Free Covid booster dose for all adults: The Centre has started rolling out free Covid-19 booster doses for adults in the 18-59 category at government centres under a special drive. The free booster dose drive will continue for 75 days. The drive aims to improve the third-dose coverage and is being held as part of … Read more
Free booster COVID-19 vaccine Dose for Adults from 15 July: The Union health ministry on Wednesday announced the launch of a 75-day programme to administer the Covid-19 vaccine’s precaution dose to anyone above 18 years, free of cost, at government hospitals from July 15. Till now only those above 60 years, healthcare and frontline workers … Read more
A day before the Covid-19 booster shoot drive is rolled out, both major vaccine manufacturers went on to announce a massive price cut on their vaccines. The Covid-19 vaccines Covishied which is manufactured by the Serum Institute of India and Covaxin from Bharat Biotech earlier used to cost Rs 600 and Rs 1200 respectively, but … Read more
March 27, 2022 The next rollout of COVID-19 booster shots in the U.S. could face delays due to a lack of federal funding and declining interest, according to The Guardian. “We’re way behind the eight-ball,” Eric Topol, director of the Scripps Research Translational Institute,” told the news outlet. Many Americans still haven’t received a booster … Read more
CHENNAI: As Covid-19 continues to surge in the country, Covid-related doctor consultations are seeing a massive jump of 50% more than the previous day. The daily consultations have gone up more than 2.5 times since January 1, according to healthcare app Practo insights. More than 50% of all doctor consultations are for GPs and pulmonologists … Read more
Dec. 29, 2021 — Are you still wearing a cloth face mask? Amid the rapidly spreading Omicron variant, experts stress that we all should swap cloth masks for N95 respirators or 3-ply surgical masks. For background: N95 respirators are tightly fitting masks that cover your mouth and nose and help prevent contact with droplets and … Read more
By Robert Preidt and Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Dec. 14, 2021 (HealthDay News) — As COVID-19 cases surge nationwide, only about half of fully vaccinated nursing home residents have received a vaccine booster dose, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports. Research shows that the effectiveness of COVID-19 … Read more
Booster shot is given to increase the magnitude of protection in the body by producing more antibodies The Omnicron variant of covid-19 is spreading fast. In India, several states have stepped up vaccination, surveillance and containment measures as the country detected 21 Omicron cases. On Monday, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Aviation Minister, India directed Delhi airport operator … Read more
Globally, many countries like Israel, the UAE, Russia, France, Germany and Italy have already rolled out boosters. The global debate over booster shots is gradually becoming a complicated affair. Even as vaccination drives gain momentum all over the world, Covid-19 variants and breakthrough infections are a bigger concern. This leaves us with an imminent question … Read more
“For me the stage that we are in now, we really need data that is broken down” and much of it is now readily available and even if has been collected is apparently not being shared, says Dr Kang. India recorded 25,072 new COVID-19 cases in the 24 hours ending August 23rd morning. It is … Read more