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Govt To Purchase 5 Crore Doses Of Corbevax Vaccine; Will It Be Used As Booster?
New Delhi: The Union government has placed an order with Biological E to purchase 5 crore doses of Corbevax COVID-19 vaccine.The cost of each dose is Rs 145, excluding GST, PTI reported…
Fact Check: Will Sputnik Vaccine For 12-18 Age Group Be Available In India?
Hyderabad: India started vaccinating children in the age group of 15-18 years with Covaxin from January 3. As experts are calling for opening up the COVID-19 jab for 12-15 and even younger…
Bharat Biotech Gets Nod For Intranasal Booster Dose Trials Of COVID Vaccine
New Delhi: Bharat Biotech on Friday received approval from the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) to conduct its intranasal COVID-19 booster dose trials in India.The trials are…
Price Of Covaxin, Covishield Likely To Be Capped At Rs 275 Per Dose
New Delhi: The price of Covishield and Covaxin may come down substantially after the government grants full market authorization to the companies.According to a PTI report, the price of…
CoWIN Upgraded: Now, 6 People Can Register From One Mobile Number
New Delhi: The CoWIN portal has been upgraded and will now allow six members to be registered for vaccination from one mobile number.The CoWIN platform, which was introduced last…
Do Children Need COVID Vaccine Booster Dose? Check What WHO Says
New York: Several countries have been administering COVID vaccine booster shots to its younger population. But according to World Health Organisation (WHO) chief scientist Soumya…
COVID Vaccine Study: 30% People Lose Immunity After 6 Months
Hyderabad: With India launching the precautionary third dose of COVID-19 vaccine after a nine-month gap, the question of how effective the vaccine is, has resurfaced.More so as the…
Fact Check: How Effective Is A Second Booster Dose Against Omicron?
Tel Aviv: Israel is among the first countries to have started a fourth vaccine dose for its citizens, after the Omicron variant of coronavirus surfaced two months ago.Having completed…
Govt Urged To Reduce Gap Between Booster Dose From 9 To 6 Months
Hyderabad: After Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced last month that a ‘precaution’ dose of the COVID-19 vaccine will be administered in India to frontline workers and those above-60 with…
India’s First mRNA Vaccine May Be Effective Against Omicron; Trials To Begin Soon
New Delhi: Human trials for India’s first mRNA (messenger RNA) vaccine will begin next month and is expected to be effective against Omicron, the highly-transmissible variant of coronavirus…