New Delhi: Mathematical calculations indicate that Covaxin may provide immunity against Covid-19 for 9 to 12 months, and there may be a booster shot after this period elapses, Y.K. Gupta, the President of AIIMS Bhopal and Jammu, told IANS. Stressing on the safety and effectiveness of Covaxin, Gupta, former Dean (Academics), and ex-Head, Department of […]
New Delhi: The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare informed on Saturday that 7,688 beneficiaries of the first dose of Covid vaccine turned up to receive their second shot, which comes to just 4 per cent of the beneficiaries who received vaccines on the launch day of the nationwide Covid immunisation drive on January […]
New Delhi: A day after the start of the second phase of the COVID-19 vaccination drive, senior Union ministers, including Health Minister Harsh Vardhan and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, got themselves inoculated on Tuesday and appealed to all eligible people to take the jab. Law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas […]
New Delhi: The health authorities in Denmark said on Thursday that they are temporarily suspending the use of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine as a precautionary measure after some patients developed blood clots since receiving the jab, including one who died, digital news publisher The Local reported. The move comes “following reports of serious cases of blood […]
New Delhi: Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin has a negligible number of side effects reported among the beneficiaries of the Covid-19 vaccine, NITI Aayog’s Member (Health), VK Paul said on Thursday. “The vaccine has been administered so far to 19 lakh people and only 311 individuals of them have reported minimal side effects. “It has stood the […]
Haveri (Karnataka): Exactly a month after directing his staff to visit Karnataka Agriculture Minister B.C. Patil’s house to administer the Covid-19 vaccine, the health officer of Hirekerur taluk, Z.R. Makandar, has been suspended by the state’s Health and Family Welfare Department. After conducting a thorough inquiry into the matter, K.V. Trilok Chandra, the Commissioner of […]
New Delhi: Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine is 91.4 per cent effective in providing protection against COVID-19 and has demonstrated 100 per cent efficacy against severe coronavirus cases, the vaccine’s developers said on Monday. “The efficacy of the Sputnik V vaccine is 91.4 per cent, based on the final control point analysis of data obtained 21 […]
New York: An epic vaccination campaign against the deadly coronavirus pandemic began in the US Monday as health workers rolled up their sleeves to get their first shots of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine even as the country’s death toll inched towards 300,000 and total cases crossed 16 million in just 11 months. “I feel hopeful today. […]
New Delhi: While the Central Government has geared up for the vaccination drive, more than 50 per cenr of India’s population has expressed caution towards taking the coronavirus vaccine, a survey revealed on Thursday. The survey holds importance at a time when questions are being raised on both the safety and efficacy of the vaccines […]
Moscow: India will produce about 300 million doses of the Russian Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine in 2021, the head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) Kirill Dmitriev said in an interview with a TV channel. “In India, we have agreements with four large manufacturers. …India will produce about 300 million doses or more of […]
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