FDA backs Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for kids between 5 to 11 years of age
World | October 27, 2021 7:20 ISTThe FDA isn’t bound by the panel’s recommendation and is expected to make its own decision within days.
The FDA isn’t bound by the panel’s recommendation and is expected to make its own decision within days.
Representatives from seven vaccine makers -- Serum Institute of India, Bharat Biotech, Dr Reddy's Laboratories, Zydus Cadila, Biological E, Gennova Biopharma and Panacea Biotech -- participated in the meeting.
More than 75 per cent of India's adult population has received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, with nine states and union territories administering the first dose to all eligible people.
The Pfizer vaccine shots could begin in early November — with the first children in line fully protected by Christmas — if regulators give the go-ahead.
The cumulative COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country surpassed the 100-crore milestone on Thursday.
India took 85 days to touch the 10-crore vaccination mark, 45 more days to cross the 20-crore mark and 29 more days to reach the 30-crore mark, according to the Union Health Ministry data.
The cumulative COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country surpassed the 100-crore milestone on Thursday. Celebrating the feat, SpiceJet airlines on Thursday unveiled a special livery on its Boeing 737 aircraft at the Delhi airport. India took 85 days to touch the 10-crore vaccination mark, 45 more days to cross the 20-crore mark and 29 more days to reach the 30-crore mark, according to the Union Health Ministry data. Here are some of the highlights in photos of how the nation celebrated the historic achievement.
India has achieved the target of 100 crore Covid vaccinations in less than 10 months. BJP said that this is an unprecedented achievement in the field of health.
The CoWin portal on Thursday mentioned that a total of 100 crore vaccine doses has been administered so far to the eligible population under the vaccination drive in India.
India achieved a major milestone in its vaccination programme against COVID-19 as the cumulative vaccine doses administered in the country surpassed the 100-crore mark on Thursday
Claiming that the target has been achieved three months in advance, the chief minister thanked all government, private and voluntary agencies involved in the exercise.
The Ministry of External Affairs said that coronavirus vaccines were already sent to Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, and Iran already.
Gujarat's Surat city has inoculated 100 per cent of its eligible population with the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
The countrywide vaccination drive was rolled out on January 16 with healthcare workers (HCWs) getting inoculated in the first phase. The vaccination of frontline workers (FLWs) started from February 2.
The latest analysis of a study’s data, covering around 2 million vaccine doses, shows that vaccines significantly reduce the risk of catching COVID-19, with only 0.2% of those fully vaccinated later testing positive for the virus.
Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine is safe for children aged 5-11, confirms clinical trial results, reports AFP
For the first time in the last nine months, the number of COVID-19 cases in Gujarat dropped to a single digit in a day on Sunday.
India took 85 days to touch the 10-crore vaccination mark, 45 more days to cross the 20-crore mark and 29 more days to reach the 30-crore mark, according to the health ministry.
CDSCO in July had refused to grant emergency-use authorisation to Sputnik-Light, ruling out the need for the conduct of the phase III trial of the Russian vaccine in the country.
Around 50,25,159 vaccine doses have been administered till 8 pm on Sunday, according to data from the CoWIN portal.
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