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Hyderabad: The free Covid booster/precautionary vaccine administration drive at government healthcare facilities, focusing on vaccination of individuals between 18 years and 59 years of age, got underway on Friday. The booster Covid vaccine administration drive was launched on April 10 of this year. However, at that time the union Health Ministry had permitted booster doses […]

Hyderabad: Hyderabad-based vaccine maker Biological E Limited (BE) has priced its Corbevax, which has got approval for administration to adolescents aged 12 to 14 years, at Rs 800 (excluding GST) per dose for the private market, and Rs 145 per dose for the government, making it the cheapest vaccine in India and also globally, the […]

London: Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II has tested positive for COVID-19 and is experiencing “mild cold-like symptoms”, Buckingham Palace said on Sunday. The 95-year-old monarch remains at her Windsor Castle residence and is expected to carry out light duties over the next few days. “She will continue to receive medical attention and will follow all the […]

New Delhi: India may begin inoculating 12-14-year-olds against Covid in March as the 15-18 population is likely to get fully vaccinated by then, Dr N K Arora, chairman of the Covid working group of NTAGI, said on Monday. Of the estimated 7.4 crore population in the 15-18 age bracket, over 3.45 crore have received the […]

Hyderabad: Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) Director N Balaram on Friday said the management was fully prepared to face any situation in the wake of rise in Covid-19 cases in the State. At a meeting convened with the Singareni area managers to review the situation in view of rising number of Covid positives cases, Balaram said […]

A Yale co-led study, which looked at more than 40,000 pregnant individuals, adds new evidence supporting the safety of COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy.

Out of the 4 crore doses, roughly 2.7 crore were the first dose of Covid vaccines while the remaining 1.4 crore consisted of the second dose of the vaccine.  

Hyderabad: With the health authorities going door to door to expedite Covid-19 vaccination and achieve 100 per cent target in Telangana by the end of December, incidents of vaccine hesitancy are coming to light. In one such incident in Telangana’s Sangareddy district on Tuesday, a man climbed on a tree to avoid vaccination. When the […]

"Mutual recognition of Covid-19 vaccination certificates continues! Fifteen more recognitions for India's vaccination certificate," said MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi in a tweet.

Harish Rao on Thursday directed the State Health Department to ensure that 100 per cent coverage of Covid vaccinations is achieved among all eligible adult population of the State by December end.

Hyderabad: With cases of Covid-19 continuing to get reported steadily and the recent rise of a fresh wave of infections in Europe that involves a lot of breakthrough infections, public health officials and researchers here have urged people in Hyderabad and elsewhere in Telangana to get their pending second dose of Covid vaccine at the […]

This study has been published in the American Chemical Society's 'ACS Nano Journal'.

IL quickly responded to the nation’s call and the request of the Central Government, to partner with Bharat Biotech International Limited (BBIL) in April 2021 to produce a Covaxin drug substance.

Hyderabad: The healthy pace of Covid vaccination drive in Telangana has continued with health department administering doses to 1,75,864 individuals between Tuesday and Wednesday. Out of these, a total of 1,37,656 received the first dose while 38,208 persons have received the second dose of Covid vaccine, according to the state vaccine bulletin on Thursday. Overall, […]

New Delhi: The Co-founder and Joint Managing Director of Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech, Suchitra Ella has said that vaccines should not be a barrier to enter into any nation. Amid the ongoing row over new UK travel restrictions that consider fully Indian vaccinated as unvaccinated and prescribes 10-day quarantine, she said, “Vaccines must not be entry […]

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The country achieved the milestones of administering over 2.50 crore vaccine doses under the "Vaccine Sewa" campaign to mark the 71th birthday of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Planning at the district level in India will be crucial in the journey ahead

An expert panel of the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) on July 29 had recommended granting permission for conducting the study.

Under the special freedom offer, Apollo Hospitals will offer the Covaxin vaccine at a no profit cost price of Rs.1,250.