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India’s rising output of COVID-19 vaccines and the inoculation of more than half its adult population with at least one dose are raising hopes the country will return as an exporter within months, ramping up from early next year. After donating or selling 66 million doses to nearly 100 countries, …

(AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File) TOKYO: Japan is looking into the possibility of mixing shots of AstraZeneca Plc’s Covid-19 vaccine with those developed by other drug makers in a bid to speed up its vaccine rollout, the minister in charge of vaccinations said on Sunday. Japan, which has previously relied on …

For people who received the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, the past few months have been a bit of a bumpy ride with news of side effects, pauses and restarts and now boosters. Maureen Ferran is a virologist at the Rochester Institute of Technology and has been keeping tabs on …

The coronavirus vaccine administration is rapidly increasing in the country every month, with a total of 13.45 crore doses administered in July which also saw a remarkable daily average of 43.41 lakh doses, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Saturday. The cumulative COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country …

NITI Aayog Member of Health Dr VK Paul on July 16 quoted a latest study that shows that two doses of vaccine were successful in preventing 95% of deaths due to COVID-19 during the second wave of pandemic. “One dose of vaccine was able to reduce the mortality rate by …

by Dilip Sawhney Even as our nation battles the second wave of Covid-19, there are increasing concerns about the possibility of a third wave encompassing India later this year. In fact, experts claim that a third wave is “inescapable.” However, its impact can be minimised; the steps we take during …

US giant drug maker Moderna’s Covid-19 messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccine is expected to reach India this week after the completion of some official formalities, informed sources. After getting the vaccines it’s going to be distributed among government hospitals of the country. “On behalf of COVAX, Gavi is working closely with …

Two cases of the rare disease Monkeypox have been detected in north Wales this week. Public Health Wales officials have confirmed that two members of the same household were affected recently and both patients have been admitted to hospital in England as a precaution.  Richard Firth Consultant in Health Protection …

Pakistan’s state-run National Institute of Health (NIH) has managed to locally produce the first batch of China-made single-dose coronavirus vaccine CanSino. The locally-made Chinese vaccine has been named, PakVac and the first batch of vaccine would be available for administration by the end of this month, Arya News reported. Faisal …

The US is looking at joint production of Johnson and Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine in India and ways to help manufacturers like the Serum Institute of India (SII) to boost production, Daniel B Smith, the Charge D’Affaires of the US embassy, said on Tuesday. Smith also said that the efficacy of …