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Though 90.8 million people above 60 years, 9.7 million health-care workers and nearly 17 million frontline workers have received the second dose as on January 9, the actual number of…
This means those who have received Covishield as their first and second dose will receive Covishield as their third dose. Similarly, those who have received Covaxin in their first two…
With all adults aged 18 years and above already being covered, the inclusion of teenagers has reduced the eligibility age group to 15 years. Over 0.35 million teenagers have already…
He said the primary focus of the government was on giving a second dose of the vaccine to make people fully vaccinated. “Administering the second dose of COVID-19 vaccine to…
On this day last year (December 11, 2020), Pfizer’s vaccine for COVID-19 was granted an emergency use authorisation, and exactly a week later, Moderna’s vaccine was granted an EUA. On…
At a recent meeting, the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation maintained that it was not recommending a booster dose for any section of the population, priority groups included, in…
Even when clamour from a few States for booster doses increased once the new variant with higher transmissibility causing a huge surge in cases in South Africa became known, the…
The continent reported nearly two million new cases last week, the highest since the pandemic began, and more than half of the global COVID-19 deaths this month were in Europe.…
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