An estimated 418.41 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine have been administered across the world, as of 3 November. India hasn’t given approval to the vaccine.
President Joe Biden’s administration has said they have enough vaccines for all 28 million kids in the 5 to 11 age group, and they are ready to ship the shots.
Analysts say Beijing's concern might be that approval of the BioNTech shot could be interpreted as an acknowledgment that local shots are less effective than western ones.
The approval is the first for a Covid vaccine. The two-dose regimen was initially made available in the U.S. through an emergency authorization late last year.
Researchers said the healthcare workers with breakthrough infections had mild symptoms but high viral loads & were shedding the virus up to 32 days after diagnosis.
Israel’s national health data shows sharp fall in effectiveness of Pfizer vaccine from 95% in Jan-April to 39% in June-July. Researchers, however, advise caution as study size is small.
Swaminathan warned that it will be a chaotic situation in countries if citizens start deciding ‘when and who should be taking a second, third or fourth dose’.
Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.
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