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India inches closer to achieving 2 billion COVID vaccine doses feat
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 17 (ANI): India's COVID vaccination drive, which touched the 1 billion doses feat in October 2021, in nine months and five days since its commencement, is set to reach the 2 billion doses milestone as the gap reduces to merely 1.63 lakh doses.
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German health minister recommends 4th COVID-19 dose for under 60s
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], July 16 (ANI/Xinhua): Germany's Minister of Health Karl Lauterbach on Friday recommended a fourth COVID-19 vaccine dose for people under the age of 60, contradicting the advice from a relevant national commission
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Why COVID-19 booster shots are essential?
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 16 (ANI): A new study explores differences in the duration of immunity to SARS-CoV-2 from vaccines and natural infection based on waning antibody levels and demonstrates the need for booster vaccination in curtailing breakthrough infections and reinfections.
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Free Covid booster dose for all adults from today
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 15 (ANI): With an aim to increase the uptake of the precautionary dose of COVID vaccine among the eligible adult population, 75 days - 'COVID Vaccination Amrit Mahotsava' will commence on Friday, informed the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
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India supplied over 235 million total supplies of COVID-19 vaccines to 98
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], July 15 (ANI): Hailing India's scientific research and vaccine manufacturing ecosystem, NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman, Dr Suman K Berry said that India introduced an array of initiatives and focused interventions to mitigate the impact of the COVID pandemic and to protect lives and
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Govt issues guidelines for COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V precaution dose
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 14 (ANI): The Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan has written a letter to all the states and union territories' chief secretaries and administrators over the precaution dose for COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V.
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Vaccine Maitri exercise defines India in world: EAM Jaishankar
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 13 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday said that the Vaccine Maitri exercise has been a strong statement and defines what India is to the world.
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COVID-19 booster vaccine beneficial for lupus patients: Study
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], July 13 (ANI): Those with systemic lupus erythematosus, or SLE, who received a "booster" dose of the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine after receiving the full dosage are about half as likely to experience a subsequent "breakthrough" COVID-19 infection, according to a recent study.
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DCGI approves India's first qHPV vaccine to treat cervical cancer
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 12 (ANI): India's first Quadrivalent Human Papillomavirus vaccine (qHPV) against cervical cancer gets Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) approval for market authorisation. This vaccine will be manufactured by the Serum Institute of India (SII).
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NTAGI to discuss data of Gennova pharmaceuticals' indigenous mRNA vaccine
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 11 (ANI): The National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI's) Covid working group is expected to conduct a meeting soon to discuss India's first mRNA vaccine against COVID and Biological E's Corbevax Booster dose for Covishield and Covaxin beneficiaries
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US donates 33,600 doses of Pediatric COVID-19 vaccine to Bhutan
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Thimpu [Bhutan], July 10 (ANI): In order to curb the spread of COVID-19, the United States delivered 33,600 doses of the Pfizer pediatric COVID-19 vaccine to Bhutan, in partnership with COVAX and the Bhutan Foundation, an official statement said on Sunday.
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Over 10.357 crore COVID vaccine doses available with states, UTs: Centre
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 10 (ANI): Over 10.35 crore balance and unutilized COVID-19 vaccine doses are still available with the states and UTs to be administered, informed the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Sunday.
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