The government plans to focus on administering precaution dose of Covid vaccine to 4.7 crore 60-plus population, due for it by July 31, under its ongoing door-to-door Har Ghar Dastak 2.0 campaign, officials said on Sunday. Of the estimated 13.75 crore senior citizens in the country, 11.91 crore have been administered both the doses of … Read more
Seventy per cent of the people who received a booster dose of the Covid vaccine did not contract the disease during the third wave, according to a new study that covered around 6,000 people in India. The study led by Dr Rajeev Jayadevan, co-chairman of the Indian Medical Association’s national task force on coronavirus, said … Read more
The Serum Institute of India has urged the Centre to use the available 10 crore doses of Covishield offered free of cost by GAVI under COVAX facility in view of rising COVID-19 cases in the country, an official source said. The Pune-based firm has written to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHF) that … Read more
Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Tuesday played down apprehensions about XE variant of the coronavirus saying it is just another form of Omicron, and asked people to maintain precautions as the pandemic is not over yet. Addressing a press conference at the BJP headquarters where he spoke in detail about the central government’s measures to … Read more
Vaccine major Serum Institute of India (SII) has appealed to the government to reduce the gap between the second and booster dose to six months from nine months at present to safeguard people against emerging COVID variants, according to its CEO Adar Poonawalla. Recalling that they could not meet the commitment of exporting vaccines in … Read more
Ahead of the launch of booster dose for the country’s adult population to fight Covid-19, vaccine makers Serum Institute of India and Bharat Biotech on Saturday slashed vaccine prices. The government has also announced that private vaccination centres could charge only up to a maximum of Rs 150 as service charge for vaccination over and … Read more
The government on Friday said India’s entire adult population, or those who have turned 18, are eligible for vaccination with a booster dose to fight Covid-19.These precautionary doses will be available at private vaccination centres from April 10 and can be taken nine months after the second dose. No mixing of vaccines would be allowed, … Read more
Precaution dose of COVID-19 vaccines will be available to all aged above 18 years at private vaccination centres from April 10, the Union Health Ministry announced on Friday. All those above the age of 18 who have completed nine months after the administration of the second dose will be eligible for the precaution dose, it … Read more
A fourth dose of the Pfizer vaccine lowered rates of COVID-19 among people aged 60 years or older but protection against the infection appeared short-lived, according to a large-scale study conducted in Israel. The study, published in New England Journal of Medicine on Tuesday, used the Israeli Ministry of Health database to extract data on … Read more
Bengaluru: EkaCare, a connected healthcare platform on Wednesday announced the extension of COVID vaccination services offered through its platform to enable booking of precaution dose for those in the eligible category. The process to book the vaccination slot has been made easier and can be completed in three guided steps through the platform. Announcing the … Read more