Booster Dose

India may reconsider the nine-month gap between the second Covid-19 shot and the booster dose for those travelling overseas, especially to countries mandating that arriving travellers have been administered a third shot, people familiar…
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The central government is yet to decide on reducing the gap between the second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine and the precaution dose from the current nine months to six months, reported ANI on Saturday, quoting sources. This comes as…
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देश में कोरोना संक्रमण की रफ्तार तेजी से कम हो रही है और इस बीच इसके खतरे को पूरी तरह से खत्म करने के लिए सरकार ने बड़ा फैसला लिया है। रविवार यानी 10 अप्रैल से देश के हर वयस्क नागरिक को कोरोना वैक्सीन की बूस्टर डोज लगवाने की सुविधा रहेगी।…
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India is considering expanding availability of booster vaccine doses to all adults, news agency Reuters reported Monday quoting sources close to the matter. The government has yet to decide if the booster dose will be free of charge,…
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The Subject Expert Committee of India`s apex drugs authority Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has recommended permission for vaccine manufacturer Serum Institute of India to conducting Phase 3 trial of Covovax as booster dose in…
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The efficacy of third doses of the Pfizer and Moderna mRNA vaccines wanes substantially by the fourth month after administration, a new study by the US Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Friday. Though it's now well…
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Amid the sudden surge in COVID-19 cases due to Omicron and the need for booster doses for better protection, Biological E has been given the nod by the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) to conduct phase 3 trials of its vaccine…
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has recently announced that frontline and health workers, along with people above the age of 60 with comorbidities, will be administered another dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, which is being called the…
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As the Omicron variant has spread to many states in the past few weeks, Prime Minister Narendra Modi decided to address the nation on the night of December 25, urging citizens to keep calm and maintain all the proper COVID-19 restrictions…
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has criticised the prevailing idea of blanket administration of booster doses of vaccines against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), pointing out that undertaking such a policy will widen the…
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