SII is working on an Omicron-specific vaccine, may launch it by the end of this year: ReportSII Chief Executive Officer Adar Poonawalla told NDTV that the vaccine is being developed in collaboration with Novavax. Poonawalla further...
15 Aug, 2022, 08.25 PM IST
Pfizer, BioNTech begin vaccine trial to target new strainThe study will have 1,420 subjects, with three cohorts examining different regimens of the current Pfizer-BioNTech Covid vaccine or an Omic...
26 Jan, 2022, 06.52 AM IST
Pfizer-BioNTech begin trials of new vaccine against Omicron variantThe study will have 1420 subjects, with three cohorts examining different regimens of the current Pfizer-BioNTech COVID vaccine or an Omicr...
25 Jan, 2022, 09.20 PM IST
Pfizer expects Omicron vaccine to be ready in MarchA vaccine focused directly on the Omicron variant would also guard against breakthrough infections of a strain that has proven highly conta...
11 Jan, 2022, 07.29 AM IST
US FDA backs Pfizer's COVID-19 booster shot for 12- to 15-year-oldsThe regulatory decisions come as COVID-19 cases surge due to the Omicron variant, with health authorities warning that its high transmissib...
03 Jan, 2022, 09.55 PM IST
Time for booster shots, India Inc tells its employeesThe booster dose, or 'precautionary' dose as the government is calling it, is allowed from January 10 for people who are 60 and above with ...
01 Jan, 2022, 08.17 AM IST
NTAGI to meet next week to review Omicron dataNTAGI, the scientific advisory group on Covid-19, is deliberating and considering scientific evidence related to the need and justification...
22 Dec, 2021, 07.05 AM IST
New Zealand announces measures to keep out omicron variantNew Zealand will shorten the gap between second COVID-19 vaccine doses and boosters and push back the phased reopening of its borders in me...
21 Dec, 2021, 12.21 PM IST
As Omicron threatens a global surge, some countries shorten COVID-19 booster timelinesResearch from southern Africa and the UK shows that the variant is spreading very quickly, prompting forecasts that it will soon outpace De...
20 Dec, 2021, 05.42 PM IST
View: If you've got it flaunt it, but use it, and you lose itWhether its typewriters or vaccines, it’s a Cache-22 of conspicuous non-consumption.
18 Dec, 2021, 11.00 PM IST
Results on vaccine efficacy against new variant likely next weekIndia's Covid-19 advisory group is hopeful that by next week NIV would be able to culture the virus and may know how the existing vaccines ...
18 Dec, 2021, 07.07 AM IST
LS members ask govt to prepare to deal with challenges posed by OmicronRaising the issue in the Lok Sabha, Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said India has already reported 41 cases of Omicron variant and ...
14 Dec, 2021, 02.56 PM IST
UK opens up COVID boosters to all over 30s in Omicron fightOn Saturday, the UK recorded another 54,073 COVID-19 infections, including 633 of the Omicron variant.
12 Dec, 2021, 05.02 PM IST
Booster dose increases antibodies, improves protection against Omicron, say scientistsThe Health Ministry told the Lok Sabha last week that the National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration for COVID-19 (NEGVAC) and the Nat...
12 Dec, 2021, 04.01 PM IST
UK study says booster shot effective against OmicronThe study, released by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), showed that a full two-dose vaccination course was less effective against sym...
12 Dec, 2021, 06.59 AM IST
Booster dose issue divides Maharashtra leadersThe state's health minister, Rajesh Tope, on the other hand, said the state government would be asking the Centre for booster doses.
07 Dec, 2021, 06.44 AM IST
UK vaccine advisers say all adults to receive boostersThe Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation said that all adults between 18-39 years old could receive shots, extending a programme...
29 Nov, 2021, 11.26 PM IST