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The findings come amidst public concerns and widespread speculation linking COVID-19 vaccination to sudden cardiac events or other unexplained deaths occurring in adults, particularly post-pandemic.
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In January 2021, India launched the Vaccine Maitri (Vaccine Friendship) initiative - a major diplomatic effort to gift and supply made-in-India vaccines to low-income and developing countries globally.
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COVID-19 vaccines greatly reduced the number of cases of severe COVID-19 for everyone regardless of their body size
Vaccine effectiveness was similar for those with a higher BMI and of a healthy weight, but slightly lower in the underweight group
People with very low and very high BMI were more likely to experience severe disease than vaccinated healthy weight people
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Monkeypox outbreak: Social media posts claiming the chimpanzee adenovirus vector used in AstraZeneca's Covid vaccine, causes Monkeypox have surfaces, PTI reported.
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PM Modi, who is in Tokyo to attend the Quad Summit 2020 also said India and Japan are natural partners and Tokyo has played an important role in India`s development journey.
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The two candidates, both containing inactivated or "killed" Omicron virus and similar to the two Sinopharm vaccines in use in China.
Both the candidates will be tested in adults who have already received two or three vaccine doses.
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Over 192.27 crores vaccine doses have been provided to States/UTs
The nationwide Covid-19 vaccination drive started on 16 January 2021
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Corbevax is given in two doses scheduled 28 days apart
The government has not taken a decision yet on vaccinating those aged below 15 years
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Covovax already has EUA for restricted use in emergency situations in adults on December 28
The government has not yet decided on vaccinating those aged below 15
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Ocugen, Inc is co-developing Bharat Biotech`s Covaxin vaccine candidate for COVID-19 in USA and Canada
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Corbevax is India`s first indigenously developed RBD protein sub-unit vaccine against Covid-19
India has administered both doses of Covid vaccines over 1.5 crore adolescents of 15 to 18 age group
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The letter was written by Barbara Lee; Judy Chu, chair of the influential Congressional Asian American Pacific Caucus; Raul Ruiz, chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus; and Joyce Beatty, chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus.
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The WHO has said that current Covid-19 vaccines may need to be updated
The current vaccines provide a high level of protection against severe disease and death caused by Variants Of Concern
But future vaccines that can prevent infection and transmission need to be developed, it added
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According to the Union Health Ministry, only Bharat Biotech's 'Covaxin' will be administered in this population category.
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Israel was one of the first countries in the world to carry out a broad vaccination campaign in its adult and adolescent population early this year, and it became the first country to carry out a widespread booster campaign over the summer.
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US will accept WHO-approved COVID-19 vaccines for international visitors.
CDC will release additional guidance as the travel requirements are finalized.
Earlier in September, the White House had announced the US would lift travel restrictions on air travelers in November
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Sputnik Light vaccine is based on human adenovirus serotype 26
Sputnik Light has proven effective against all new strains of coronavirus
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Telangana will be the first state to start trials of BVLOS drone flights for delivery of COVID-19 vaccines.
From September 11 onwards, BVLOS drone flights will take place for 9-10 km distances.
These flights will be with consignments of vaccines, medical samples and other healthcare items.
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Some of the newest vaccines, like the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, are grown in cells in large fermentation tanks. Recombinant protein vaccines, such as the hepatitis B vaccine, are made inside bacteria, then purified for use.
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Oxford researchers have claimed that Pfizer, AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines are less effective against Delta variant
They, however, said that these vaccines still offer good protection against new infections
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