Full vaccination of the entire population is absolutely essential and there can be no breach in that idea As countries like US , UK and other higher-income countries are prepping up for Covid-19 vaccine booster dose campaign with the surge of Delta variant cases, the Union Health Ministry on Thursday maintained that India; priority will … Read more
The expert review, which was accessed by Financial Express Online, included scientists from the international community, including those from the WHO and the FDA. COVID-19 Booster shot: While several people around the world are speculating about booster shots, an expert review published in The Lancet Journal has concluded that giving booster shots to the general … Read more
Covid Vaccination Drive started in January 2020 India recently received accolades for reaching the 75 crore Covid=19 vaccination mark from the World Health organization. Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, Regional Director (South-East Asia), WHO, congratulated India for scaling up the Covid-19 vaccination drive. Dr Singh also mentioned that India reached the 750 million vaccine dose milestone … Read more
Government advisory on how to identify fake vaccines The Centre shared with the states a list of parameters to identify the authenticity of the Covid vaccines being used in the country. The Health Ministry said in a letter written to the states, that it has prepared the parameters with information from the vaccine manufacturing companies … Read more
WHO has not yet recommended booster shots As the threat of coronavirus still looms large with new mutations Delta, Delta Plus, Lambda, vaccine manufacturers have joined the brace to seek approval from drug controller authorities for booster doses that can increase the efficacy of the vaccine against mutant variants. While some manufacturers believe that their … Read more
World Health Organisation (WHO)’s chief scientist Dr Soumya Swaminathan. (File Photo) The pandemic is far from showing signs of slowing down and there are new worries with fresh surge in cases emerging across different countries, cautions Dr Soumya Swaminathan. The worry for the chief scientist at the World Health Organisation (WHO) stems from the fact … Read more
A woman poses for a photograph behind a cutout after receiving a COVID- 19 vaccine at a vaccination center in Mumbai. (AP Photo) India will target 1 crore Covid jabs every day from mid-July – this has been the oft-repeated statement by the Centre’s coronavirus task force, members of the Niti Aayog and the Union … Read more
The increasing number of this condition among post-Covid patients comes as bad news for India which already is home to one in six people with diabetes in the world. (Photo source: Reuters) By Rahul Chhabra, As the national coronavirus vaccination number nudges closer to the 28 crore-mark under the Narendra Modi government’s free vaccine campaign, … Read more
Private hospitals have maintained that buying large stocks of vaccines proves cost effective, saves logistical challenges and allows better planning of the vaccination At a time when the state government and BMC-run vaccination centres were reeling under acute shortage of Coronavirus vaccines during the last week, private hospitals in capital city Mumbai and other cities … Read more
It must be noted that only 4.2 per cent of the population of the district in the age group of 18-44 years are vaccinated so far. (Photo Source: IE) There are people who are still hesitant when it comes to getting vaccinated against Covid-19. Madhya Pradesh government feels that it is a major challenge in … Read more