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Israel has prioritised bivalent mRNA booster vaccines for people at high risk of severe COVID-19, primarily those aged 65 years or older. NEW DELHI: Vulnerable people aged 65 years and over…

The government plans to focus on administering precaution dose of Covid vaccine to 4.7 crore 60-plus population, due for it by July 31, under its ongoing door-to-door Har Ghar Dastak 2.0…

The WHO has said that there is benefit of administering an additional booster dose of the mRNA COVID-19 vaccine for highest risk groups, health workers, those over 60 years of age or with…

Seventy per cent of the people who received a booster dose of the Covid vaccine did not contract the disease during the third wave, according to a new study that covered around 6,000 people…

Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Tuesday played down apprehensions about XE variant of the coronavirus saying it is just another form of Omicron, and asked people to maintain precautions…

Vaccine major Serum Institute of India (SII) has appealed to the government to reduce the gap between the second and booster dose to six months from nine months at present to safeguard…

Researchers noted that symptoms associated with an Omicron infection have less involvement of the lungs and do not last as long in vaccinated people, and more so in people with three…

Ahead of the launch of booster dose for the country’s adult population to fight Covid-19, vaccine makers Serum Institute of India and Bharat Biotech on Saturday slashed vaccine prices. The…

The government on Friday said India’s entire adult population, or those who have turned 18, are eligible for vaccination with a booster dose to fight Covid-19.These precautionary doses will…

Precaution dose of COVID-19 vaccines will be available to all aged above 18 years at private vaccination centres from April 10, the Union Health Ministry announced on Friday. All those…