The late-night announcement by the Food and Drug Administration applies to several million Americans who are especially vulnerable because of organ transplants, certain cancers or other disorders.
On August 13, India reported 40,120 new COVID-19 cases. 585 deaths were reported in last 24 hrs, taking the toll to 4,30,254.
Panacea Biotec has partnered Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) to launch the Russian Sputnik V vaccine in India.
The vaccine doses arrived in Kochi on Thursday and were handed over to the Kerala Medical Services Corporation. Ernakulam District Collector Jaffer Malik received the vaccine doses on behalf of the Kerala government.
Facebook has banned hundreds of accounts which shared links with Russian disinformation networks that claimed Covid-19 vaccines developed by drugmakers Pfizer and AstraZeneca can turn people into chimpanzees.
Researchers from the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, US, found that the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine was only 42 percent effective against infection in July, while the Moderna vaccine was only 76 percent effective, the Daily Mail reported.
The total active cases of COVID in India have now mounted to 3,87,987, the data showed.
With 1,40,843 vaccines administered on the previous day, Delhi's present stock of coronavirus vaccines will last for three days only, according to the city government's vaccination bulletin issued on Wednesday.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Wednesday said that Covid-19 vaccination will not happen for two days in Mumbai.
Over 2.25 cr balance and unutilised COVID vaccine doses are still available with the states, UTs and private hospitals to be administered, the ministry said.
The government on Tuesday informed the Parliament that the photo along with the words of the prime minister in vaccination certificates "reinforce" the message for creating awareness about following Covid-appropriate behaviour even after inoculation
The Centre has approved a vaccine manufacturing facility for the production of Covaxin in Gujarat's Ankleshwar.
The Pentagon will require members of the U.S. military to get the COVID-19 vaccine by Sept. 15, according to a memo obtained by The Associated Press. That deadline could be pushed up if the vaccine receives final FDA approval or infection rates continue to rise.
The foreign nationals can use their passport as ID for registration on CoWIN. Once they're registered on this portal, they'll get a slot for vaccination, the government informed.
India launched vaccination for all people aged more than 45 from April 1. The government then decided to expand its vaccination drive by allowing everyone above 18 eligible to be vaccinated from May 1.
Zydus Cadila's needle-free COVID-19 vaccine 'ZyCoV-D' will be the sixth Covid vaccine to be available in India.
As of Sunday August 08, total 48,17,67,232 have been tested in the country, and 13,71,871 samples were tested on Sunday alone.
The FDA has only granted emergency-use approval of the Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines, but the agency is expected to soon give full approval to Pfizer.
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Sunday announced that people will now be able to get their Covid-19 vaccination certificates on WhatsApp within just seconds.
"The present rate of COVID-19 vaccine supply," will take another year for all to get vaccinated, says the Delhi health department.
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