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Population, disease burden, wastage of vaccines will affect vaccine allocation to states/UTs
According to the revised vaccination policy of the Government of India, vaccine doses from the Government of India will be allocated to states and...
By Newsmeter Network Published on 8 Jun 2021 11:22 AM GMT
Students travelling abroad can now get Covishield second dose before 84 days
The Central government reduced the time for the second dose of Covishield vaccine from 84 days to four weeks for students and employees traveling...
By Newsmeter Network Published on 7 Jun 2021 3:13 PM GMT
Several COVID medicines delisted: Here is new list of treatment guidelines
Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has dropped a number of drugs from the list of medicines used to treat asymptomatic and mild COVID...
By Sumit Jha Published on 7 Jun 2021 10:05 AM GMT
Explained: Why certain vaccinated individuals are not developing antibodies
Health care professionals are concerned that the COVID-19 vaccine might have a lower protection rate among immunosuppressed individuals.
By Dr Ravi Andrews Published on 6 Jun 2021 10:36 AM GMT
Routes to take if you're going for mega vaccination drive at Hitex on 6 June
The Cyberabad traffic police on Saturday issued a traffic advisory for those going for the mega vaccine drive at HITEX Exhibition Ground in Madhapur...
By Newsmeter Network Published on 5 Jun 2021 2:03 PM GMT
CCMB Hyderabad, BHU detect 7 COVID-19 strains, including Delta, in Varanasi region
The CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad, and Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi, have collaboratively sequenced...
By Newsmeter Network Published on 4 Jun 2021 12:37 PM GMT
Centre pre-books 30 crore doses of Hyderabad-based Biological-E's under trial vaccine
It will be the second made-in-India vaccine to be used in the country after Bharat Biotech's Covaxin.
By Newsmeter Network Published on 3 Jun 2021 5:06 AM GMT
Ease lockdown only in districts with less than 5% positivity rate, says ICMR
ICMR said that the un-lockdown process should happen in a district where the positivity rate is below 5 per cent, above 70 per cent the vulnerable...
By Newsmeter Network Published on 1 Jun 2021 12:08 PM GMT
Centre to discontinue Remdesivir allocation to states
Union minister of state for chemicals and fertilizers Mansukh Mandaviya on Saturday said the government has decided to discontinue Central allocation...
By Newsmeter Network Published on 29 May 2021 9:41 AM GMT
Hyderabad's IIL to supply stock to Bharat Biotech for production of Covaxin
In a bid to augment vaccine production, the government has decided to support some public sector companies with grants under the Mission COVID...
By Newsmeter Network Published on 29 May 2021 3:32 AM GMT
One batch of Covaxin takes 120 days to manufacture, test and release
The timeline for manufacturing, testing, and releasing a batch of Covaxin is approximately 120 days, depending on the technology framework and...
By Newsmeter Network Published on 28 May 2021 1:02 PM GMT
Centre says mixing vaccines 'unlikely' to produce significant adverse effects
Dr. V.K Paul, member (health) of NITI Aayog, said that according to government protocol, a person will be administered two doses of the same vaccine....
By Newsmeter Network Published on 27 May 2021 1:40 PM GMT
