A booster dose against COVID-19 increases the amount of circulating antibodies and is shown to increase protection from symptomatic infection with Omicron, scientists have said, underlining that boosters can be…
NEW DELHI: Indian Covid-19 vaccine makers are lobbying the government to authorise boosters as supplies have so outstripped demand that one drugmaker told Reuters it had suspended a plan to…
New Delhi: Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) has reached out to the Indian regulatory authorities to grant approval for one-shot Sputnik Light vaccine as booster dose and Sputnik M vaccine…
New Delhi: Speaking on the importance of booster doses to mitigate the impact of the pandemic, experts stressed on the immediate need to administer booster doses to healthcare workers in…
The Omicron variant has intensified the debate over the need for a booster dose to strengthen immunity against Covid-19. The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE)…
National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI), the government’s advisory body on Covid-19 immunisation, is likely to take a decision on whether immunocompromised people should get an additional third dose…
By Dr. Mahendra Dadke Realising the critical role of vaccines in preventing infectious diseases, all countries ramped their efforts to vaccinate their population against the COVID-19 virus and the move…
Billions more in profits are at stake for some vaccine makers as the US moves toward dispensing Covid-19 booster shots to shore up Americans’ protection against the virus. How much…
