The Union Health Ministry's decision to relax the norms about the precaution dose for overseas travellers was based on recommendations by the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI).
Similarly, COVID precaution dose administration for the age group 18-59 yrs also started from April 10, 2022, onwards, it stated.
Additionally, over 97 pc of India's adult population have also received their first dose of vaccine against COVID.
"There may be need for yet again another boost- in this case, a 4th-dose boost for an individual receiving mRNA- that could be based on age, as well as underlying conditions," Dr Fauci said.
As part of the nationwide vaccination drive, Indian Govt has been supporting the states, UTs by providing them COVID vaccines free of cost.
India reported 34,973 new COVID-19 cases and 260 fatalities in the last 24 hours. The new fatalities pushed the COVID death toll to 4,42,009 in the country. 37,681 got recovered in the same duration. India has 3,90,646 active cases of COVID. Kerala reported 26,200 new COVID cases and 114 deaths in past 24 hours. Under the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive, 72,37,84,586 vaccine doses have been administered.
More than 1.44 crore balance and unutilised COVID-19 vaccine doses are still available with the states, UTs and private hospitals to be administered.
Director of Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) Jagat Ram on May 14 said that the institute is fully prepared for the vaccination for age group of 18-44.
New Delhi, Aug 4: Ailing Air India today got a fresh equity infusion of Rs 1200 crore in the third instance of financial assistance to the beleaguered national carrier from the government.The decision was taken
Top News
Latest News
