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Pregnant Women Included in Vaccination Drive

July 2, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, July 2: The Union health and family welfare ministry on Friday extended the Corona vaccination drive to pregnant women. Acting on the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation’s (NTAGI) recommendations, the health ministry said the pregnant women can register themselves for the jab on government-run CoWin portal. They are also eligible for walk-ins […]

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Centre rushes teams to 6 States for COVID-19 control and containment measures

July 2, 2021 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: The Union Government has been leading the fight against the global pandemic with a ‘Whole of Government’ and ‘Whole of Society’ approach. As an ongoing effort to strengthen the efforts of various State/UT Governments for COVID management, the Central Government has been deputing Central teams from time to time to visit various States/UTs. These […]

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Govt Panel Rejects SII”s Application for Covovax Trial on Children

July 1, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, July 1: The Subject Expert Committee of the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) has not approved the Serum Institute of India’s (SII) request to allow clinical trials of its second Coronavirus vaccine “Covovax” on children, official sources said. “The expert panel was of the opinion that more data needs to be examined on […]

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Delta No More a “Variant of Concern” for WHO

July 1, 2021 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, July 1: Even as the Delta variant of COVID-19 globally spread much rapidly than all other variants of the deadly virus last week, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has taken it out of the list of “Variants of Concern” (VOC). “The Delta Plus variant of the coronavirus is not presently a […]

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Zydus Cadila Apply for Emergency Use of ZyCov-D Vaccine

July 1, 2021 Editor In Chief

AHMEDABAD, July 1: Ahmedabad-based pharmaceutical company Zydus Cadila has approached the drug regulator for restricted emergency approval of ZyCov-D, its three-dose Covid-19 vaccine, which if cleared would be the first DNA vaccine available in the world. The company has also claimed that the vaccine can be administered to the children above 12 years and its […]

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Covid-19: 10 EU nations’ nod to SII-manufactured Covishield vaccine

July 1, 2021 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Just a day after Indian External Affairs Minister Dr S. Jaishankar urging the 27-member European Union (EU) to allow entry to those Indians inoculated with India’s Covid-19 vaccines—Covishield and Covaxin–ten EU nations on Thursday allowed the Serum Institute of India (SII)-manufactured Oxford-AstraZeneca jabs (Covishield). India had pressed the EU member […]

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“Urgent Need for Major Reforms in WHO:” Harsh Vardhan

June 30, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, June 30: “India believes there is an urgent need for carrying out ‘major reforms’ in the World Health Organization to ensure a timely, focused and effective response to potential future pandemics, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Wednesday. Vardhan, who is also the chairman of the WHO Executive Board, said the global crisis […]

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“Compensation Must for Corona Deaths:” SC, Asked NDMA to Decide the Amount

June 30, 2021 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, June 30: The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that the government must pay compensation to the family of those who succumbed to Covid-19 but said the court could not fix the amount of compensation which should be left to the centre to decide. The apex court ordered the National Disaster Management […]

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Bharat Biotech’s ‘Covaxin’ neutralizes both Alpha, Delta variants of Coronavirus: US’ top health institute

June 30, 2021 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: The US’ top health institute in its official statement said, “Bharat Biotech’s COVAXIN vaccine generates antibodies that effectively neutralize both Alpha and Delta variants of COVID-19.” The National Institute of Health (NIH) in the United States has found that Bharat Biotech’s COVAXIN vaccine is also effective like other vaccines. The top health research […]

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Fourth Vaccine Moderna Enters India, Fifth in the Pipeline

June 29, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, June 29: The Centre on Tuesday announced the official entry of Moderna Covid-19 vaccine in the Indian market as the fourth drug in its arsenal to fight the deadly infectious disease and said the focus was now on the Pfizer vaccine. “New drug permission has been granted to Moderna, the first internationally developed […]