The vaccine is 85 pc effective against severe/critical disease and demonstrated protection against hospitalisation and death from the deadly coronavirus.
The Com-Cov trial, led by researchers from the University of Oxford, looked at the efficacy of either two doses of Pfizer, two of AstraZeneca, or one of them followed by the other.
All COVID-19 vaccinations scheduled for Wednesday at government-run centres in Gautam Buddh Nagar have been deferred to July 6, officials said on Tuesday.
The distribution of medicines as well as oxygen cylinders by politicians and celebrities at a time when even the government was finding it hard to keep up with the demand had raised eyebrows.
The AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine produces an improved immune response with a longer dose gap of up to 45 weeks, and a third shot is able to boost antibody levels even further, according to a study in the UK.
Mumbai-based pharmaceutical firm Cipla has received the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) nod to import Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine for restricted emergency use in India, sources told news agency PTI.
"In a raid on Monday night, we picked up Deb's cousin from the Naktala area and another 52-year-old man from the northern part of the city. Both were actively involved with Deb," the officer said
All Covishield vaccinations scheduled for June 29 at government centres in Gautam Buddh Nagar have been deferred to July 5, officials said on Monday.
Noting that India's Covid vaccination drive "keeps gaining" momentum, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday that "vaccines for all, free for all" remains the government's commitment.
According to information provided to the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) by the Pune-based Serum Institute of India, it has sent 45 batches of Covishield, amounting to 10. 80 crore doses, to the Central Drugs Laboratory, Kasauli for release in June so far
India has the capacity to store vaccines that may require a lower temperature in the range of minus 15 to minus 20 degrees Celsius and there are over 29,000 cold chain points (CCPs) across the country where vaccines are stored at the recommended temperatures, the Centre has told the Supreme Court.
Indraprastha Apollo had earlier said that it would tentatively start administering the two-dose vaccine by June 25. A Max Group Hospitals spokesperson said: "Sputnik V Covid vaccine is not available as of today."
PM Modi's appeal comes amid concerns over new variants - like the Delta strain - in India, where more than half the population is still not vaccinated.
The roll-out of Russian COVID-19 vaccine 'Sputnik V' at various private hospitals in the Delhi-NCR region has been delayed again
Nani, Rahul Bose and Apurva Asrani took to social media to share with their fans that they received their COVID vaccine.
TMC MP Mimi Chakraborty has complained of severe dehydration and stomach cramps. Mimi said that she felt unconscious following a round of profuse sweating and later was attended by doctors who diagnosed her with low blood pressure
More than 1.45 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses are still available with states and union territories and over 19,10,650 jabs are in the pipeline.
Taranjit Singh Sandhu on Friday visited the facilities of pharma major Novavax saying its partnership with Serum Institute of India (SII) is an example of the “robust” India-US healthcare cooperation.
While the benefits of vaccination substantially outweigh the risk of this relatively rare outcome, the research groups stressed that clinicians should be alert to this possible adverse event and look for this rare neurological syndrome following the administration of Covid-19 vaccines.
Sonia Gandhi also called upon the partymen to continue to put pressure on the union government to ensure that the daily rate of vaccination trebles so that 75 per cent of the population gets fully vaccinated by end of this year
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