March 21, 2022 — The FDA today announced its vaccines advisory committee will meet April 6 to discuss the future of COVID-19 booster doses and how to tell if a specific strain of the coronavirus needs its own vaccine. The independent experts on the Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee will be joined by … Read more
The recommendation for Covishield is yet to be implemented in the national COVID-19 vaccination programme. India’s apex body on immunisation NTAGI has recommended administering the second dose of COVID-19 vaccine Covishield between eight and 16 weeks after the first dose, official sources said on Sunday Presently, the second dose of Covishield is given between 12-16 … Read more
The health department also said precautionary doses would now be provided to all people above 60 years of age. The West Bengal government will roll out the inoculation drive for children in the 12-14 years age group from March 21 even though the programme was launched across the country on Wednesday, an official said. The … Read more
The vaccine doses were supplied in the form of grants-in-aid, commercial sales by Indian manufacturers and through the COVAX facility. India had supplied 16.29 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses to 98 countries as on February 21, the government informed Parliament on Tuesday. In a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha, Union Minister of … Read more
The Centre said no country has faced such an unprecedented crisis which is faced by humanity due to the COVID-19 outbreak since about last 100 years. The expansion of COVID-19 vaccination drive to include the paediatric population “does not pose a safety risk” to the vaccine recipients, the Centre told the Supreme Court on Tuesday … Read more
The decision to start vaccination for the 12-14 age group was taken after due deliberations with scientific bodies, the health ministry said. The government on Monday said Covid-19 vaccination of children in the age group of 12-14 years will begin from Wednesday. All those born in 2008, 2009 and 2010 will be administered the Corbevax … Read more
During the study period, 197,535 patients were infected with SARS-CoV-2, and of those 15,786 were admitted to the hospital. A third dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine conferred higher effectiveness against infection and hospitalisation than two doses of the preventive after one month, a study has found. The study, published in The Lancet Regional Health-Americas, … Read more
The researchers compared that group with 737 patients admitted with COVID-19 during December 2021-January 2022, when the Omicron variant was most prevalent. Vaccinated adults have a lower risk of severe illness due to Omicron variant of coronavirus, and are less likely to land in intensive care compared with unvaccinated patients, a US study suggests. The … Read more
“We can remain ahead of the virus with our vaccine strategy. Current vaccines are limited because they will need to be updated and will always be chasing the virus,” said Miller. An inhaled form of COVID-19 vaccine developed by scientists at McMaster University in Canada can provide broad, long-lasting protection against the SARS-CoV-2 variants of … Read more
As per the Registrar General of India (RGI), the estimated population of beneficiaries in the age group of 15-18 years is 7.4 crore for 2021-22. Over one crore adolescents in the 15-18 years age group nationwide are now fully vaccinated against the novel coronavirus infection, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Wednesday. Over 5.04 … Read more