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NCOVACC is the world's first intranasal vaccine for COVID to receive approval for the primary two-dose schedule, and as a heterologous booster dose.
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The company sources said Bharat Biotech is currently holding discussions with international “potential partners” who have approached the company for manufacturing and distribution of the intranasal vaccine globally.
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This was after Union Tourism Minister G Kishan Reddy claimed that Narendra Modi had “courageously” invented the Covid vaccine.
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Cybersecurity poses a bigger threat than any other spectrum of technology. Cybercriminals misuse technology-controlled devices to commit frauds and thefts. India is among the most vulnerable nations in terms of cyberscams affecting individuals and cyberattacks targeting institutions. There were nearly 6.74 lakh instances of cyberattacks in the country this year until June — almost 3,700 […]
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Hyderabad: The Centre’s decision on Wednesday to provide free booster/precautionary Covid vaccine doses to eligible persons between 18 years and 59 years in government hospitals is yet another instance of how Telangana has been ahead of the curve as compared to other States in coming up with unique initiatives to contain the pandemic. Much before […]
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Hyderabad: Covid vaccine maker Bharat Biotech International Limited (BBIL), announced that its Covaxin (BBV152), has proven to be safe, well-tolerated, and highly immunogenic in paediatric subjects in phase II/III study. The study has been accepted and published in Lancet Infectious Diseases, a peer reviewed journal. Bharat Biotech had conducted phase II/III, open-label, and multi-centre study […]
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Hyderabad: The reopening of schools in the coming days and the ongoing surge of Covid infections across Telangana, especially in Hyderabad, Rangareddy and Medchal-Malkajgiri, should convince parents of children and adolescents between 12 years and 18 years to administer them with Covid vaccines, senior health officials here on Friday said. The coming weeks will witness […]
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Though belated, the government’s decision to reduce the gap between the second dose and booster for international travellers to three months is a welcome move. The next logical step would be to consider reducing the gap for booster doses for all citizens from the present nine months. There is no reason why the vaccine and […]
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London: Inspired by Covid-19 messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccine technology, researchers have developed a similar method for delivering genetic material to the body to repair damaged heart muscle after a heart attack. The Covid mRNA vaccines use lipid nanoparticles (tiny fat droplets) to deliver mRNA to the body’s cells. This mRNA instructs the cells to manufacture […]
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Hyderabad: A day before Covid vaccine booster shots become available to all adult population, prices of Covaxin and Covidshield have been reduced to Rs 225 per dose for private hospitals. Suchitra Ella, Co-Founder and Joint Managing Director of Covaxin maker Bharat Biotech announced the decision on the micro-blogging platform Twitter. “We welcome the decision to […]
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Hyderabad: Telangana is all set to achieve 100 per cent Covid vaccination mark, i.e., administering first and second dose of vaccines to the entire eligible beneficiaries above 18 years of age, in the next few days. Launched last year on March 16, it took nearly nine months for authorities to achieve 100 per cent coverage […]
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Hyderabad: The State Health Department has completed all arrangements to start administering Covid vaccines to children aged 12-14 from Wednesday in Telangana. A total of 17, 23, 000 beneficiaries have been identified and will be administered with Corbevax, the vaccine manufactured by city-based pharma giant Biological E limited. All children born on March 15, 2010, […]
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The data has been submitted by the company to the Subject Expert Committee for beneficiaries between 5-12 years of age, the sources told ANI.
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Hyderabad: In these days when the Covid-19 pandemic, along with everything and anything related to it, are being used by fraudsters to swindle money from the gullible, the promise of a booster dose of the Covid-19 vaccine is the latest bait. With many keen on taking the booster jab on account of the third wave, […]
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Hyderabad: The genetic researchers involved in genome sequencing and tracking of new SARS-CoV-2 variants have reported multiple Deltacron clusters from UK, US and Australia in the last few days. In addition to the three clusters of Delta/Omicron genomes, the researchers in United Kingdom, within a span of just two-days, have also identified one more variant […]
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London: If forced to choose, Novak Djokovic said he would skip the French Open and Wimbledon, foregoing the chance to overtake Rafael Nadal’s record haul of 21 Grand Slams titles, rather than get vaccinated against Covid-19. And the No.1-ranked tennis player is also still smarting about being deported last month from Australia in a drama […]
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Hyderabad: In the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, the State Health Department has achieved a milestone of fully vaccinating 91 per cent of the eligible beneficiaries in Telangana. Out of the 2,77,67,000 eligible beneficiaries above 18 years, a total of 2,51,48,694, which is 91 per cent of the beneficiaries are fully vaccinated and have received […]
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New Delhi: India’s cumulative COVID-19 vaccination coverage crossed 173.42 crores with the administration of over 44.68 lakh doses in the past 24 hours, informed Union Health Ministry on Tuesday. “With the administration of more than 44.68 lakh doses (44,68,365) vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 173.42 crores (1,73,42,62,440) […]
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Hyderabad: In a novel attempt to further intensify the precautionary or booster dose initiative, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation on Monday has launched the concept of administering vaccines at the doorsteps of the beneficiaries, who are above 60 years of age and have pre-existing medical conditions. To avail the unique facility, senior citizens from Hyderabad […]