India has started vaccinating children aged 12 to 14 years from today as it expands its COVID-19 vaccination coverage. Starting today the condition of co-morbidity for people aged 60 and above to get a precautionary dose has also been removed, and now everyone above the age of 60 can take booster shots. The COVID-19 vaccine to be administered to those… Continue reading "India begins vaccination for children aged between 12 t o14"
Vaccination opens for teens in the 15 to 18 age group from today amid a surge of Covid cases in multiple cities. Over 8 lakh teens have registered in the government’s CoWin portal and all will get a dose of Covaxin. It is, however, to be noted that only Bharat Biotech’s indigenously-made shot ‘Covaxin’ will be used for vaccinating this… Continue reading "India starts vaccinating 15-18 year olds"
The centre cleared two more vaccines today and one anti-viral drug to boost the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. The two latest vaccines cleared by India are Corbevax and Covovax. The anti-viral drug Molnupiravir can be used only in an emergency, Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya tweeted this morning. Corbevax is India’s first homegrown “RBD protein sub-unit vaccine”, the Health Minister… Continue reading "Central government gives nod for two more vaccines and one anti-viral drug"
India has reached a new milestone with over 42 crore people getting themselves vaccinated against coronavirus. The country registered 35,342 fresh cases and 483 deaths. So far, 4.19 lakh people have died of Covid in the country. Kerala contributed 12,818 cases to the country’s daily numbers. The southern state has also reported 44 cases of mosquito-borne Zika virus. As many… Continue reading "India reaches a new milestone in vaccination"