Vaccines Covishield and Covaxin work against SARS-CoV-2 variants Alpha, Beta, Gamma and Delta, while effectiveness tests against the Delta Plus variant is ongoing, the government said on Friday.
The Gurugram health department has announced a price cap for the administration of Covid-19 vaccines in private hospitals.
India on Tuesday administered around 53 lakh doses of Covid-19 vaccines. This is a nearly 40 per cent drop from Monday’s record-breaking 88 lakh inoculations.
The Union Health Ministry has said that over 85.15 lakh vaccine doses, the highest in a single day, were administered across the country on Monday.
The United States has announced a plan to share 55 million of the 80 million Covid-19 vaccine doses promised to the world by President Joe Biden.
With Delhi receiving fresh stock of 1,67,000 Covishield doses for people in the 18-44 age group, the total number of Covid vaccines available for the group has now gone up to 2,95,000, senior AAP leader and MLA Atishi said on Saturday.
The US-based biotechnology company Novavax has tied up with the Serum Institute of India (SII) to manufacture its Covid-19 vaccine, namely Covovax.
Sonia Gandhi has taken both doses of the Covishield vaccine, the Congress said on Thursday.
India will revisit the dosage interval for Covishield vaccine and take appropriate action based on emerging data, NK Arora, chairperson of the working group of immunisation advisory body NTAGI, said.
The government had in May increased the gap between two doses of Covishield from four-six weeks to 12-16 weeks.
He also said that the emerging evidence and reports regarding efficacy of partial versus full immunisation are also under consideration.
A single dose of COVID-19 vaccine is sufficient for an infected person as there was a greater antibody response when compared with those who havehad no prior infection, according to a study released by AIG Hospitals on Monday.
The government Friday said there is no need to panic on the need for an immediate change in the dosage interval of Covishield vaccine, underlining that reducing the time gap requires proper scientific study in the Indian scenario.
A low number of platelets -- blood cells that help prevent blood loss when vessels are damaged -- can result in no symptoms or can lead to an increased risk of bleeding or, in some cases, clotting, the researchers said.
The Uttar Pradesh government will organise special vaccination booths for street vendors, auto-rickshaw drivers, e-rickshaw and rickshaw drivers in a bid to encourage them to take the jabs.
The Central government on Tuesday also said that it has decided to increase the supply of two made-in-India vaccines - Covishield and Covaxin.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday announced a centralised Covid-19 vaccine policy.
'Each One Pay One' scheme will aim to fund Covid-19 vaccines for the poor.
The study said that both vaccines-- Covishield and Covaxin-- elicited a good response after two doses, but seropositivity rate and median anti-spike antibody were significantly higher in Covishield.
Special 'pink booths' will start functioning in Uttar Pradesh from today to encourage women to take Covid vaccine.
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