According to virologist Shahid Jameel, the effectiveness of current COVID-19 vaccines, Covaxin and Covishied, against the double mutant variant has not yet been tested
Vaccine hesitant people may have anxiety over safety concerns, or they might belong to a community that historically has mistrusted the medical establishment, according to the...
WHO director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that the COVAX programme, run with the GAVI vaccine alliance, needed 10 million doses immediately to inoculate healthcare workers and...
Gavi, which runs COVAX jointly with the World Health Organisation and the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, has already distributed 31 million doses of the AstraZeneca...
Holi 2021: The central government has advised states and Union Territories (UTs) to impose restrictions in public observance of upcoming festivals and limit or do away...
Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla said that the country is passing through a critical juncture as COVID-19 cases and deaths have been on the rise
According to the Union Health Minister, the vaccines are effective against SARS-CoV-2 and its current variants and that the government is keeping a watch on the...
It is well established by research studies in the published literature that the vaccines available in our country, both Covishield and Covaxin, are effective against the...
Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan has advised Uttarakhand government to increase the number of RT-PCR tests and to follow the standard operating procedures issued by the...
As per a new Standard operating procedure (SOP) for Holi celebrations issued by the Meghalaya government, person above 65 years of age, persons with comorbidities, pregnant...
The change in Co-WIN comes after the Health Ministry announced that the second dose of Oxford’s COVID-19 vaccine Covishield can be given four to eight weeks...
According to experts, research is going on to check if the variant, where two mutations come together in the same virus, maybe more infectious or less...
