Page 29 - Vaccination

UK eases rules for fully vaccinated Indian travelers, no quarantine

Fully vaccinated passengers from India will no longer be subjected to compulsory 10-day hotel quarantine as the UK moved the country from its "red" to "amber" list. Under Britain's traffic light system for international travel, returning from amber list countries means a 10-day quarantine at home. The change, announced by the Department for Transport, comes into effect from 4 am local time on Sunday. "The UAE, Qatar, India and Bahrain will be moved from the red list to the amber list. All changes come into effect Sun 8th August at 4 am," UK Transport Secretary Grant Shapps tweeted. "While it's right we continue our cautious approach, it's great news to open more destinations for people wanting to connect with families, friends and businesses across the globe, all thanks to our successful domestic vaccination programme," he said. The decision has come as a relief for the Indian diaspora in the UK, who had been demanding the easing of travel norms between India and Britain. Under t

Covid-19 pandemic: Here is why you still need to wash your hands

Respiratory viruses, such as influenza and SARS-CoV-2, while spread primarily by respiratory droplets can also be spread by contaminated hands touching the mucous membranes of the nose, mouth and eyes

Most unvaccinated Americans see jabs as greater risk than Covid: Survey

Most unvaccinated American adults don't believe the Covid-19 vaccines are very effective and see the jabs as a greater health risk than the virus itself, a new survey has revealed.

Govt might reduce age gap between Covishield doses for 45 and above: Report

The National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation in India (NTAGI) has indicated it will decide on the interval at its next meeting

China imposes new restrictions as Delta reaches nearly half the country

Public transport and taxi services were curtailed in 144 of the worst-hit areas nationwide.

Delay in delivery of Sputnik V jab to be fully resolved in August

The Sputnik V team on Wednesday confirmed that the temporary delay in delivery due to production scale-up will be fully resolved in August

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Govt likely to reduce private sector's 25% Covid-19 vaccine quota

Vaccine makers, the government has indicated, can provide doses to the private sector according to demand and the remaining would be bought by the government

WHO calls for 'moratorium' on Covid-19 boosters until September end

The WHO on Wednesday called for a "moratorium" on booster shots of the Covid-19 vaccine until at least the end of September

China seals city as it battles worst coronavirus outbreak in months

In Wuhan, mass testing has shown some of its newly reported cases have a high degree of similarity to cases discovered

Are coronavirus vaccines working? What the real world tells us

Delta, the strain first reported in India in October, is the most worrisome detected so far

Covid-19: India records 42,625 fresh cases and 562 deaths in a day

With 42,625 people testing positive for the infection in a day, India's total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 3,17,69,132 and the active caseload increased to 4,10,353, according to Health Ministry

No vaccination at govt centres in Mumbai today due to shortage: BMC

The Covid-19 vaccination drive was suspended at civic and government-run centres in Mumbai on Wednesday due to paucity of vaccine doses, according to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation

India's gender inequity in Covid-19 vaccinations narrows, shows govt data

Women have received about 47% of the 481 million vaccine doses administered in India, nearly in line with the gender ratio in the country, the data showed

US trying to help India, others to produce Covid-19 vaccine: Joe Biden

The United States is helping India and other countries to be able produce the vaccines by themselves, President Joe Biden has said. With a need for several billion doses around the world, the US was committed to provide half a billion, Biden said during a press conference at White House on Tuesday. We have committed to over a half a billion doses. And we're trying to provide for more and provide for the capacity of countries like India to be able to produce the vaccine themselves. And we're helping them do that. That's what we're doing now, he said in response to a question. And we're trying toby the way, it's free. We're not charging anybody anything. And we're trying to do as much as we possibly can, he added. In this fight against COVID-19, Biden asserted, the United States was committed to become the arsenal of vaccines, the manner in which it was the arsenal of democracy during World War II. We are backing up that commitment. We have contributed more than any other nati

Covid-19 vaccines targeting delta variant may be needed, say researchers

Most vaccinated countries in the world have seen surges in Covid cases and hospitalisations linked to the delta strain.

Second wave of Covid-19 not yet over as 'R' number high in eight states

Almost 50 per cent of the total cases in the last week were from Kerala

Serum Institute may start Covid-19 vaccine trials on kids in August

SII will conduct trials on those aged between two to 17 years

Vaccination and the private sector

When confronted with a crisis, we have to fall back on govt institutions to work our way out of it

Covid-19 pandemic may have raised older adults' risk of falling

The Covid-19 pandemic may have increased older adults' risk of falling and injuring themselves, due to changes in physical activity, conditioning and mobility, a new US national poll suggests.