Coronavirus vaccine

New Delhi: A study by Public Health England (PHE) has found both Oxford-AstraZeneca (Covishield in India) and Pfizer vaccines to be highly effective against the COVID-19 variant first detected in...

Russian COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V has already been rolled out in India, with the soft launch taking place last week. It’s the third vaccine to be used in India’s massive...

New Delhi: There has been considerable debate over why the gap between doses of the Covishield vaccine has been changed since it was first used in India four months ago....

New Delhi: Trials are still on, but it seems more and more certain that a booster dose of COVID-19 vaccine will be recommended before long. The Financial Times reported that...

Madrid: Given the shortage of vaccines, especially in a populous country like India, experts have been trying to ascertain whether mixing vaccines is advisable. A study conducted in Spain revealed...

Bhubaneswar: Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) initiative to provide doorstep COVID testing facility for senior citizens received good response on Monday. Citizens who are over 60 years of age pre-booked their...

New Delhi: Ever since the minimum gap between two doses of Covishield vaccine was increased from 42 days to 84 days, there has been confusion among those who were preparing...

Covaxin has been found to be effective against the B.1.617 and B.1.1.7 variants of COVID-19 which were first identified in India and the UK. Bharat Biotech, the manufacturer of Covaxin,...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha received 1,88,010 doses of Covishield vaccine from the Central government on Saturday. The consignment, part of Centre’s quota of free vaccines for states and UTs, landed at the...

Bhubaneswar: In view of the revised schedule for second dose vaccination of Covishield, the Odisha government on Friday accordingly changed its priority groups to be inoculated from second dose to...