All beneficiaries aged 18 to 59 will receive the precaution dose 26 weeks or 6 months after the second dose was delivered at a private Covid vaccination centre. The Union Health Ministry on Wednesday changed the interval between the second COVID vaccine dose and precautionary dose from the previous 9 months to 6 months in…
In NEW DELHI: The Center has requested that all states and union territories make sure that anyone attending large meetings or making a pilgrimage is asymptomatic and, ideally, fully immunized against Covid-19. In a letter to states and UTs on Tuesday, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan warned that large-scale gatherings associated with holidays and yatras…
According to data from the health ministry updated on Monday morning, India reported 17,073 new Covid-19 cases and 21 fatalities in the previous 24 hours. The total number of casualties reported in India was 5,25,020 there was a massive jump of 5,334 new infections reported. The number of active cases in the country now stands…
The national drug regulator has recently granted the emergency use authorisation (EUA) to Bharat Biotech Covaxin for children belonging to the age group of 6 to 12 years. This will now rollout the need for vaccinating children under the age of 12. India has been consistently rolling out the Covid-19 vaccines based on epidemiological…
Studies demonstrate that insusceptibility presented by a past Omicron infection isn’t to the point of preventing reinfection or safeguarding against different variations. True information shows that a third portion is required for better security against extreme infection or hospitalization because of Omicron. A fourth dose may not be required for everybody, except specialists emphatically suggest…
For emergency use, Covaxin has been given the approval to be utilized in 13 countries from January 31st as per WHO. Giving complete details about Covaxin, the minister of state ( MoS ) for health, Bharati Pravin Pawar in Lok Sabha said that covaxin has been granted by EUL Or emergency use listing by the…
COVID-19 vaccination coverage in India has crossed almost 165.6 crore with over 53 lakh vaccine doses administered this Saturday, as per a recent report by the Union health ministry. The regular vaccination tally is expected to double up with the compilation of the final reports, as per recent statement. Approximately, 53,96,51,188 first doses have been…
The ‘precaution dose’ administration of COVID-19 vaccine to the frontline healthcare workers along with those above 60 years of age in the country is all set to begin on Monday. The ‘precaution dose’ online registration on the Co-WIN platform began on (January 8). All FLWs, HCWs & citizens above 60 years of age with comorbidities…
Senior residents won’t need to create a clinical testament or prescription or confirmation of their frail condition while taking the Covid-19 third dose yet they are recommended to go for the “precautionary dose” solely after they are medicinally encouraged to do as such. As per the letter sent by health secretary Rajesh Bhushan to states…
The aggregate COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the nation crossed 118 crore on Tuesday, the Union Health Ministry said. More than 68 lakh vaccine doses have been registered on Tuesday till 7 pm, it said while underlining the count is relied upon to increment with the accumulation of the last reports for the day by…