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Topic: Covid vaccines

DCGI gives emergency use approval to Biological E’s Corbevax vaccine for kids aged 12-18

It is the second Covid vaccine to get approval for use in children in India after Bharat Biotech's Covaxin.

Covaxin supplies, trial group size — why there’s a delay in Covid vaccine for younger kids

Monthly Covaxin output between 5.5-6.5 cr. Country needs at least 15 cr doses for full coverage 15-18 age group. Choice of 6 μg dose reduced manufacturing capacity, says Bharat Biotech.

Over 70% children aged 15-18 yrs received first dose of Covid vaccine, says Mansukh Mandaviya

Health minister Mandaviya says 1.47 crore beneficiaries in the 15-18 age group are fully vaccinated and appealed to all eligible children to get inoculated at the earliest.

ZyCov-D a welcome addition to India’s vaccine basket. Follow the science on mixing boosters now

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Covid response has generated thousands of tonnes of extra medical waste in health threat: WHO

To get a sense of the scope of the issue, WHO examined the fate of 87,000 metric tonnes of PPE that were shipped via a UN initiative between March 2020 and November 2021.

Corbevax, a new patent-free Covid vaccine, is an important step to end pandemic

Corbevax was developed with global vaccine access in mind. The goal was to make a low-cost, easy-to-produce and -transport vaccine.

More than Wang Yi’s remark, India should worry about the proposal for a new island nations’ forum

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Paracetamol, pain killers not recommended for children after Covaxin shot, says Bharat Biotech

Covaxin makers said most reported side effects are mild & 'resolve within 1-2 days, and do not require medication'. So far Covaxin is only Covid vaccine available for 15-18 year olds in India.

Over 41 lakh teens take first Covid shot as India opens up vaccination for young adults

PM Modi had announced on 25 December that adolescents above the age of 15 will be able to take their vaccines from 3 January. The campaign began Monday.

Cipla gets drug regulator’s nod to market Molnupiravir for Covid treatment

Earlier in the year, Cipla entered into a licensing agreement with Merck Sharpe Dohme to make and supply Molnupiravir in India and to over 100 low and middle-income countries.

On Camera

As a Hindu Canadian, I am deeply hurt by cancellation of Diwali. My community is now sidelined

Canada faces serious foreign interference issues, but these challenges must not be weaponized to unfairly target friendly and important allies like India.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

All about Major Bob Khathing, whose daring expedition & diplomatic parleys secured Tawang for India

The decorated Naga officer from Manipur also served as envoy to Myanmar & Nagaland chief secy. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated a museum dedicated to the Tawang hero Thursday.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.