With COVID cases rising at the rate of nine per cent, authorities here have started a ‘Har Ghar Dastak’ campaign in which officials will go door to door and administer vaccine doses to eligible people. The district has been reporting over 100 cases every day for the last four days. It accounts for around 13 … Read more
Less than 40 per cent of those eligible in the 15-18 years age group have been administered both the doses of COVID-19 vaccine in 10 states and union territories with Meghalaya being the last in the list with 10 per cent, according to government data. Ahead of Meghalaya is Nagaland, which has inoculated 18.7 per … Read more
Several Australian states have used mandates to drive up COVID vaccination rates. Governments justified the mandates on the basis of preventing the spread of disease and protecting the vulnerable. Now many states are rolling back these mandates, with Queensland removing the requirement to show you’re vaccinated before entering cafes, pubs, galleries and other public spaces … 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
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday hailed people’s resolve in the fight against Covid and said that whether it is the world’s largest free vaccination campaign or medical infrastructure development, India is setting new benchmarks in the field of health. Modi shared a graphic on Twitter highlighting the achievements of India’s Covid vaccination campaign with … Read more
The COVID-19 Working Group of the NTAGI has recommended inclusion of the Serum Institute’s Covovax in the national vaccination programme for those aged 12 years and above, official sources said on Sunday. India’s drug regulator had approved Covovax for restricted use in emergency situations in adults on December 28 and in the 12-17 age group, … Read more
As things have started normalising and COVID-19 restrictions coming to an end, you all must have heard the health authorities and politicians saying that we’re going to have to learn to live with it. Although, we have learned to live with the flu, but the comparison between the flu and Covid-19 worries Colin Furness, an … Read more
The next phase of COVID-19 vaccination commenced on March 1 last year for people over 60 years of age and those aged 45 and above with specified co-morbid conditions. The government may soon allow a precaution dose of COVID-19 vaccine for those seeking to travel abroad for education, employment, sports and for attending official or … Read more
According to the scientists, Lester’s condition was reportedly due to a long-term infection caused by his immunocompromised medical condition. A man from the UK who tested positive for Coronavirus for more than seven months straight has been successfully treated with a Covid-19 vaccine, as per media reports. This is the very first time that a … Read more
March 22, 2022 A federal judge has temporarily prevented a District of Columbia law from going into effect that would have allowed children to get vaccinated – including with the COVID-19 vaccine – without parental consent. The Minor Consent for Vaccinations Amendment Act said children as young as 11 could be vaccinated so long as … Read more