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India's cumulative Covid-19 vaccination coverage exceeds 1.96 bn mark

India's cumulative Covid-19 vaccination coverage exceeded the 1.96 bn mark on Saturday, informed the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

Over 121 mn unutilized Covid vaccine doses still available with states, UTs

Over 121.4 mn balance and unutilized COVID-19 vaccine doses are still available with the States and UTs to be administered, informed the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Saturday

Expert panel approves use of Serum Institute's Covovax for 7-11-year olds

India started vaccinating adolescents (aged 15-18) from January, and further expanded the drive to include children as young as 12 years from March

Covid vaccines prevented 20 million deaths in first year of rollout: Study

While more than 7 million deaths were likely averted in countries covered by Covax, the WHO-backed distribution program, the research nonetheless highlights the devastation caused by uneven access

Home truths about door-to-door vaccinations for persons with disabilities

Denial of doses to persons without IDs, absence of segregated data and low awareness pose question mark on campaign

Booster shot in need of a boost as citizens shy away despite Covid surge

Fewer than 20% have taken precautionary vaccine dose, with Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru accounting for a quarter of the jabs taken by the 18-59 age group

IMF warns of risks from China's slowing Covid-19 vaccination rates

About 375 million people over the age of 15 in China have yet to receive three doses of a vaccine, while the daily vaccination rate has fallen below 800,000 per day

Over 4.2 million deaths in India prevented by Covid vaccines in 2021: Study

Covid-19 vaccines prevented over 42 lakh potential deaths in India in 2021, said a study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases journal

Step up Covid-19 testing and genome sequencing: Mansukh Mandaviya

India reported 13,313 new cases in the last 24 hours and the active caseload currently stands at 83,990

DCGI panel to review on Friday SII applications for Covovax use among kids

The expert panel in its last meeting in April had sought more data from SII following its application seeking the emergency use authorization of Covovax for seven to 11 years

Biological E gets WHO nod to be addl facility for production of J&J vaccine

Biological E has received the WHO nod to be an additional facility for production of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine. "Congratulations to @biological_e on its @WHO approval as an additional manufacturing site for the Janssen/Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine! Great progress for the Quad Vaccine and #USIndiaHealth partnerships through U.S. technical support and @DFCgov financing," the US embassy in India said in a tweet on Wednesday. India's first indigenously developed RBD protein subunit vaccine, Biological E's Corbevax, is currently being used to inoculate children in the age group of 12 to 14 years. The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) recently approved Corbevax as a precaution dose for those aged 18 and above.

Data story: India logs 12,249 new Covid cases, active tally over 80,000

India has added 86,128 cases in the past 7 days

Data story: India logs 9,923 new cases; over 82,000 infections in 7 days

The count of active cases across India on June 20 saw an increase of 2,613

Bharat Biotech's Covaxin induces wider immune response, say experts

However, experts say that Covaxin induces a wider immune response and thus antibody production against the spike protein may be less intense

India supported TRIPS waiver for benefit of developing nations: Goyal

According to the minister, India has a number of Covid vaccines and can help other developing countries to make vaccines

Mandaviya urges G20 to focus on rapid sharing genome sequencing data

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Monday suggested G20 members for an institutional framework to enable rapid sharing of genome sequencing data along with a neutral & aggregate data-sharing model amongst countries.

Covishield booster post Covaxin priming improves immune response 58x: CMC

So far, India has not allowed heterologous boosting of vaccines

At 1,310, Mumbai sees 37% drop in new Covid cases; active tally past 14,000

Mumbai on Monday reported 1,310 fresh Covid-19 cases, a drop of 37 per cent compared to the previous day, and two fatalities, the city civic body said.

TRIPS waiver deal in WTO to help countries make Covid vaccines: Goyal

Commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal on Monday said TRIPS waiver for five years agreed in the recently concluded WTO will help countries manufacture Covid vaccines to deal with the pandemic.

Over 27.5 mn people fully vaccinated against Covid-19 in Myanmar

Myanmar has fully vaccinated more than 27.5 million people, or 50.18 per cent of the country's 54.8-million population, against Covid-19, according to its Ministry of Health.