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India Begins Booster Doses For Health Workers, Frontline Warriors And Senior Citizens!

Sonia SolankiJanuary 11, 20220

India has started administering the booster doses against COVID-19 on the 10th January. This phase of the vaccination programme includes the health workers, the front line warriors and senior citizens. India Starts Precautionary Dose to curb the surge of Omicron Variant PM Modi had announced the inoculation of a precautionary dose on December 25 last year amid the surge of Omicron variant. The decision will surely help increase the safety net for those who are at higher risk. The health ministry states the CoWIN app will be sending notifications to the eligible candidates. In addition to that eligible people can directly go to the centre to have a jab too. More than 9 lakh precautionary doses were administered on the very first day. There are nearly one crore health workers ...

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PM Modi’s Photo, Name Removed From Vaccine Certificates In 5 Poll-Bound States

Sonia SolankiJanuary 11, 20220

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's photo and name have been removed from the vaccination certificates in all the five poll-bound states. The move has been taken by the Election Commission of India (ECI) to comply with the Model Code of Conduct, which came into effect on Saturday. The filters have been applied on the CoWIN app to remove PM Modi's name and photo from the COVID-19 vaccination certificates. The dates for the assembly elections in five states including Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur were released by ECI on Saturday. PM Modi's Photo And Name Removed From Vaccination Certificates Why PM Modi's Photo And Name Have Been Removed? The move to repeal PM Modi's photo and name from the vaccination certificates came as a measure to follow the Model Code of ...

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PM Chairs Covid-19 Review Meet: Focus On Health Infrastructure And Vaccination Drive

Sonia SolankiJanuary 10, 20220

PM chairs covid-19 review meeting today to understand the situation of the pandemic in the country. The high level meeting aims to understand the preparedness of the health infrastructure and vaccination status of different states. As there is a sharp rise in the number of the cases due to the Omicron variant in the country. So, this meet focuses on this aspect too. The meeting also entitled the importance of testing, tracing, micro containment zones and effective home isolation in asymptomatic or mild cases. PM CHAIRS COVID-19 REVIEW MEET COVID-19 REVIEW MEETING DETAILS: The meeting was attended by the Home Minister Amit Shah, Union Home Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, Minister of Health and Welfare Smt. Bharati Pravin Pawar, NITI Aayog Health Member Rajiv Gauba, Dr. V. K. Paul Min...

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Vaccination Drive For Teenagers Of 15-18 Age Starts Amid Covid Surge; 721521 Lakh Registers On CoWIN

Sonia SolankiJanuary 3, 20220

Vaccination drive for teenagers starts across the nation as of today. More than 7 Lakh teenagers registers themselves on CoWIN App, which started on 1st Jan 2022. The eligible age group for vaccination in kids as of now is 15-18 years. Any teenager born in 2007 or before is eligible for the first dose of vaccination. For this phase of vaccination drive for teenagers only Covaxin is the option available. It will include two jabs with a gap of 28 days. Though Corbevax and Cocovax are still under trials for usage of 5-18 age group. Vaccination for teenagers was announced by the PM Modi on 25th Dec 2021 due to rise in Omicron cases. Vaccinating teenagers with Covaxin with two doses 28 days apart AIM of this vaccination drive is to protect the young India as stated by the Union Health ...

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Omicron Rise: New Rules Set For Festive Weekend To Curb The Spread Across The Nation

Sonia SolankiDecember 24, 20210

Omicron rise in different States across the country brings a new set of rules. These new rules and regulations are announced recently only by the different states. Certainly, these set of guidelines is formed keeping in mind about the festivals, Xmas, and New Year around the corner. At this moment India's tally of Omicron is 341. Maharashtra has 88cases, followed by Delhi at 64. Amid the rise of Omicron PM Modi calls a COVID-19 Review meeting to discuss the situation. As a result of this meeting, the Center government asks the state to impose local restrictions if needed ahead of the festive season. States need to stay more active in keeping a check on the positivity rate, doubling rate, and formation of new groups across different districts, as advised by the Center. The Union Health Min...

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Bharat Biotech Applied for Phase III Trial of Booster Dose of Nasal Vaccine

Gunjan ChaudharyDecember 21, 20210

The country's leading biotechnology company Bharat Biotech has applied to the DGCI (Pharmaceutical Controller General of India) for the Phase III trial of a booster dose of its nasal anti-Covid vaccine. Giving this information on Monday, sources said that this booster dose can be given to those people who have got any of the vaccine either Covaxin or Covishield. As we all know these days the country is currently at risk of a new and more infectious Omicron variant of the corona virus. Cases of infection have started increasing once again in the country and it is feared that by February next year, the third wave of corona pandemic may come in the country. Day by day the cases of the variant of the corona virus are increasing that too in different states. Even to counter it the internati...

