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Category: Communicable disease

Posted on February 26, 2021

Vaccinate all above 45 years to avoid vaccine inequities

Roping in the private sector to support the government programme of vaccinating about 270 million people belonging to the two high-risk priority groups can surely speed up vaccination coverage. At…

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Posted on February 25, 2021February 25, 2021

People above 45 years with comorbidities will need doctor certificate, says task force member

Those older than 45 years and with comorbidities will need a certificate from a registered medical doctor. But those older than 60 years will not need any certificate. only Serum Institute’s Covishield vaccine will be available at private hospitals. Self-registration needed for those above 45 years with comorbidities.

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Posted on February 24, 2021

Are the variants causing a spike in cases in India?

No spike in Kerala Contrary to claims made by the Health Ministry about a spike in Kerala, the daily fresh cases have in fact been slowly declining in the State…

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Posted on February 22, 2021February 22, 2021

Covaxin has only 10% takers nationally; less than 1% uptake in 12 States, Union Territories

On January 3, the Indian regulator approved Covaxin for restricted use “under clinical trial mode” as a matter of “abundant caution” even when no interim data of phase-3 trial was…

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Posted on February 21, 2021

Daily vaccination rate will soon increase exponentially, says task force member

On January 16, when the mass COVID-19 vaccination programme began in India, only 3,352 sessions were held and 0.19 million people were vaccinated. “The vaccination rate will increase exponentially in…

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Posted on February 20, 2021February 20, 2021

Proving variant-specific efficacy will be a logistic nightmare, very expensive: Gagandeep Kang

What are the main challenges in developing and testing booster vaccine doses to address the new variants? Each variant (and many more beyond the first three that have been widely…

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Posted on February 19, 2021February 19, 2021

Pfizer vaccine can be stored at -15 to -25 degree C for two weeks

On December 11, 2020 when the U.S. FDA approved the vaccine for emergency use, the storage temperature stipulated was -60 to -80 degree C. The labels for the vaccine too…

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Posted on February 14, 2021February 14, 2021

Explained: Probing the origin of SARS-CoV-2 virus

As per WHO, the field visits included the Wuhan Institute of Virology, Huanan market, Wuhan CDC (Center for Disease Control and Prevention) laboratory. According to WHO, the team was “limited by visits…

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