Google doodle stressed on the importance of wearing masks and getting vaccinated in the fight against the virus threat and emerging cases on Omicron variant. On Sunday, India completed one year of administering COVID-19 vaccines.
Children are at a huge risk of COVID-19 infection, especially with the mutations the virus is going through. As India braces for the third wave, here is a look at vaccine choices that are available for young kids around the world.
Sources in the health dept stated that till date, the state govt has vaccinated 76 pc of the targeted population against COVID.
The research, published in the journal Nature, may help design vaccines and antibody treatments that will be effective against not only Omicron but other variants that may emerge in the future.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a televised address to the nation on Saturday night, announced that vaccination against COVID-19 for children between 15-18 years will start from January 3.
The healthcare and frontline workers and citizens above 60 years of age with comorbidities would be administered the third dose of the same vaccine they had been given before.
According to Trent Twomey, National President of the Pharmacy Guild, if modelling shows that it's best for people to get a Covid jab "every six months", then people should do so, Sky News reported.
Union Health Minister was responding to a question on whether the vaccinations that are given in the country are effective to develop immunity for this variant.
The panel recommended the unusual move of giving preference to Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, and late Thursday the CDC’s director, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, accepted the panel’s advice.
The Union govt is committed to accelerating the pace and expanding the scope of COVID vaccination throughout the country.
According to Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, it's worth noting that those people who got both doses of vaccine and were infected with corona had very mild symptoms.
Evusheld is a combination of two long-acting monoclonal antibodies and is the only antibody therapy authorised in the US for COVID-19 pre-exposure prophylaxis. It is delivered as an intramuscular dose, the company said.
With Omicron raising concerns about Covid vaccines' efficacy, drugmakers are stress-testing existing jabs while also racing to prepare new formulas.
The selection follows “vax” as word of the year from the folks who publish the Oxford English Dictionary. And it comes after Merriam-Webster chose “pandemic” as tops in lookups last year on its online site.
Last week on Thursday, The Delhi High Court directed the Centre to clarify its stand on administering a booster dose to those who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, saying it does not want a second-wave-like situation on account of being conservative.
Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya said that a decision on booster dose would be taken based on the expert recommendation only, adding that, the priority is to complete the adult vaccination programme with both doses at the earliest.
It is mandatory for all ration card holders to get both their shots and it is also the responsibility of the seller to check whether the customer has followed these protocols, MP government's new order said.
The health ministry further said that so far 1,23,19,12,030 vaccine doses have been provided to States, UTs through free of cost channel and through the direct state procurement category.
Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova told a government meeting Wednesday that 82.8 per cent of 301,500 hospital beds reserved for coronavirus patients were filled as of Tuesday morning.
The Union Health Minister also informed that under 'Har ghar dastak', healthcare workers are going to all houses to carry out the vaccination drive. 96 countries have recognised Covaxin & Covishield. People can see the list via CoWIN app.
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