Washington [US], August 19 (ANI): Booster shots of the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines are set to become available for all adults in America beginning next month, the country's top health officials announced on Wednesday.
New York [US], August 17 (ANI): Pfizer and BioNTech announced that they have submitted Phase 1 data to the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to support the evaluation of a third, or booster dose of the companies' COVID-19 vaccine for future licensure.
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], August 16 (ANI/BusinessWire India): The Board of Directors of Poonawalla Fincorp Limited (PFL), today announced its un-audited results for the quarter ended June 30, 2021 (Q1FY22).
Washington [US] August 13 (ANI/FENA): US drug regulators say transplant recipients and others with severely weakened immune systems may receive an extra dose of Pfizer or Moderna to better protect them as the delta variant of the coronavirus continues to spread.
Washington [US], August 13 (ANI/Sputnik): The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorized the emergency use of the third dose of both Moderna and Pfizer vaccines against COVID-19 for immunocompromised people.
Moscow [Russia] August 11 (ANI): The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) has proposed that US drugmaker Pfizer start joint trials with Sputnik Light as a booster COVID-19 vaccine shot, the RDIF said on Wednesday.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Aug 6 (ANI): PTC India Financial Services (PFS) said on Friday it sanctioned fresh loans of Rs 1,757 crore and further disbursements of Rs 1,254 crore during the quarter ended June (Q1 FY22).
Ankara [Turkey], August 4 (ANI/Sputnik): The daily increase in registered cases of coronavirus in Turkey was 24,832 on Tuesday - this is the maximum figure since May 5, it has increased more than five times since the beginning of July, the country's Health Ministry said in a statement.
Seoul [South Korea], August 4 (ANI/Xinhua): South Korea reported 1,725 more cases of COVID-19 as of midnight Tuesday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 203,926.
Washington [US] August 4 (ANI): US Secretary of Defense on Tuesday ordered to half-mast the flags flown on the Pentagon Reservation in honour of Pentagon Force Protection Officer who died as a result of injuries during a shooting incident outside the Pentagon.
New Delhi [India], August 3 (ANI): Discussions and negotiations are still not over between the government and US-based COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers for procuring their vaccine, said Dr NK Arora, Chief of National Immunization Technical Advisory Group (NTAGI) on Monday.