded to 17 district headquarters having municipal corporations and Gautam Buddh Nagar district. In the third phase, the number of districts was increased to 23, he added.
The Delhi government will float a global tender for procuring coronavirus vaccines, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said on Tuesday, as the city government grapples with a shortage of doses.
The Centre appealed to states on Tuesday to prioritise vaccinating those due for second dose of COVID-19 vaccine and reserve at least 70 per cent of the shots supplied from the central pool for the purpose.
Delhi on Monday reported 319 more COVID-19 fatalities and 12,651 new infections, the lowest in four weeks, with a positivity rate of 19.10 percent, the Health Department said.
The findings, published in the journal Nature, showed that the nanoparticle vaccine, in monkeys, blocked Covid-19 infection by 100 per cent. The new vaccine also elicited significantly higher neutralising levels in the animals than current vaccine platforms or natural infection in humans.
The company is supplying vaccines to Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.
Serum Institute of India is supplying Covishield to the Centre for Rs 150 a dose while to states for Rs 300 a dose. Private Hospitals are getting it at double the state's price at Rs 600.
Anurag Thakur's remarks came in response to Mallikarjun Kharge's letter to PM Narendra Modi urging him to use Rs 35,000 crore allocated in the Union Budget to ensure free vaccine.
Speaking at India TV's conclave 'Jeetega India, Harega Corona', singer Shaan encouraged all to get vaccinated saying 'this too shall pass.'
The drug has been developed by Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences (INMAS), a leading laboratory of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), in collaboration with Dr Reddy's Laboratories in Hyderabad.
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The US has joined calls for more sharing of the technology behind Covid-19 vaccines to help speed the end of the pandemic.
Kapil Sibal said that he was surprised that why the Centre is not taking steps to cap the prices of the vaccines.
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