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Khammam: All the persons above 18 years of age in the district have been administered the first dose of Covid vaccine. A programme was organised at the ZP hall here on Monday to felicitate the health officials for the 100 per cent achievement. Transport Minister Puvvada Ajay Kumar who attended the programme lauded the district […]
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Chandigarh: Eligible people who are not fully vaccinated will not be permitted inside crowded places like malls, cinema halls and restaurants in Haryana from January 1, state Health and Home Minister Anil Vij said on Wednesday. Vij made the announcement while replying to a question to a Calling Attention Motion in the ongoing winter session […]
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California: Researchers have found rare naturally occurring T cells that are capable of targeting a protein found in SARS-CoV-2 and a range of other coronaviruses.The study has been published in the ‘Cell Reports Journal’. The findings suggested that a component of this protein, called viral polymerase, could potentially be added to COVID-19 vaccines to create […]
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New Delhi: Serum Institute of India (SII) plans to launch a COVID vaccine for children in the next six months, the company’s CEO Adar Poonawalla said on Tuesday. Participating in an industry conference, Poonawalla said the vaccine ‘Covovax’ is under trial and would offer protection to children all the way down till three years. Currently, […]
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Khammam: Candidates contesting the Khammam Local Authorities’ Constituency (LAC) MLC election have to produce evidence of having received two shots of Covid vaccine, said District Collector VP Gautham. The Collector along with Commissioner of Police (CP), Vishnu S Warrier held a meeting with contesting candidates here on Wednesday. He said besides the candidates, their polling […]
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Khammam: Around 96 per cent of eligible population in Khammam district have received the first dose of Covid vaccine, District Collector VP Gautham said on Monday. Likewise, nearly 53 percent of the population received the vaccine second dose. The Collector directed health officials to speed up Covid vaccination and see that all eligible persons in […]
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Patna: A woman in Bihar’s Aurangabad district has died after taking the second dose of Covid-19 vaccine on Saturday, an official said. The deceased, Rinku Devi, went to Sadar Hospital in Aurangabad and took the second dose of Covid vaccine. She collapsed on the road while returning home, in Bhadua village. Her husband Jitendra Singh […]
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Hyderabad: Health Minister T Harish Rao said Telangana’s Covid vaccination rate was higher than the national vaccination rate. Till Wednesday, 84.3 per cent population was administered first dose of Covid vaccine in the State and 38.5 per cent population was covered with second dose. This is higher than national average as 79 per cent population […]
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Hyderabad: The city has continued to retain its status as the vaccine capital of the country with yet another top-pharmaceutical company Biological E Limited preparing the ground for the launch of its Covid vaccine ‘Corbevax’ in the next few weeks. The Corbevax has successfully completed its second and third phase of clinical trials and the […]
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By Rory Horner The Indian embassy in Iran recently celebrated the arrival of 1 million doses of Covaxin, a Covid vaccine developed in India by the pharmaceutical company Bharat Biotech. Bangladesh, Myanmar and Iran also recently received a million doses each of Covishield, the version of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine produced by the Serum Institute of […]
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Hyderabad: The state health authorities here have said that are expecting a Covid vaccine for children to be available in the coming two to three weeks. The authorities said that under the guidance of the Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHFW), extensive ground work is underway in Telangana to start vaccinating children, as and when […]
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Kothagudem: Director of Public Health G Srinivas Rao has directed the district health officials to complete the ongoing Covid vaccination drive by the end of this month. He along with the local MLA Vanama Venkateswara Rao and District Collector D Anudeep held a meeting with health officials to review the progress of the vaccination drive […]
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Karimnagar: District Collector RV Karnan on Tuesday warned that bank accounts in Huzarabad Assembly Constituency that record transactions in excess of Rs 1 lakh would be monitored and appropriate action would be taken against such account holders. The Collector, along with poll expenditure observer SH Elamurugu, conducted a meeting with the representatives of different political […]
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Hyderabad: To ensure that all eligible individuals in Telangana are vaccinated before a possible surge in Covid-19 infections, the State Health Department has reached a significant milestone when they administered over 2.5 crore individuals with at least one dose of Covid vaccine. As of Thursday, the State Health Department has administered Covid vaccines to over […]
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Karimnagar: District Collector RV Karnan informed that the by-elections to Huzurabad Assembly constituency will be held in a peaceful manner by following Covid norms. A separate officer would also be appointed to ensure strict adherence to Covid protocol. Only officials, who received two doses of Covid vaccine, would be deployed in the election duties. Besides […]
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New Delhi: After helping several Indian companies in the development of vaccines for COVID-19 including clinical trials, the Department of Biotechnology (DBT)’s Translational Health Science and Technology Institute (THSTI) has entered into a research collaboration with Nanogen Pharmaceutical Biotechnology JSC, a Vietnamese pharmaceutical company which is in the process of developing a vaccine for the […]
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New Delhi: The World Health Organisation on Wednesday appreciated India’s decision to export the vaccines under Vaccine Maitri to COVAX. The Director-General of WHO Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that it is an important development in support of reaching the 40 per cent vaccination target in all countries by the end of this year. The World […]
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Hyderabad: The State Health Department launched all-out efforts to achieve 100 per cent vaccination status for Telangana. The stress is to ensure all eligible persons in the State receive at least one dose of Covid vaccine, at the earliest. In the last few review meetings, Chief Minister, K Chandrashekhar Rao directed the officials to achieve […]
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Khammam: As many as 5.36 lakh persons above 18 years of age have been administered the first dose of Covid vaccine in the district, informed District Collector, VP Gautham. Around 1.33 lakh persons have been administered the second dose. Special vaccination teams have been engaged at 214 health sub-centres in rural areas and at 125 […]
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Hyderabad: Government and private Covid vaccination centres have administered at least one dose of Covid vaccine to 1,93,372 individuals across Telangana in the last 24 hours, according to the latest bulletin from State health department. A total of 97,960 individuals were administered with the first dose while 95,412 persons received the second dose of the […]
