by AIP Online Bureau | May 14, 2021 | Uncategorized
New Delhi A total of 191.99 lakh doses of Covid-19 vaccines–Covishield and Covaxin–will be supplied to states/UTs free of cost from May 16 to May 31, the Union health ministry said on Friday. The delivery schedule for the allocation will be shared...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 14, 2021 | Facts, Health, Pandemic
Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine generates antibody responses three-and-a-half times larger in older people when a second dose is delayed to 12 weeks after the first, a British study said. The study released on Friday is the first to directly compare immune responses of...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 14, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
A free online medical consultation service launched by retired military doctors in view of a massive surge in coronavirus cases in India was on Friday extended to citizens across the country, officials said. The defence ministry roped in retired military doctors to...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 14, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
Geneva: The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday appealed for wealthier countries to delay vaccinating younger people against COVID-19 and instead donate doses to the COVAX global vaccine solidarity initiative. Speaking during WHO’s...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 14, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
Geneva: More coronavirus variants are bound to be detected, a World Health Organization expert said on Friday, but now “we know what to do”. World health experts issued a grim warning Friday that the second year of Covid-19 was set to be...
