AstraZeneca Current Affairs, GK & News
Canada approves Mixing & Matching Covid-19 vaccine brands
Canada has recommended “mixing and matching” of AstraZeneca, Pfizer and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines. NACI Guidelines National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) had issued guidelines for provinces and territories on mixing and matching second doses of Covid-19 vaccines. It has advised Canadians to combine either “AstraZeneca-Oxford, Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna shots” interchangeably for specific situations. NACI recommended ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2021
Category: International Current Affairs
Topics: AstraZeneca • COVID-19 vaccine • Mixing & Matching Covid-19 vaccine brands • Moderna vaccines • National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) • Pfizer • Pfizer-BioNTech
WHO clears Chinese Vaccine Sinovac for global use
World Health Organisation (WHO) has given approval for global use of covid-19 Vaccine by Sinovac Biotech Ltd. Of China. Highlights WHO recommended its use for people above 18 years. Two-dose will be scheduled for it, with a gap of two to four weeks between shots. Sinopharm Group Co. had secured WHO’s approval for emergency use ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2021
Category: International Current Affairs
Topics: AstraZeneca • Chinese Vaccine • CoronaVac • Johnson & Johnson • Moderna Inc • Pfizer • Pfizer-BioNTech
India to start tests on mixed vaccines
According to Dr N K Arora, chairman of Covid-19 working group under National Technical Advisory Group on Immunization (NTAGI), India may soon start testing feasibility of mixing two different doses of Covid vaccines to check whether it helps in boosting immune response against virus or not. Highlights While responding to the question “if a person ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2021
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: AstraZeneca • COVID-19 • Mixed Vaccine • National Immunization Technical Advisory Group (NITAG) • Pfizer • Vaccine Shortage
US Global Task Force on COVID-19
The External Affairs Minister of India recently held a discussion with the US Global Task Force on Pandemic Response. He discussed about the priorities of India in vaccines, pharmaceuticals and oxygen. The Global Task Force on Pandemic earlier announced that it is closely working with US-India Strategic Partnership Forum and US-India Business Council to make ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2021
Category: International Current Affairs
Topics: Adobe • AstraZeneca • Google • medical oxygen • Remdesivir • Sundar Pichai • US India Business Council • USAID • ventilator
What is Sputnik Light Single Dose?
Sputnik V vaccine developed by Russia is a two-dose vaccine. The unique feature of the vaccine is that the first and second dose are different from each other. In Sputnik Light a single dose is sufficient. Sputnik V Sputnik V is also known as Gam-COVID-Vac. It uses heterogenous recombinant adenovirus approach. Meaning, Sputnik V is ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2021
Category: International Current Affairs
Topics: AstraZeneca • COVID-19 • COVID-19 vaccines • COVISHILED • Dr. Reddy's Laboratories • SPUTNIK V