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COVAXIN® (BBV152) Booster Shown to Neutralize Both Omicron and Delta Variants of SARS-CoV-2
Kolkata - Bharat Biotech, a global leader in vaccine innovation and developer of vaccines for infectious diseases, today announced results from a study conducted at Emory University demonstrating that sera from subjects who received a…
Covid booster doses begin at JNMC
Aligarh : Overall 92 people in the 60-years and above age bracket and healthcare and frontline workers were inoculated with the Covid-19 precautionary dose at the Old OPD Block of the Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College (JNMC),…
Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya reviews Public Health Preparedness to COVID19 and National COVID19 Vaccination…
New Delhi: “Let there be no lapses in our preparedness as we battle this surge of the pandemic. Holistic synergy between Centre and States is most vital for seamless and effective pandemic management”. This was stated by Dr. Mansukh…
Railway Minister reviews COVID Preparedness in all Railway Zones/Divisions
New Delhi: In context of recent surge in COVID cases across the country, Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw, Minister of Railways, directed the senior officials of various Railway zones and divisions to facilitate use of Railway hospitals and health…
PM Narendra Modi lauds vaccination of 2 crore children in 15-18 age group
New Delhi: Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has urged everyone to maintain the momentum of vaccination and has asked everyone to follow Covid appropriate protocol.
Quoting a tweet from the Union Health Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya,…
UK regulator approves use of Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine in 5 to 11-year olds
A new age-appropriate formulation of the Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine (Comirnaty) for use in children aged 5 to 11 years old has been approved today by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) after finding that it…
UK marks 132 million life-saving COVID-19 vaccinations in 2021
Around 132 million COVID-19 vaccinations were administered across all four nations of the UK in 2021, as part of the largest vaccination programme in British history.
It marks the end of a monumental year for the NHS, with over 1.6…
COVAXIN® for Children: Study demonstrates robust safety and immunogenicity in 2-18 Volunteers
Kolkata : Bharat Biotech International Limited (BBIL), a global leader in vaccine innovation and developer of vaccines for infectious diseases, today announced that BBV152 (COVAXINÒ), its whole-virion inactivated COVID-19 vaccine…
People’s support critical for curtailing further spread of Omicron
New Delhi – Calling on people to support measures put in place by countries in view of the new COVID-19 variant and holiday season, the World Health Organization today said the overall threat posed by Omicron will also depend on…
Vaccines shown to induce lower levels of neutralising antibodies against Omicron coronavirus variant
Researchers used blood samples collected from Com-COV2 study participants who had received two doses of standard COVID-19 vaccination schedules to perform neutralisation assays using Omicron virus isolate
Substantial fall in neutralising…