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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…
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.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
