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Covid subvariant JN.1: No need for additional dose of vaccine at present,
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Amid a surge in COVID cases in India and the detection of a subvariant JN.1, India SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG) chief Dr NK Arora said that no additional dose of vaccine is required against the subvariant at the present stage.
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COVID-19 Update: No cause for panic over JN.1 subvariant, says INSACOG Chi
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
India's COVID-19 situation remains under control, with an active caseload of 1,828 as of Monday. However, one death was reported in Kerala, where the JN.1 subvariant of the coronavirus was recently detected. Dr NK Arora, the chief of INSACOG, a network of genomic laboratories that tracks
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Covid subvariant JN.1 case detected in Kerala, raises concerns
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The India SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG), which is a multi-laboratory, multi-agency, pan-India network tasked with sequencing and keeping an eye on new threatening Covid-19 variants, has done surveillance where this variant has been found in Kerala.
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Sewage sampling results indicating no upsurge or new COVID variant in Indi
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The testing of the sewage samples has not identified any new variant of COVID, a top health expert said on Tuesday, while also adding that it means that the possibility of an upsurge of the cases is very less.
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India should keep close vigil on COVID situation, but no need to panic: To
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Amid the rising COVID cases in China, a top Indian health expert on Tuesday cautioned the people while asking them to keep a close vigil on the situation in the country.
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India's COVID-19 tally not rising due to hybrid immunity -Top Health Exper
Updated : 3 years, 3 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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HPV vaccine to prevent cervical cancer could be manufactured in India by A
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The Human Papillomavirus (HPV) CERVAVAC vaccine, for the prevention of cervical cancer, is expected to arrive in India by April at the one-tenth of the cost of internationally branded vaccines in the country, said Dr NK Arora, chairman of the Covid working group, National Technical Adviso
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Meeting between Mandaviya, senior health officials underway on Omicron new
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 18 (ANI): A meeting between Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya along with senior health officials regarding the emergence of Omicron's new sub-variants is underway in the national capital on Tuesday, said sources.
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Immense efforts are on for next-generation COVID vaccines: Top expert
Updated : 3 years, 6 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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COVID very much around us, rapid change in Omicron sublineage circulating:
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 31 (ANI): Dr NK Arora, Chairman of the COVID working group, National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI), on Wednesday said that COVID-19 is still around us and quite a significant transmission of viruses is going on.
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Rollout of booster dose discussed in NTAGI right from Nov 2021, says Dr NK
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 19 (ANI): National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI) Chairman Dr NK Arora refuted the media reports that there were lapses in permission for the rollout of precautionary doses and said that issue of the rollout of precaution doses or additional doses
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Monkeypox not as contagious as COVID-19, says expert
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 25 (ANI): Monkeypox outbreak has been witnessed in nearly 20 countries, however, no suspected cases of the disease have been detected in India so far, referring to which, a health expert on Wednesday said that it is not as contagious as COVID-19 that wreaked havoc a
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