New Delhi [India], June 16 (ANI): Government advisory panel Standing Technical Sub Committee (STSC) of the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunization (NTAGI) has recommended reducing the time period between the second dose and precaution dose of the vaccine against the Coronavirus inf
New Delhi [India], May 11 (ANI): The Central Government has decided to reduce the gap between the second dose and booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine for persons travelling abroad to a minimum of 90 days, sources said.
New Delhi [India], April 29 (ANI): As the Central government allowed the administration of booster doses after a gap of nine months after the doses of COVID vaccines, the top health expert believes that the gap between the second dose of vaccine and the precautionary dose should be at lea
New Delhi [India], March 20 (ANI): The National Technical Advisory Group on Immunization (NTAGI) on Sunday recommended the Union Ministry of Health to reduce the COVID-19 vaccine Covishield's duration of the second dose to somewhere between 8 to 16 weeks after the first dose in view of the o
California [US], February 14 (ANI): The majority of the vaccines available for COVID-19 have two doses. People are said to become more capable of resisting the virus after the second dose. But, a recent Kaiser Permanente study, found that one month after a third dose, the effectiveness of th
New Delhi [India], February 4 (ANI): A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) was moved in Delhi High Court has sought direction to the Centre to reduce the gap between the second dose and proposed third dose/precaution dose of COVID-19 vaccine from 39 weeks (nine months) to three months for front
New Delhi [India], February 2 (ANI): The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Tuesday requested States and Union Territories to direct concerned officials to accelerate the second dose coverage amongst due beneficiaries aged 15-18 years while ensuring that remaining beneficiaries for the
New Delhi [India], January 28 (ANI): India's cumulative COVID-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 164.96 crore doses, as per a press release from the Union Health Ministry.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], January 18 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday said instructed the district collectors to raise the average of COVID-19 vaccination (both first and second dose) to the level of state average in districts lagging behind in vaccination cov
Agartala (Tripura) [India], January 1 (ANI): Tripura National Health Mission Director Siddhartha Shiv Jaiswal on Saturday said that there are about four lakh people in the state who have not received the second dose of the Covid vaccine.
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], December 30 (ANI): Telangana Governor Tamilisai Sounderrajan has congratulated the state on achieving 100 per cent first dose vaccination and urged people to take the second doses of COVID-19 vaccines.
New Delhi [India], December 27 (ANI): Healthcare workers and those above the age of 60 and suffering from co-morbidities will be applicable for the 'precautionary dose' of coronavirus vaccines from next month only after 9 months of receiving the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, accord