Vaccine
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Children aged 15-18 years can register on CoWIN platform from Jan 1 for Covid vaccination
India | Dec 27, 2021, 03:47 PM ISTPrime Minister Narendra Modi, in a televised address to the nation on Saturday night, announced that vaccination against COVID-19 for children between 15-18 years will start from January 3.
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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 boosters will be norm 'every 6 months for many years'
World | Dec 23, 2021, 09:48 PM ISTAccording to Trent Twomey, National President of the Pharmacy Guild, if modelling shows that it's best for people to get a Covid jab "every six months", then people should do so, Sky News reported.
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No evidence to suggest that existing vaccines don't work on Omicron: Govt to Rajya Sabha
India | Dec 21, 2021, 06:29 PM ISTUnion Health Minister was responding to a question on whether the vaccinations that are given in the country are effective to develop immunity for this variant.
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CDC recommends Pfizer, Moderna COVID shots over Johnson & Johnson vaccine
World | Dec 17, 2021, 07:56 AM ISTThe panel recommended the unusual move of giving preference to Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, and late Thursday the CDC’s director, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, accepted the panel’s advice.
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COVID: Over 16.42 crore vaccine doses available with states, UTs
India | Dec 16, 2021, 10:52 AM ISTThe Union govt is committed to accelerating the pace and expanding the scope of COVID vaccination throughout the country.
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Ahmedabad: 552 Covid cases in last 74 days, 75% of them fully vaccinated had very mild symptoms
India | Dec 15, 2021, 12:08 AM ISTAccording to Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, it's worth noting that those people who got both doses of vaccine and were infected with corona had very mild symptoms.
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Covid-19 prevention drug, Astrazeneca's Evusheld, in touch with Indian authorities for approval
India | Dec 09, 2021, 11:58 PM ISTEvusheld is a combination of two long-acting monoclonal antibodies and is the only antibody therapy authorised in the US for COVID-19 pre-exposure prophylaxis. It is delivered as an intramuscular dose, the company said.
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Will current vaccines remain effective against Omicron? Drugmakers explain
India | Dec 02, 2021, 04:52 PM ISTWith Omicron raising concerns about Covid vaccines' efficacy, drugmakers are stress-testing existing jabs while also racing to prepare new formulas.
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Merriam-Webster chooses 'vaccine' as 2021 word of the year
World | Nov 29, 2021, 11:55 PM ISTThe selection follows “vax” as word of the year from the folks who publish the Oxford English Dictionary. And it comes after Merriam-Webster chose “pandemic” as tops in lookups last year on its online site.
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Policy on booster doses for Covid19 in next two weeks: Govt
India | Nov 29, 2021, 05:53 PM ISTLast week on Thursday, The Delhi High Court directed the Centre to clarify its stand on administering a booster dose to those who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, saying it does not want a second-wave-like situation on account of being conservative.
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What top health experts have to say about booster dose of Covid vaccine
India | Nov 21, 2021, 10:02 PM ISTUnion health minister Mansukh Mandaviya said that a decision on booster dose would be taken based on the expert recommendation only, adding that, the priority is to complete the adult vaccination programme with both doses at the earliest.
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No vaccine, no ration: Madhya Pradesh govt's push to encourage vaccination
India | Nov 17, 2021, 04:45 PM ISTIt is mandatory for all ration card holders to get both their shots and it is also the responsibility of the seller to check whether the customer has followed these protocols, MP government's new order said.
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Over 18.53 crore unutilized COVID vaccine doses available with States, UTs: Centre
India | Nov 13, 2021, 11:31 AM ISTThe health ministry further said that so far 1,23,19,12,030 vaccine doses have been provided to States, UTs through free of cost channel and through the direct state procurement category.
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Russia: 83% of Covid hospital beds occupied amid surge
World | Nov 10, 2021, 08:24 PM ISTDeputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova told a government meeting Wednesday that 82.8 per cent of 301,500 hospital beds reserved for coronavirus patients were filled as of Tuesday morning.
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Over 109 crore Covid vaccine doses administered in country so far: Mansukh Mandaviya
India | Nov 09, 2021, 05:24 PM ISTThe Union Health Minister also informed that under 'Har ghar dastak', healthcare workers are going to all houses to carry out the vaccination drive. 96 countries have recognised Covaxin & Covishield. People can see the list via CoWIN app.
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Over 15.77 crore balance, unutilised vaccine doses still available with states: Centre
India | Nov 07, 2021, 02:25 PM ISTAs part of the nationwide vaccination drive, Indian Govt has been supporting the states, UTs by providing them COVID vaccines free of cost.
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COVID: Over 107.63 crore vaccine doses administered so far in India
India | Nov 04, 2021, 12:11 PM ISTActive cases account for less than one per cent of total cases, currently at 0.43 per cent, lowest since March 2020.
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India logs 13,451 COVID cases, over 14,000 recoveries in 24 hrs; active cases decline to 1.62 lakh
India | Oct 27, 2021, 10:35 AM ISTThe total active cases of COVID in India slightly dipped to 1,62,661, the health ministry data showed.
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World watching India's feat, says PM Modi on India's 100-crore jabs milestone
India | Oct 22, 2021, 11:00 AM IST"This achievement belongs to every individual in the country. I congratulate every citizen for this feat," the Prime Minister said in his address to the nation day after India accomplished the target of administering 100 jabs