Washington [US], January 10 (ANI): The new COVID-19 Omicron variant is more transmissible than the Delta variant. However, its biological characteristics are still relatively unknown.
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], January 10 (ANI): Telangana Health Minister Harish Rao on Monday inaugurated a booster dose vaccination drive for frontline workers, health workers and senior citizens at the Government Unani Hospital, Charminar in Hyderabad.
New Delhi [India], January 10 (ANI): The administration of 'precaution dose' of COVID-19 vaccine to healthcare, frontline workers and those above 60 years began in the national capital on Monday.
New Delhi [India], January 9 (ANI): The third dose of Covaxin holds promise, the Indian Council of Medical Research said on Sunday just a day before the government plans to administer 'precaution' doses of COVID-19 vaccines to frontline workers, healthcare workers and senior citizens with
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], January 9 (ANI): Amid the surge in COVID-19 cases, Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Saturday said the state government is all set to give precaution doses to people above 60 years of age from January 10.
New Delhi [India], January 8 (ANI): Covaxin manufacture Bharat Biotech on Saturday said that the booster dose trials have shown "promising results" of long-term safety with "no serious adverse events".
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], January 7 (ANI): Medical experts believe that after the administration of mixed doses of COVID-19 vaccine, patients need to be kept under observation for at least an hour to determine no side effects of the cocktail of two antiviral jabs.
New Delhi [India], January 4 (ANI): The Subject Expert Committee (SEC) of the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) is expected to meet on Tuesday afternoon to discuss Bharat Biotech's application for clinical trials of its intranasal Covid vaccine as a booster or a third dose.
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], January 4 (ANI): All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday reacted to Meghalaya's Governor Satyapal Malik's purported comment about his meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said that the Prime Minister is not ready
New Delhi [India], January 3 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Monday allowed Shivani Saxena, an accused in various cases including Moser Baer bank fraud case and Rs 3,600 crore Agusta Westland chopper deal matter, to travel to Dubai for getting a booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
Abu Dhabi [UAE], January 2 (ANI): UAE has announced a travel ban on citizens unvaccinated with COVID-19 vaccines from January 10 with a requirement to obtain the booster dose for the fully vaccinated.
Rome [Italy], December 30 (ANI/Sputnik): Italy has revised anti-coronavirus measures in light of the spread of the Omicron strain of COVID-19, among others cancelling the quarantine for people inoculated with three doses of vaccines after contacts with COVID-19 patients.