Covid-19 vaccines in India: The data showed that 82 per cent of adolescents aged 15 to 18 years have also been vaccinated with the first dose since the vaccination for this age group began on January 3 while 68 per cent have got both the first and second dose.
COVID-19: For now, the FDA authorized Novavax’s initial two-dose series for people 18 and older.
Vaccines for smallpox, a related disease, are thought to be about 85% effective against monkeypox. WHO’s Europe director, Dr. Hans Kluge, said Wednesday he was concerned by the scramble by some rich countries to buy more vaccines without talk of buying supplies for Africa.
The people of the age group 15-18 years have been provided with 5,83,09,299 1st dose and 4,18,99,185 2nd dose of the coronavirus vaccine, said the ministry.
As per the ministry, in the age group 15-18 years, 5,78,45,181 1st dose and 4,03,05,973 2nd dose have been administered.
The yet-to-be peer-reviewed findings, recently posted on the preprint repository BioRxiv, show that the BA.2 sub-variant may have features that make it as capable of causing serious illness as older coronavirus variants. the World Health Organization (WHO) said while BA.2 is more transmissible than BA.1, the subvariant is not more severe.
As per health ministry, with the administration of 41,54,476 vaccine doses in last 24 hours, India's COVID vaccination coverage reached 1,73,86,81,675 doses, as per provisional reports on Feb 16.
Indian Council of Medical Research Director General, Dr Balram Bhargava, said that this is another vaccine which really establishes that India is heading towards becoming a vaccine superpower.
However, according to sources, discussions are underway in technical groups and in the Health Ministry's immunisation division about expanding the scope of the precaution doses which are currently being given to healthcare and frontline workers, and comorbid senior citizens.
The research, published in the journal Nature on Jan 31, demonstrated that the vaccines induce this protection through cellular immunity or the production of protective immune cells, such as so-called killer and memory cells.
The study, which is a collaboration between the UNC-Chapel Hill and the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, examined data on COVID-19 vaccination history and health outcomes for 10.6 million North Carolina residents between December 2020 and September 2021. The study results were used by the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention to support the use of booster shots.
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The country's active caseload stands at 1,46,950 the lowest in 255 days. Active cases account for less than one per cent of total cases, currently at 0.43 per cent, lowest since March 2020.
The G20 leaders committed to achieving food security and adequate nutrition for all, leaving no one behind. G-20 nations, including India, also committed to strengthen actions to halt and reverse biodiversity loss by 2030.
"Considering that coronavirus keeps mutating, we have to work out mechanisms for systematic and quick upgrade of vaccines," Putin told a G20 summit.
These “should be our policy goals,” Sitharaman said at the in-person meeting of the 4th G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors under the Italian presidency.
We can use drones in delivering important life-saving medicines, collecting blood samples, said Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya.
Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya tweeted, "Congratulations to the nation, as we administer another 1 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses. Under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India delivers a punch to Corona - Record of 1+ crore vaccines achieved for the 5th time."
The United States and its international partners are working quickly to scale up vaccine manufacturing in other countries around the world so they can manufacture as well, Biden said in his virtual address to the Global Summit to End COVID-19.
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Monday announced that the government will receive over 30 crore doses of COVID-19 vaccines in October and over 100 crore in the next three months.
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