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"Both Kerala and West Bengal are endemic for Nipah Virus:" Dr Narendra Kum
Updated : 7 months ago IST
President of AIIMS Bilaspur, and Chairman of India's Covid-19 Working Group at the National Technical Advisory Group, Dr Narendra Kumar Arora, speaking on the presence of Nipah Virus in India, mentioned that both states Kerala and West Bengal are endemic to the virus.
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India's COVID-19 tally not rising due to hybrid immunity -Top Health Exper
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Despite South Asian countries reporting an increase in COVID-19 cases, India is not getting affected because of hybrid immunization, said COVID-19 Working Group NTAGI Chairman N K Arora on Wednesday.
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Immense efforts are on for next-generation COVID vaccines: Top expert
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 2 (ANI): As the COVID-19 pandemic seems to be never-ending, scientists are working on next-generation vaccines and the top health expert said that a lot of efforts are on within the country for the development of vaccines.
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NTAGI recommends COVID-19 precaution dose before 9 months for those flying
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 5 (ANI): The COVID-19 working group of the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI) has recommended allowing the administration of precautionary doses before nine months for those who are travelling abroad according to the receiving country's needs,
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NTAGI to review data of COVID-19 vaccines for children aged 5-12 years: So
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 2 (ANI): The COVID-19 working group of the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI) will review the data of COVID-19 vaccines for the children aged 5 to 12 years on May 4, said sources on Monday.
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COVID-19 variants will keep on occurring, nothing to panic about, says Dr
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 11 (ANI): New COVID-19 variants will keep coming, however, the new variants aren't causing severe diseases or increasing the number of cases said Chairman of the COVID-19 working group of India, National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI), Dr NK Aror
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NTAGI to review data of SII's COVID-19 vaccine Covovax on Friday: Sources
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 30 (ANI): The COVID-19 working group of the National Technical Advisory on Immunisation (NTAGI) will be reviewing the data of Serum Institute of India's vaccine -- Covovax for use for children and adults, on April 1, sources informed on Wednesday.
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High-risk children are priority of COVID-19 vaccination programme
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 15 (ANI): The primary focus was immunisation of children with comorbidities but due to the unavailability of data of such children, we have decided to open immunization for all the children between the age group of 12-15 years, said Dr NK Arora, Chairman of COVID-
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Dr NK Arora advises people not to take COVID-19 'for granted' as China wit
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 15 (ANI): As China is reporting a surge in coronavirus infections, Dr NK Arora, chairman of India's COVID-19 Working Group of NTAGI on Tuesday said that people should not take the disease "for granted" because new variants can occur at all times in future.
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Corbevax COVID vaccine is safe, offers high antibody levels: NTAGI chief
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 15 (ANI): India's third homegrown COVID-19 vaccine Corbevax is safe and offers good immunogenicity and higher antibody levels than some other vector vaccines, said Dr N K Arora, Chairman, India's COVID-19 Working group of National Technical Advisory Group on immun
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Don't use Molnupiravir for treating COVID-19 in younger population, warns
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 11 (ANI): Molnupiravir, an oral antiviral drug used in the treatment of COVID-19 should not be administered to the younger population as it adversely affects their reproductive system, said Dr NK Arora, Chairman of COVID-19 Working Group of National Technical Advis
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Covaxin has shown good immune response in children during trials, says Dr
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 26 (ANI): Covaxin has shown that it has a very good immune response in children in trials, Dr NK Arora, Chairman of Covid Task Force working group, NTAGI, said on Sunday.
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