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NTAGI recommends COVID-19 precaution dose before 9 months for those flying
Updated : 3 years, 10 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 : 3 years, 10 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 vaccine: Sputnik Light to be given as precaution dose for those vacc
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 30 (ANI): The National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI) recommended that the Russian COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik Light which contains the same ingredients as the first dose of Sputnik V can be taken as a precaution dose, said Sources.
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NTAGI approves SII's Covovax COVID vaccine for 12-17 age group: Sources
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 29 (ANI): National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI) on Friday approved Serum Institute of India's Covovax COVID-19 vaccine for the age group 12-17, said sources.
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COVID-19 variants will keep on occurring, nothing to panic about, says Dr
Updated : 3 years, 11 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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INSACOG starts sewage water surveillance across 19 sites in 15 states to d
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 8 (ANI): With a continuous decline in COVID-19 cases in the country, the Indian Sars-CoV-2 Genomic Consortium (INSACOG) has started surveillance of sewage water at 19 different sites in 15 States to detect the presence of the Sars-CoV-2 virus.
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High-risk children are priority of COVID-19 vaccination programme
Updated : 4 years 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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Corbevax COVID vaccine is safe, offers high antibody levels: NTAGI chief
Updated : 4 years 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, 2 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, 2 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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NTAGI analyzes data of COVID-19 breakthrough infections in India to decide
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 14 (ANI): To make a decision regarding a booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI) is analyzing data of COVID-19 breakthrough infections in India, said sources on Tuesday.
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NTAGI chief Dr Arora calls for social mobilisation campaign for COVID vacc
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 22 (ANI): With the country achieved the milestone of administering 100 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses, Dr NK Arora, chairman of the COVID-19 Working Group of National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI) said a social mobilisation campaign must be run so
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