Body's natural immune response following Covid infection is sustained for up to seven months, but these antibodies are not sufficient against contemporary variants of the virus, finds a study suggesting the importance of vaccines against the infectious disease.
The Congress has been criticising the government's vaccination policy, alleging that it is moving at a slow pace and needs to be accelerated.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) recently announced the Lambda variant as a 'variant of concern', meaning it was something to watch out for. On June 14, the WHO designated this variant, previously known as C.37, as the seventh and newest one.
Krishna Roy was suffering from post-Covid complications for a long time. She was taken to Chennai from Kolkata sometime back.
More than 1.66 crore balance and unutilized COVID-19 vaccine doses are still available with the states, UTs and private hospitals to be administered, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday.
In a recent guideline, the government has approved the vaccination for pregnant women. Now all mothers-to-be can be protected from Covid-19. The benefits of vaccinating pregnant women seem to far outweigh any theoretical and remote risk of vaccination.
Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan, took to social media and shared a poem urging his fans and followers to take precautions against COVID-19 amid the ongoing pandemic.
Naresh,29, died of Covid on April 15. But his body was kept in the mortuary at the Lala Lajpat Rai Memorial Medical College (LLRMMC) in Meerut.
Vidya Balan, who is currently being lauded for her role in Amit Masurkar's 'Sherni' acknowledges that "the coronavirus pandemic put a tremendous amount of pressure and stress on our healthcare workers".
The Punjabi Basti and Janata market in Nangloi area of the national capital have been closed till July 6 for gross violation of Covid-appropriate behaviour.
A possible third wave of coronavirus infection can hit its peak between October-November if Covid-appropriate behaviour is not followed.
The camp was organised on Friday as part of the civic body’s attempt to cover the neglected sections of the society under the vaccination programme, spokesperson of the NMMC, Mahendra Konde, said.
India's cumulative vaccination coverage increased to 34.46 crores, according to the Union Health Ministry on Saturday.
The DDMA has allowed the Main Bazar, Laxmi Nagar from Vikas Marg to Lovely Public School, Kishan Kunj, and its surrounding markets to open from today (July 3).
Sitharaman, who is on a 2-day visit to Karnataka, said that she had already assured all the stakeholders about convening a special session in which every issue related to GST compensation would be discussed in detail.
Indraprastha Apollo in Delhi started administering Sputnik V in a staged manner from Wednesday. Around 1,000 people have been vaccinated so far, a hospital spokesperson said.
This incident took place on the eve of Doctor's Day, which is being celebrated in the country on Wednesday.
Under the assistance, each landless farmer would get additional Rs 1,000 apart from the installment under the KALIA scheme.
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