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COVOVAX Vaccine By Serum Institute of India Gets Emergency Approval From WHO

Sonia SolankiDecember 20, 20210

Covovax Vaccine by the Serum Institute of India [SII] gets the approval from the WHO for emergency use. Under the license from Novavax, Covovax will be produced in India by the SII. It is a part of COVAX, a worldwide initiative aimed at providing, equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines. Moving ahead in this direction the WHO issuing emergency use listing of the Covovax is a step in expanding the basket of jabs validated by the global health body against Corona. As a result of this step by the WHO Covovax becomes the 9th vaccine to be listed. Meanwhile Adar Poonawalla tweets, "This is yet another milestone in our fight against COVID-19, showing excellent safety and efficacy. Thank you all for a great collaboration." Indeed its a great news among the rising cases of Omicron variant across...

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“Pilgrims Will Have To Take Both Doses Of Vaccine,” The Official Announcement Of The Journey Will Be Made Soon

Nitesh PratapOctober 23, 20210

Union Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said on Friday that those wishing to go for Haj will have to take both doses of anti-coronavirus vaccine. He said that the entire process of Haj-2022 will be under the guidelines on Corona set by the governments of India and Saudi Arabia. After presiding over the Haj review meeting, Naqvi also said that the official announcement of Haj-2022 would be made in the first week of next month. He said that at the same time the process of application will also start. The minister said, "This time keeping in mind the health and corona protocol of Saudi Arabia and the Government of India, preparations for Haj 2022 have been started. The official announcement of Haj 2022 will be made in the first week of November, along with the process of o...

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Robert Pattinson, Lily Collins, Ewan Mc Gregor Comes Forward To Support India In Raising COVID-19 Relief Funds For India

adminMay 10, 20210

India is facing a devastating second wave of coronavirus and the surge of coronavirus has brought its healthcare system to the brink of collapse. Hollywood stars Robert Pattinson, Lily Collins, Ewan Mc Gregor have come forward to help India get out of this horrific situation. British American actor Lilly Collins took to social media to urge people to come forward to support India in raising COVID-19 relief funds. She shared a photo and captioned it as, “India is facing a devastating second wave of COVID-19, and their healthcare system does not have enough resources to care for everybody. They are in dire need of protective equipment, oxygen, medicine, and food to save lives. I have such beautiful memories of my time in India and the country will always hold such a special place in my hear...

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“We Will Defeat COVID-19 Together”, Says President Biden As US Sends Raw Materials To Manufacture COVID-19 Vaccines

adminMay 7, 20210

India is now the second worst-hit country by COVID-19. The second wave of coronavirus has proved to be disastrous for India and has seen hospitals run out of beds, oxygen and morgues and crematoriums are overflowing. Seeing this situation the US Government has come forward to help India come out of this horrific situation. US government has pledged to send 20 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccines to manufacture 500,000 doses of vaccine. Talking about the same Biden had said while answering to a question about when vaccines will be provided to countries like India and Brazil."I am not prepared to announce who else we will be giving the vaccine to, but we are going to by the Fourth of July have spent about 10 percent of what we have to other nations including some of the ones who you mentio...

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“India Accounts For Nearly 50% of World’s New Covid-19 Cases, 25% Of Deaths”, Says WHO

adminMay 6, 20210

Coronavirus is spreading like wildfire in India. Every second person in India is getting infected by the virus and it has become a matter of global concern.WHO, while addressing the whole pandemic situation said on Wednesday that India accounts for nearly 50% of the World's new cases and 25% of deaths in its weekly epidemiological report. The number of daily infections rose to 3,82,315 on Wednesday. India's second wave of coronavirus has been disastrous and has seen hospitals run out of beds and oxygen and morgues and crematoriums are overflowing. Prime Minister Modi has been highly criticized for not taking appropriate measures sooner to curb the spread of the virus. Indian author Arundhati Roy had take taken to her social media to express rage against PM Modi and even asking him to st...

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Indian firm Bharat Biotech Will Be Commencing Phase I Trials Of Intranasal Covid-19 Vaccine Candidate Next Month

adminJanuary 8, 20210

PTI reported Bharat Biotech chairman and managing director, Krishna Ella, as saying in a session of TiE Global Summit that two more facilities could be established for vaccine manufacturing including Covaxin, a vaccine for the coronavirus. Besides Covaxin, Bharat Biotech has been actively working on developing another vaccine, for which it tied up with Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis for the novel "chimp-adenovirus" (Chimpanzee adenovirus), a single dose intranasal vaccine for Covid-19. “I think it will enter into Phase I (next month) because it is going to be a single-dose vaccine. The clinical trial process is also going to be faster.” In September, Bharat Biotech signed a licensing agreement with Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis fo...

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