Islamabad [Pakistan], November 11 (ANI): Pakistan on Thursday approved Chinese COVID-19 vaccines Sinopharm and Sinovac for children above 12 with an efficacy rate of 79 per cent and 51 per cent respectively.
Guwahati (Assam) [India], November 11 (ANI): With an aim to achieve 100 per cent administration of the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine in the state, the Assam government is set to launch a new vaccination campaign from November 22 to 27 for those yet to get vaccinated.
New Delhi [India], November 11 (ANI): People will need booster doses of the COVID-19 vaccine if the COVID-19 virus gets mutated, said Chairman and Managing Director of Bharat Biotech, Dr Krishna Ella.
New Delhi [India], November 11 (ANI): Centre has provided 1,20,08,58,170 vaccine doses to states and union territories so far, through free of cost channel, and through the direct state procurement category, said Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Thursday.
Brasilia [Brazil], November 11 (ANI/Xinhua): Brazil on Wednesday registered 280 more deaths from COVID-19 over the past 24 hours, raising the national death toll to 610,036, said the Health Ministry.
New Delhi [India], November 11 (ANI): In a unique initiative, the Delhi Government set up a COVID-19 vaccination camp for devotees near a Chhath puja ghat in the Gavdi locality of Bhajanpura in the national capital.
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], November 10 (ANI): Himachal Pradesh recorded 154 new COVID-19 cases and five deaths in the past 24 hours, said a health bulletin.
New Delhi [India], November 10 (ANI): Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya is slated to hold a meeting with health ministers of all the states and Union Territories on Thursday regarding the 'Har Ghar Dastak' campaign.
Amsterdam [Netherlands], November 10 (ANI/Sputnik): The European Medicines Agency (EMA) said on Wednesday that it had begun analyzing the use of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine in children aged 6 to 11 years old.
Washington [US], November 10 (ANI/Sputnik): Pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and BioNTech have filed an application with the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare for approval of their COVID-19 vaccine for children aged five to 11, according to a statement released on Wednesday.