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Bangladesh to start week-long campaign to expedite COVID-19 vaccination wi
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], May 31 (ANI/Xinhua): Bangladesh will conduct a week-long special campaign from June 4 to expedite the inoculation with COVID-19 booster doses.
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Health expert believes 6 months gap between COVID vaccine and precautionar
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 29 (ANI): As the Central government allowed the administration of booster doses after a gap of nine months after the doses of COVID vaccines, the top health expert believes that the gap between the second dose of vaccine and the precautionary dose should be at lea
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Health expert calls for reducing booster dose gap from 9 to 6 months
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 28 (ANI): Director of Tata Institute for Genetics and Society (TIGS), Bengaluru, Dr Rakesh Mishra has called for reducing the gap for booster doses from nine to five-six months after two-doses of covid-19 vaccination, saying "it can be a good approach".
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CPI MP urges Centre to provide COVID-19 booster dose free of cost
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 11 (ANI): Communist Party of India (CPI) Rajya Sabha MP from Kerala, Binoy Viswam has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and urged him to reconsider the decision to provide booster doses to those aged above 18 years at a cost of around 375 rupees.
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Private hospitals start administering precaution dose of COVID vaccine to
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 10 (ANI): Private vaccination centres on Sunday began the administration of the precautionary "third" dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, also known as the booster dose, for the 18-plus population.
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Dr Naresh Trehan welcomes precautionary dose of COVID vaccine for all adul
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 8 (ANI): Welcoming the Central government's decision to the rollout of the precautionary "third" dose of the COVID-19 vaccine for the 18-plus population at private vaccination centres from April 10, Chairman and Managing Director of Medanta - The Medicity, Dr Nare
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Adar Poonawalla lauds Centre's work during COVID pandemic
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], April 4 (ANI): Amid the overall cases and positivity rate declining in the country and states like Maharashtra, West Bengal and Himachal Pradesh revoking the COVID restrictions, Adar Poonawalla, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Serum Institute of India (SII), p
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Indian Army uses drones to supply booster dose of COVID-19 vaccine to forw
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], February 20 (ANI): Indian Army on Saturday used drones to supply booster doses of COVID-19 vaccine to forward troops in snow-bound areas of Jammu and Kashmir.
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No need for booster dose of COVID-19 vaccine: SP leader Ram Gopal Yadav
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 2 (ANI): Samajwadi Party (SP) leader and Rajya Sabha MP Ram Gopal Yadav on Wednesday alleged there is no need for booster doses of COVID-19 vaccine, adding this is just an extra burden on the government exchequer.
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Nepal starts administering COVID-19 vaccine booster doses to front-line wo
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Lalitpur [Nepal], January 16 (ANI): Nepal has started administering booster doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to front-line workers as infections surge in the country.
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Maharashtra govt all set to give precaution doses to people above 60 from
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
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.
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Beneficieries of COVID-19 cocktail doses need to be kept under observation
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
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.
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