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New Delhi: People aged 60 years and above with co-morbidity will not be required to produce or submit any certificate from doctor at the time of administration of precaution dose of COVID-19 vaccine, the Centre told states and union territories on Tuesday. Such persons are expected to obtain the advice of their doctor before deciding to […]
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Though delayed, the Centre’s approval for booster doses for healthcare and frontline workers and senior citizens with co-morbidities and vaccinating the young population in the age group of 15-18 is a welcome move. There is no reason, whatsoever, for the delay in administering the booster doses to the general population since there is no shortage […]
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Hyderabad: All out efforts have been launched by State health department in collaboration with other line departments to intensify Covid vaccine administration drive across the State. As part of these efforts, for the past few days, the daily average doses of Covid vaccines being administered is hovering between 3 lakh to 3.5 lakh in the […]
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The global fears over the emergence of Omicron, the new and more virulent coronavirus variant, once again highlight an often neglected aspect of the pandemic: Vaccine inequality. The widening gulf between the rich and the poor nations in terms of inoculation coverage makes the fight against the virus less effective. Access to life-saving vaccines makes […]
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Hyderabad: A special drive to administer the second dose of Covid-19 vaccine among eligible individuals in Hyderabad will be launched on Monday by Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) in collaboration with State health authorities. The vaccine will be administered in all Basti Dawakhanas, existing vaccination centres and other state-run urban primary health centres. A total […]
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Hyderabad: The shelf life of Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech’s Covid-19 vaccine, Covaxin, has been extended to 12 months from the present nine months by the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO). “The CDSCO has approved the extension of shelf life of Covaxin up to 12 months, from the date of manufacture. This approval of shelf life […]
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Hyderabad: US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) COO David Marchick and Biological E managing director Mahima Datla unveiled the expansion of Biological E’s vaccine manufacturing facility in Hyderabad and finalised a US government financing arrangement formalising $50 million (about Rs 375 crore) to expand the company’s capacity to produce Covid-19 vaccines. The continued partnership will […]
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New Delhi: The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) will light up 100 of its heritage monuments in colours of the national flag to mark 100 crore Covid 19 vaccine doses being administered in the country, officials said on Thursday. Seventeen UNESCO World Heritage Sites including the Red Fort, Qutub Minar, Humayun Tomb, Tughlaqabad Fort, Purana […]
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Beijing: China’s CoronaVac and Sinopharm Covid vaccines may be waning in immunity levels, several studies have shown. CoronaVac and Sinopharm — both inactivated vaccines, which use killed SARS-CoV-2 virus — account for almost 50 per cent of the 7.3 billion Covid-19 vaccine doses delivered globally. China administered about 2.4 billion doses of the vaccines to its […]
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Hyderabad: Bharat Biotech completed the Phase 2/3 trials of Covid-19 vaccine, Covaxin for use in children under 18 years of age and is expected to submit the data by next week to the DCGI, Chairman and Managing Director of Bharat Biotech International Ltd, Krishna Ella said on Tuesday here. Speaking to reporters, he said Covaxin […]
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Mancherial: District Collector Bharati Hollikeri said that a special drive would be held for carrying the vaccination against Covid-19 from September 16 and requested all the citizens aged above 18 to vaccinate. Speaking to the media here on Wednesday, Bharati said the district achieved 55 per cent of the target with 89,000 persons undergoing the […]
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In its latest update on Saturday morning, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload
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Sustaining the momentum of the focused push to vaccination needs to remain a high priority
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Out of the 1,75,674 individuals, about 1,15,650 persons have received the first dose while the remaining 60,024 persons have been administered with the second dose of Covid vaccine.
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You can access your certificate by sending a text message to the MyGov Corona Helpdesk chatbot and will just be asked to enter OTP.
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An expert panel of the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) on July 29 had recommended granting permission for conducting the study.
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Under the special freedom offer, Apollo Hospitals will offer the Covaxin vaccine at a no profit cost price of Rs.1,250.
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The vaccination targets were surpassed by the month of July, she said.
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Passengers must take a COVID test three days before departure and book in advance for two COVID tests to be taken upon arrival in England.
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The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 3,10, 99,771, while the case fatality rate stands at 1.34 per cent, the data stated.
