Covid Vaccine Booster Jab

Billionaire Elon Musk on Tuesday claimed that his Covid vaccine shot almost sent him to the hospital.

Serum Institute of India has written to the Union Health Ministry seeking the inclusion of its Covid vaccine Covovax in the CoWIN portal as a heterologous booster dose for adults, official sources said on Wednesday.

Based on the recommendations made by the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI), the interval between the second and the precaution dose of Covid vaccines was revised from nine months to six months for all beneficiaries.

A Chandigarh food stall owner is offering free Chhole Bhature to those who have been successfully vaccinated with their COVID booster dose.

The EU's health and medicine agencies said Monday they were recommending a second booster shot of a Covid vaccine for people over 60 years old, as infections rise again.

Officials and staffers of the Jharkhand government to be deputed on duty for the July 12 visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Deoghar district will receive the precautionary or booster dose of the Covid vaccine today.

In view of the evolving scientific evidence and global practices, the Union Health Ministry on Wednesday revised the duration between the second COVID vaccine dose and precautionary dose from the existing 9 months to 6 months.

AstraZeneca's Covid jab has won approval for use as a booster or third jab in the European Union, the British drugs giant confirmed Monday.

Delhi and Bihar, which have started administering free Covid precaution doses for the 18-59 year age group, have to reimburse the National Health Authority for using the available stock of jabs provided by the Union government for the purpose.

Goa failed to begin administering of booster doses of COVID-19 vaccines from Sunday due to unavailability of jabs at some private centres and as the medical staff of such facilities is yet to be trained for the purpose, an official said.

Centre has told the states that the precaution dose will be of the same COVID-19 vaccine as the one used for the administration of the first two doses. Private vaccine centres can charge Rs 150 per dose as service charge above the cost of vaccine.

The cumulative COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country crossed 161.05 crore on Friday, the Union Health Ministry said.

Indonesia opened its coronavirus booster campaign to the public Wednesday as the country records rising infections driven by the Omicron variant.

WHO experts warned Tuesday that simply repeating booster doses of the original Covid vaccines was not a viable strategy against emerging variants, and called for new jabs that better protect against transmission.

France on Friday recommended that adults receive a Covid-19 booster vaccination three months after their initial jabs, reducing the current guideline of five months to better fight the Omicron variant.

Billionaire Elon Musk on Tuesday claimed that his Covid vaccine shot almost sent him to the hospital.

Serum Institute of India has written to the Union Health Ministry seeking the inclusion of its Covid vaccine Covovax in the CoWIN portal as a heterologous booster dose for adults, official sources said on Wednesday.

Based on the recommendations made by the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI), the interval between the second and the precaution dose of Covid vaccines was revised from nine months to six months for all beneficiaries.

A Chandigarh food stall owner is offering free Chhole Bhature to those who have been successfully vaccinated with their COVID booster dose.

The EU's health and medicine agencies said Monday they were recommending a second booster shot of a Covid vaccine for people over 60 years old, as infections rise again.

Officials and staffers of the Jharkhand government to be deputed on duty for the July 12 visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Deoghar district will receive the precautionary or booster dose of the Covid vaccine today.

In view of the evolving scientific evidence and global practices, the Union Health Ministry on Wednesday revised the duration between the second COVID vaccine dose and precautionary dose from the existing 9 months to 6 months.

AstraZeneca's Covid jab has won approval for use as a booster or third jab in the European Union, the British drugs giant confirmed Monday.

Delhi and Bihar, which have started administering free Covid precaution doses for the 18-59 year age group, have to reimburse the National Health Authority for using the available stock of jabs provided by the Union government for the purpose.

Goa failed to begin administering of booster doses of COVID-19 vaccines from Sunday due to unavailability of jabs at some private centres and as the medical staff of such facilities is yet to be trained for the purpose, an official said.

Centre has told the states that the precaution dose will be of the same COVID-19 vaccine as the one used for the administration of the first two doses. Private vaccine centres can charge Rs 150 per dose as service charge above the cost of vaccine.

The cumulative COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country crossed 161.05 crore on Friday, the Union Health Ministry said.

Indonesia opened its coronavirus booster campaign to the public Wednesday as the country records rising infections driven by the Omicron variant.

WHO experts warned Tuesday that simply repeating booster doses of the original Covid vaccines was not a viable strategy against emerging variants, and called for new jabs that better protect against transmission.

France on Friday recommended that adults receive a Covid-19 booster vaccination three months after their initial jabs, reducing the current guideline of five months to better fight the Omicron variant.