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
PM Modi in a surprise address to the nation on December 25 announced that cpvod-19 vaccination for children in the 15-18 age group will start from January 3. The World Health Organisation has stated that the booster doses of covid vaccines should be introduced based on firm evidence, for those groups who are at higher … Read more
COVID-19: After a long meeting on Monday amid the rising Omicron cases, National Technical Advisory Group on Immunization (NTAGI), government’s top vaccine advisory failed to arrive at any conclusion on a booster dose requirement or vaccination for children. The government’s top vaccine advisory gathered a meeting to decide whether an additional dose should be given … Read more
China, Cuba and the United Arab Emirates are some of the few countries that have cleared covid vaccines for children (Photo: IE) The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized the Pfizer Inc (PFE.N) and BioNTech SE COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 5 to 11 as it says the benefits of the vaccine outweighs the … Read more
An additional advantage with the Zydus Cadila vaccine is the fact that it is needle-free and thereby reduces the body pain and other side effects that are experienced with other vaccines. Covid-19 vaccine updates: In a crucial development in India’s fight against Coronavirus, Gujarat-based Zydus Cadila’s Covid-19 vaccine has got the emergency use approval for … Read more
U.S. pharmaceutical maker Pfizer Inc will seek authorization from Mexico’s health regulator for use of its COVID-19 vaccine in children aged 12-15, Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said on Wednesday. “Pfizer will submit the request for authorization from Cofepris for the vaccine, applicable to minors between 12 and 15 years old, in the next few … Read more
Around 300 volunteers will be enrolled and first inoculations are expected this month, Oxford said. The University of Oxford has launched a study to assess the safety and immune response of the COVID-19 vaccine it has developed with AstraZeneca Plc in children for the first time, it said on Saturday. The new mid-stage trial will … Read more