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  'Precautionary dose' only applicable after 9 months of 2nd dose of COVID vaccine: Top doctor

  India | December 27, 2021 16:46 IST

  The Cowin platform chief Dr. Sharma further explained the requirement of a comorbidity certificate from a registered physician is mandatory for the third shot.

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  Centre accepted my suggestion: Rahul Gandhi welcomes roll out of Covid-19 booster doses

  India | December 26, 2021 10:57 IST

  Gandhi's remarks came a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that "precaution dose" for healthcare and frontline workers would be administered from January 10.

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  'Precaution dose' for healthcare workers and people above 60 with co-morbidities: PM Modi

  India | December 26, 2021 0:05 IST

  PM siad that healthcare workers and senior citizens facing co-morbidities will have the option to go for a "precaution dose" of COVID-19 on the advice of their doctors.

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  Is the COVID-19 vaccine safe for children?

  Health | December 23, 2021 12:15 IST

  More than 5 million children ages 5 to 11 have gotten the first dose since early November, and government safety monitoring has not uncovered any surprise problems.

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  Omicron scare: Oxford-AstraZeneca begins work on vaccine to target the new strain

  India | December 22, 2021 20:36 IST

  All major drugmakers including Pfizer, Moderna, Johnson and Johnson, and AstraZeneca had announced plans to quickly investigate and adapt their shots to the highly mutated Omicron variant.

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  US Army creates a single vaccine against all Covid variants

  India | December 22, 2021 18:10 IST

  Very early on, Walter Reed's infectious diseases branch decided to focus on making a vaccine that would work against not just the existing strain but all of its potential variants as well, the report said.

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  Moderna says its Covid booster appears effective against Omicron

  World | December 21, 2021 9:19 IST

  The company said lab tests showed the half-dose booster shot increased by 37 times the level of so-called neutralizing antibodies able to fight omicron.

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  Maharashtra: Drone used for transportation of COVID-19 vaccines in remote village

  India | December 18, 2021 12:42 IST

  The experiment, which was successfully carried out on Thursday, is probably the first of its kind in the state, district collector Dr Manik Gursal, who coordinated in the trial, said.

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  European Medicines Agency recommends emergency use of Pfizer Covid-19 pill

  World | December 17, 2021 12:07 IST

  Data showed that Paxlovid reduced the risk of hospitalisation and death when treatment started within five days of the start of symptoms, according to EMA.

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  Two-thirds of Delhi's eligible population fully vaccinated against Covid

  India | December 17, 2021 9:25 IST

  In view of the threat posed by the Omicron variant of coronavirus, the authorities have increased the pace of vaccination in Delhi over the last few weeks.

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  Who is Katalin Kariko? All about vaccine scientist named among Time’s Heroes Of The Year

  December 14, 2021 23:58 IST

  Katalin Kariko is a biochemist from Hungary who emigrated with her family to the United States in 1985, hoping to ace academia and settle into a scientific career. She is among the fourth vaccine scientists named in TIME magazine’s 2021 list of Heroes of the Year. Her research work in the RNA-mediated mechanisms was eventually used to make COVID-19 vaccines across the globe.

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  Vaccine for children aged 3 years and above to be launched in 6 months: Serum Institute

  India | December 14, 2021 17:23 IST

  Speaking about the Omicron variant, Poonawalla said, "On the back of enough data, it is safe to say that booster vaccine doses are a proven strategy to get antibodies up to a great extent".

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  'Dead' woman gets second vaccination dose in UP's Jhansi

  India | December 14, 2021 11:46 IST

  Her son, on December 9, received a message on his mobile phone, through which his mother was registered for Covid vaccination. The message informed that the woman had been vaccinated the second time.

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  Covid vaccines, previous infection offer ‘stronger than basic’ protection against Omicron: Study

  World | December 13, 2021 13:20 IST

  The findings, published in the journal Emerging Microbes & Infection, also suggest that although a third-dose of vaccines can “significantly boost immunity", the protection from Omicron "may be compromised".

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  Booster dose effective against Omicron, UK study finds

  World | December 10, 2021 23:36 IST

  In its latest technical briefing, the agency said that two doses of both the Oxford/AstraZeneca - administered in India as Covishield - and Pfizer/BioNtech vaccines provide "much lower levels" of protection against symptomatic infection compared to the currently dominant Delta variant of COVID-19.

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  Booster shot of Pfizer Covid vaccine can cut mortality from Delta variant by 90%: Study

  World | December 10, 2021 15:43 IST

  The mortality due to COVID-19 among participants who received the booster during the study period (booster group) was compared with that among participants who did not receive the booster (non-booster group).

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  Additional dose for immunocompromised? Panel meets today to take final call amid Omicron threat

  India | December 06, 2021 9:01 IST

  Cancer patients on therapy, transplant patients, AIDS patients, among others, may be given a third dose of the vaccine to improve their protection.

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  South Africa: No vaccines available for children under the age of 12 as infections soar

  World | December 05, 2021 9:24 IST

  South African experts on Thursday expressed concern about the rising number of COVID-19 infections among young children, even as the country recorded a further 16,055 infections and 25 deaths overnight on Friday.

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  India's top genome scientists recommend booster dose for those above 40

  India | December 03, 2021 12:35 IST

  The 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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  Booster dose of six Covid vaccines safe, increases immunity: Lancet study

  India | December 03, 2021 12:08 IST

  According to a study published in the Lancet journal, six different Covid boosters are safe and elicit a strong immune response in people who have previously received a two-dose course of AstraZeneca or Pfizer vaccines.