Prakash Kumar Singh, Director, Government and Regulatory Affairs at SII had last week submitted an application to DCGI seeking nod for phase-3, observer-blind, randomised, controlled study to evaluate the safety and immunogenicity of Covovax as booster dose.
Corbevax is India's first indigenously developed Receptor Binding Domain (RBD) Protein sub-unit vaccine against COVID-19.
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said the group of experts has so far not made any recommendation on the vaccination of this category.
Eligible children in the youngest cohort will get a second dose eight weeks after their first dose and can’t receive any vaccination until four weeks after a positive test for coronavirus.
In separate viral videos from Uttar Pradesh's Ballia, two men can be seen taking desperate measures to avoid COVID-19 jabs
On the issue of exempting persons with disabilities from producing vaccination certificates, the Centre told the apex court that it has not issued any SOP that makes it mandatory to carry the vaccination certificate for any purpose.
Stunned over the "miraculous recovery", a three-member medical team was constituted by the government to investigate the matter, doctors said.
Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Manipur and Goa will be held between February 10 and March 7 in seven phases with the counting of votes on March 10, the Election Commission announced on Saturday.
Along with the beginning of vaccination campaign for the precaution dose on January 10, a meeting will also take place by the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) on the same day in light of the Covid situation in the national capital.
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The variant has been reported by researchers at institute IHU Mediterranee Infection in at least 12 cases, and has been linked to travel to African country Cameroon.
As of now, only Bharat Biotech's Covaxin is used for vaccinating children. Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya shared the vaccination date up to 8 pm today.
Teams of medical professionals will visit schools if needed. The Goa government is taking all measures as per protocols to flatten the COVID-19 curve.
Stating that the country's Covid-19 vaccination programme has been one of the most successful and largest vaccination programmes compared with the many developed western nations, the Ministry said that the claims made by the news agency does not 'represent the complete picture'.
In the context of the vaccination of the age group 15-18 years, the Union Health Secretary informed the States/UTs that only 'Covaxin' is to be administered in this population category.
Earlier on Monday, the health ministry said that the gap between the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine and the precaution dose will be 9 months.
The Cowin platform chief Dr. Sharma further explained the requirement of a comorbidity certificate from a registered physician is mandatory for the third shot.
Dr Sanjay K Rai, who is also the president of the Indian Public Health Association, said before implementing the decision, data from countries that have already started vaccinating children should be analysed.
Gandhi's remarks came a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that "precaution dose" for healthcare and frontline workers would be administered from January 10.
PM Modi announced the vaccine for children yesterday. The children between 15 to 18 years will now be vaccinated from January 3, and the elderly will be able to get precautionary doses from January 10.
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