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'Three doses of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine neutralizes Omicron varia
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US]/Mainz [Germany], December 9 (ANI): A preliminary laboratory study demonstrated that three doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine neutralize the Omicron variant (B.1.1.529 lineage) while two doses show significantly reduced neutralization titers.
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Omicron variant: Former Puducherry CM requests PM Modi to allow booster do
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Puducherry [India], December 4 (ANI): Former Chief Minister of Puducherry, V Narayanasamy has requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to allow booster dose for people jabbed with two doses of COVID-19 vaccine.
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COVID-19: Allow booster dose for healthcare, front line workers, writes Te
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], December 4 (ANI): Telangana Health Minister T Harish Rao on Friday wrote to Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya to reduce the gap between the two doses of Covishield and allow booster dose for frontline workers in view of emerging COVID-19 variants.
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Covaxin 50 pc effective against symptomatic COVID: Lancet study
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 24 (ANI): Two doses of COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin (BBV152) are 50 per cent effective against symptomatic COVID-19 disease, according to the first real-world assessment of the COVID-19 vaccine published in the Lancet Infectious Diseases journal.
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COVID-19 vaccine gets weak antibody response in people on immunosuppressan
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 22 (ANI): A new study has found that people who received two doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine while on TNF inhibitors (a class of immunosuppressants), generated less powerful and shorter-lived antibodies against the virus that causes COVID-19 than healthy people
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Single Covaxin jab in previously COVID infected individuals equivalent to
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 28 (ANI): A single dose of Covaxin for previously COVID-19 infected individuals is equivalent to two doses of the vaccine in infection-naive individuals, suggests the pilot study of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).
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No provision for taking 3rd dose of COVID-19 vaccine: Centre tells Kerala
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], August 26 (ANI): Central government on Thursday made it clear in the Kerala High Court that there is currently no provision for taking a third dose of vaccine after receiving two doses.
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Fully vaccinated person cannot be re-vaccinated, Centre tells Kerala HC
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], August 17 (ANI): The Central Government stated in the Kerala High Court that those who have received two doses of COVID vaccine cannot be re-vaccinated.
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Delhi HC refuses to entertain PIL seeking reduction of gap between two dos
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 15 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Thursday refused to entertain a PIL seeking reduction of interval gap between two doses of COVID-19 vaccine Covishield citing the threat of third wave and Delta variant.
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COVID-19: Two doses vital for protection against Delta variant, says EU me
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], July 14 (ANI): Amid the rapid global spread of the coronavirus Delta variant, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has urged EU citizens to get vaccinated and to adhere to the recommended number of doses.
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People recovered from COVID-19 and vaccinated have higher protection again
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 5 (ANI): Breakthrough cases and the COVID-19 recovered individuals with one or two doses of vaccine had relatively higher protection against Delta variant in comparison to those who were administered either one or two doses of Covishield, according to a study.
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There is no dissent on increasing gap between doses of Covid-19 vaccine Co
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 16 (ANI): Chairman of the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI) on Wednesday refuted reports that there was dissent among experts within the scientific group about extending the intervals between the two doses of the Covid-19 vaccine Covishield to
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