Stop giving finished goods booster shotsThe focus should be to promote genuine value addition. Ideally, GoI should lower import duties across the board. This would ensure all line...
31 Jan, 2022, 11.58 PM IST
Vaxxing the world is in self-interestIn the US, Britain and the EU, a booster shot is part of the regimen. Countries like India are rolling out booster shots, while others are ...
23 Jan, 2022, 11.01 PM IST
CII for additional 1% CSR levy in Budget to provide Covid vaccine booster shotsCII has also urged state governments to lift the pandemic-induced restrictions on economic activity, arguing that the occupancy rate of hos...
23 Jan, 2022, 03.37 PM IST
No booster plan yet for 45-plus with conditionsWhile India has followed a step-wise graded approach in offering vaccination to various age groups. For the precaution doses though, there ...
19 Jan, 2022, 06.37 AM IST
Shakti Kapoor gets Covid booster shot, followed by a musical evening with friendsFor the evening with friend, the actor was filmed playing his guitar.
15 Jan, 2022, 03.30 PM IST
Study shows booster dose of Covaxin has neutralising effect on Omicron, Delta variants: Bharat BiotechThe study conducted at Emory University demonstrated that subjects who received a booster dose of Covaxin (BBV152) six months after getting...
12 Jan, 2022, 07.35 PM IST
Dharmendra gets his Covid booster shot, shares a message with fansThe drive to give booster shot began as the whole world battles a spike in Covid cases.
12 Jan, 2022, 07.33 PM IST
Pfizer study shows COVID-19 booster can be co-administered with pneumonia shotThe data provides evidence supporting the potential to administer pneumonia shot, PREVNAR 20, and the company's COVID-19 vaccine at the sam...
12 Jan, 2022, 06.19 PM IST
Indian vaccines should be used as boosters without any delay: ExpertsThis comes even as the government's advisory group on Covid-19 is awaiting data from the National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune before ...
23 Dec, 2021, 12.01 PM IST
Time for allowing COVID-19 vaccine booster shots is now: P ChidambaramThe former Union minister said there is enough research and scholarly writing to conclude that booster shots are an imperative. "The Lancet...
22 Dec, 2021, 09.49 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
Double vaccinate against Covid first, experts say amid calls for booster shotsConcerns over the Omicron variant and waning vaccine-induced protection against the infection have highlighted the need for boosters to pro...
04 Dec, 2021, 02.28 PM IST
Covid-19: Growing demand for booster shots amid soon-to-expire vaccinesThe issue was raised recently in the National Covid Task Force by its member Dr Subhash Salunkhe, who is of the view that those responsible...
08 Nov, 2021, 10.09 AM IST
Fighting Covid: Should you mix or match your booster shot and how should you decide which one to pick?Many people are confused about whether they should switch vaccines for the booster dose or stick with the one they know.
04 Nov, 2021, 08.44 AM IST
Pfizer booster shot 95.6 pc effective against Covid-19In a tweet BioNTech said, "95.6% relative vaccine efficacy against #Covid19 after a booster shot with our #mRNA vaccine, during a period wh...
21 Oct, 2021, 04.38 PM IST
What do we know about booster shots for COVID-19?Researchers and health officials have been monitoring the real-world performance of the COVID-19 vaccines to see how long protection lasts ...
18 Aug, 2021, 01.06 PM IST
Chinese companies considers mixing vaccines, booster shotsSinovac and Sinopharm, the two Chinese manufacturers that combined have exported hundreds of millions of doses all over the world, say they...
28 Apr, 2021, 06.43 PM IST