Topic: COVID-19 vaccines
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Several healthcare authorities are finding it difficult to keep track of the next dose of the COVID vaccine and also facing missing vaccination cards, especially among pregnant women...
China’s inhalable COVID-19 vaccine
Authorities in Shanghai have rolled out an inhalable vaccine against Covid-19 as a booster dose for previously vaccinated people. Who developed the inhalable COVID-19 vaccine? The Chinese biopharmaceutical...
Precautionary vaccine jabs in India
The Government of India is to provide third dose of vaccine. This third dose has been named “precaution dose” or booster dose. About the precaution dose The health...
Nasal Covid Vaccine Gets Regulatory Nod for further trials
India’s first nasal vaccine against COVID-19 has received the nod to conduct phase 2 and 3 clinical trials by the Department of Biotechnology. Key Points Nasal Covid Vaccine... Japan to help India build Vaccine Cold Chain Facilities
Japan is all set to provide India a $10 million assistance for building cold chain facilities to safely store covid-19 vaccines. Key Points Japan will provide this assistance... Delhi’s ‘Jahan Vote, Wahan Vaccination’ Campaign
Delhi government launched a vaccination campaign ‘Jahan Vote, Wahan Vaccination’ to vaccinate people of Delhi against Covid-19. Under the campaign, people aged 45 and above will be given... COVAXIN trial starts on children
Trial of COVAXIN, a COVID-19 vaccine by Bharat Biotech, on children below 18 years was started at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Patna. Background Trail was...
Pfizer-BioNTech to provide 2 billion Covid-19 vaccine to Poor Nations
In a bid to fulfil the international calls for vaccine solidarity, American pharmaceutical company, Pfizer and German company, BioNTech have pledged to provide 2 billion doses of Covid-19...
What is Vaccine Tourism?
Amid the second wave of Covid-19 and mass vaccination programme across the world a term “Vaccine Tourism” is gaining momentum. Vaccine Tourism has come to limelight after draft...
Biological E will manufacture Johnson and Johnson COVID Vaccine in India
Biological E is to produce Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccine along with its own vaccine. This is to boost the overall vaccine production of the country. Background A...
What is Breakthrough Infection?
The public health experts recently announced that the increase in “breakthrough infections” in the country may be due to the mutant varieties. What are Breakthrough infections? The Breakthrough...
