Tag: Covid vaccine
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“Few people may rarely experience severe adverse events”: Health Ministry on COVID vaccine side-effects
The report stated that ICMR and CDSCO officials have cited a plethora of ramifications arising out of all the COVID vaccines.
January 17, 2023 -
Centre approves Bharat Biotech’s intranasal Covid vaccine for booster
The nassal vaccine has been approved for those aged above 18 years. The vaccine will be available in the private hospitals for booster dose in the initial phase.
December 23, 2022 -
TN govt concerned over low Covid vaccine rates in districts
As part of the programme, 1 lakh vaccination centres across the state would inoculate individuals.
June 11, 2022 -
‘No individual can be forced to get vaccinated’: SC
The Supreme Court said today in a landmark decision on India's Covid vaccine policy that no one can be forced to take the vaccine.
May 2, 2022 -
Valneva Covid vaccine approved for use in the UK
The Valneva jab is the first whole-virus inactivated Covid vaccine to gain regulatory approval in the UK, Xinhua news agency reported.
April 15, 2022 -
COVID vaccine booster dose a must, says expert
The country's active caseload currently stands at 78,190, the lowest in 575 days.
December 22, 2021 -
No more Covid vaccine hesitancy in Odisha’s tribal pockets: 73.5% administered 1st dose in 14 tribal districts
Disturbing reports of people fleeing the villages to dodge the COVID-19 vaccination had grabbed the spotlight then.
December 18, 2021 -
Congress criticizes Modi govt for taking credit for Covid vaccine
Rathore said the Centre government was wrongly taking credit for the inoculation of 100 crore Coronavirus vaccines as the credit for achieving the milestone goes to scientists and lakhs of health workers of the country as it was their efforts that made it possible.
October 23, 2021 -
US FDA panel backs J&J Covid vaccine’s booster dose
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory committee voted unanimously on Friday to recommend authorization of the second dose as early as two months after the primary shot for anyone aged 18 and older.
October 16, 2021 -
Phase 2/3 trials of Covovax in children aged 7 to 11 begins in Pune
Covovax is the Indian version of the Novovax vaccine brought in India by the Serum Institute of India for children.
October 1, 2021 -
Covid boosters’ side effects similar to second dose: CDC
The research provides an insight into the safety of additional vaccine shots as the US rolls out a booster regimen for older adults and workers in high-risk jobs, the Washington Post reported.
September 29, 2021 -
US CDC panel endorses Pfizer booster shot for elderly, high-risk people
The panel on Thursday voted 15-0 to recommend the booster dose for Americans age 65 and older and people in long-term care facilities
September 24, 2021 -
Russia urges India to lift ban on export of single-dose Covid vax Sputnik Light
The Sputnik Light vaccine in India is produced by Hetero Biopharma which is one of the Russian Direct Investment Fund partners in the production of the vaccine.
September 17, 2021 -
Over 74 lakh doses of Covid vaccine administered in HP: Jai Ram
Thakur stated that there were only 1,500 active cases in the state as the Himachal government had been working 24x7 to overcome the threat of Corona.
September 13, 2021 -
Pfizer initially rejected BioNTech’s offer to develop Covid vaccine
So far, about 1.4 billion doses of Pfizer and BioNTech two-dose revolutionary Covid jab, developed based on mRNA technology, has been shipped to more than 120 countries.
September 13, 2021 -
Biological E gets DCGI nod to conduct phase 2/3 trials on children
The trial will be on children between 5 and 18 years of age with certain conditions and conducted in 10 locations across the country,
September 2, 2021 -
Mandating Covid vaccines for kids ‘good idea’: Fauci
"We've done this for decades and decades, requiring polio, measles, mumps, rubella, hepatitis. So this would not be something new requiring vaccinations for children to come to school,"
August 30, 2021