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In an email, Dr. Gagandeep Kang, Professor of Microbiology at CMC Vellore and Dr. Chandrakant Lahariya, physician-epidemiologist and a vaccines and health systems expert discuss the ethical and structural challenges…
The study has been published in the journal Mayo Clinic Proceedings. “Our study shows that COVID-19 vaccines have a great benefit in reducing infection and severity of disease. Vaccination helps…
The study evaluated the neutralisation potential in people vaccinated with Covaxin and found that there was a 3- and 2.7-fold reduction in neutralisation titers against the beta (B.1.351) and delta…
The seropositivity rates and the median antibody titre against spike protein was “significantly higher” in those vaccinated with Covishield compared with Covaxin, according to a preprint posted in medRxiv. Preprints…
The two private vaccine manufacturers — Serum Institute and Bharat Biotech — are required to supply 50% of vaccine produced to the Central government and the balance to State governments…
A preprint of the study carried out by ICMR and Bharat Biotech researchers has been posted in biorXiv. Preprints are yet to be peer-reviewed and published in medical journals. So…
A large percentage of those aged 18-44 years does not have the resources to pay for vaccines and hence will fall through the cracks. So, the States will have to…
While Maharashtra is still reporting the most cases daily, there has been a slip dip in the last few days. It is a bit early to say if the second…
