The ministry has prepared a fact-sheet to guide frontline workers or vaccinators to counsel pregnant women about the availability, value and precautions of the Covid-19 vaccine.
The study, published in the journal Nature, says most people vaccinated with mRNA vaccines may not need booster shots if the virus & its variants don't evolve much beyond their current forms.
A mixed schedule of the Pfizer shot followed by Astra vaccine, and vice versa, resulted in high concentrations of antibodies against Covid when given 4 weeks apart, researchers said.
Bhramar Mukherjee, Professor of Biostatistics & Epidemiology at University of Michigan, says India needs to vaccinate 1 crore people every day or face trouble.
Supplies are still a problem as are weekends, local holidays, officials say. Around 12 crore doses expected to be available in July and an average of 27 crore doses from August.
The phase 1/2 clinical trial of CoronaVac, which was recently approved for emergency use in China among children, was conducted in 550 children and adolescents aged 3-17 years.
Financial year 2022-23 saw private investments & hiring surge, but since then firms are using cash to reduce debt. General elections didn’t help matters, either.
The armoured platform is India's first amphibious infantry combat wheeled vehicle. Last year, the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces had procured 90 military trucks from the Tata Group.
How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?
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