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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…
COVID Cases Jump By Over 1,000, Near 5,000 In Odisha, TPR 6.71%; Check Details
Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s daily COVID-19 caseload crossed the 4,000-mark on Sunday with 4,714 fresh cases being reported in the last 24 hours. Of them, 416 are children.
Odisha reported 3,679…
[Watch] Odisha Conducts Vaccination For 15-18 Age Group; Over 80,000 Take First Jab
Bhubaneswar: The state successfully conducted the vaccination drive for children in the 15-17 age groups amid the fears of a surge in COVID-19 and Omicron cases.
On the first day of the…
EC To 5 Poll-Bound States: Ramp Up COVID-19 Vaccination
New Delhi: It’s clear now that upcoming assembly elections in five states will be held on schedule, despite the alarming surge in COVID-19 cases in India.
On Monday, the Election…
COVID Vaccine: 4th Jab Approved In This Country As India Prepares To Give 3rd Dose
Tel Aviv: Be it COVID-19 booster shots or vaccine for children, India seems to be lagging compared to several countries.
It was only a week ago that Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced…
What Are The Global Ramifications Of Slower Vaccine Acceptance?
Its been approximately a year since the first non-trial COVID-19 vaccine was given to an ICU nurse in New York City. The injection was met with a lot of fanfare and then a robust of the…
Only Covaxin For 15-18 Age Group; Check Fresh Govt Guidelines
New Delhi: With the vaccination programme in India set to expand from next week, the Central government issued a fresh set of guidelines on Monday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced…
With 9 Days Left In 2021, How Much Of India Is Fully Vaccinated Against COVID?
New Delhi: Union ministers had claimed five months ago that the entire eligible population in India will be fully vaccinated by the end of this year.
With just nine days to go before we…