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The World Health Organization’s chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan has claimed that the current COVID-19 variant spreading in India is more contagious, and clearly a contributing factor to the catastrophe unfolding in the country.  In an interview with AFP, Soumya Swaminathan warned that the B.1.617 variant of Covid-19, which was first …

By ANI WASHINGTON: American technology conglomerate Facebook has partnered with the Indian government to roll out a vaccine finder tool on its mobile app in India, which will help people identify places nearby to get vaccinated. According to Mashable, earlier this week, Facebook announced a USD 10 million grant for …

Serum Institute of India CEO Adar Poonawalla on Saturday spoke out about the pressures he was under over the production of COVID-19 vaccines to meet the ever-increasing demand in India as the country battles through a devastating second wave of the coronavirus pandemic. In his first comments since he was …

Microblogging platform Twitter has now come out to contribute in making people aware of the COVID-19 vaccine and push people towards the vaccination. The Twitter prompt appears on top of the timeline in a box.  “As COVID-19 vaccinations become more widely available, we want you to have access to the …

Following a thorough safety review, including two meetings of the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have determined that the recommended pause regarding the use of the Janssen (Johnson & Johnson) COVID-19 Vaccine in the …

India will start receiving Russia’s Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine by end-May, its local distributor Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories told Reuters on Thursday, a later than expected schedule that could slow the country’s immunisation drive. “We are targeting to have the first batches imported by (fiscal) Q1, and are trying our best …

New Delhi: Everyone above the age of 18 years has been made eligible to take Covid-19 Vaccine. The new phase of inoculation drive will begin from May 1, the centre announced on Monday. The important decision of allowing vaccination to everyone above the age of 18 from May 1 was …

As of April 12, more than 6.8 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson (Janssen ) vaccine have been administered in the U.S. CDC and FDA are reviewing data involving six reported U.S. cases of a rare and severe type of blood clot in individuals after receiving the J&J vaccine. …

An expert panel of India’s drug regulator on Friday sought additional data from drugmaker Dr.Reddy’s Laboratories on its Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine trial, in its second such request after an initial evaluation in February. The committee asked the company to submit a comparative analysis of late-stage immunogenicity data from both …

Enlarge / A sign at the Johnson & Johnson campus on August 26, 2019 in Irvine, California. Covid-19 Coverage View more stories About 15 million doses of Johnson & Johnson’s one-shot COVID-19 vaccine were ruined, and future vaccine shipments will be delayed. This all follows a mix-up at a manufacturing …