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When do you think the second wave is likely to peak? And when we see such a peak, what do you think will be the number of daily cases? Gautam…
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When do you think the second wave is likely to peak? And when we see such a peak, what do you think will be the number of daily cases? Gautam…
The vaccines that would be eligible for the fast-track approval will include those that have been granted an EUA by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), European Medicines Agency…
In all, 492 severe and serious AEFI have been classified by the AEFI Secretariat of the immunisation technical support unit (ITSU) at the Health Ministry. Classification has been completed for…
Names of the ten members Dr. Varsha Gupta, Professor, Department of Microbiology, Government Medical College Hospital, Chandigarh; 2) Dr. Archana Thakur, Medical Director, Professor and HOD (Microbiology), G.B. Pant Hospital,…
The Subject Expert Committee (SEC) has permitted Bharat Biotech to unblind all phase-3 trial participants above 45 years and offer the vaccine to those who received a placebo. The reason: vaccines (including Covaxin) are already available under the immunisation programme, and therefore all the eligible age groups should be unblinded for vaccination.
Developed by Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, the vaccine has been licensed to Bharat Biotech to carry out human clinical trials, manufacture the vaccine and distribute them…
According to details posted on the clinical trial registry, the company had planned to “continue the phase-3 trial until 130 study participants developed PCR-confirmed symptomatic COVID-19 disease during follow-up beginning…
While it is unclear if pre-existing antibodies to adenovirus vector will affect vaccine efficacy, it is possible that repeated vaccination using adenovirus-based vaccine either as a booster or as annual vaccination, if the need arises, will result in reduced efficacy due to vector immunity.