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Second thoughts on Covishield gap? Let’s get in the first jabs firstEven in India, vaccine effectiveness studies from Chandigarh and Vellore have shown that a single or two doses of Covishield provide nearly...
India needs to shorten Covishield dose gap: Health experts“The current gap of 12 to 16 weeks has two problems: first, it leaves people with one dose exposed for that much time to the risk of severe...
Covishield vaccine: India will revisit dosage interval based on emerging dataDescribing the Covid and vaccination situation as "very dynamic", N K Arora said in a statement that the emerging evidence and reports rega...
India's keeping a close eye on vaccine efficacyFor Covishield, experts will monitor the effectiveness of the vaccine with varied intervals between its two doses - four weeks, eight weeks...
SOPs to administer 2nd dose of Covishield before 84 days for certain categories issuedAccording to a report by PTI, those intending to undertake international travel for education purposes, joining employment and as part of t...
Ensure everyone gets at least 1 vaccine dose, says a senior government officialThe government is planning to conduct a study that will see whether a single dose of Covishield provides enough protection against Covid-19...
Delay in second shot of Pfizer vaccine boosts immunity in elderly by over 3 times: StudyThe finding comes days after the UK government reduced the gap between the two doses of COVID-19 vaccines to eight weeks, while India exten...
3-month gap between doses improves immune response: AstraZeneca vaccine co-developerThe statement assumes significance given the controversy that erupted over the recent change in the prescribed time interval between two Co...
West Bengal vaccination centres start implementing 12-16 week interval between two doses of CovishieldA large number of people including senior citizens had come to Covid vaccination centres for their second dose of Covishield vaccine from f...
Govt increases interval between Covishield doses to 12-16 weeks; says the decision is 'science-based'"Based on the available real-life evidences, particularly from the UK, the COVID-19 Working Group agreed for increasing the dosing interval...
Advisory panel to take call on dosage interval for Covishield next weekThe experts will decide whether to keep the interval as it is, shorten it, or increase the gap, people in the know told ET. “The decision w...
India to extend interval between Covishield vaccine doses to up to eight weeksIn a meeting last week, the experts decided to give flexibility up to 8 weeks for Covishield, a senior government official told ET. However...
India to retain 4-6 weeks gap for second shot of CovishieldIndia decided to go ahead with the existing dose interval, despite evidence suggesting better efficacy when the second booster shot is give...
India to retain 4-6 week dosing gap for Covid-19 vaccinesCountries such as the UK and Canada that are also using the vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford have extended the interval between ...
Single dose of Pfizer and Astrazeneca Covid vaccines highly effective: StudiesIsraeli studies have found the Pfizer vaccine to be 95 percent effective one week after a second jab, while the Lancet report focused on mo...
AstraZeneca says vaccine 76% effective for 90 days after single doseThe primary analysis of the Phase 3 clinical trials, published as a preprint in The Lancet, also showed that with an inter-dose interval of...
Vaccine dosing intervals: What countries are doing around the worldThere are differences over the merits of alternative dosing strategies, with some arguing the urgency of the pandemic requires flexibility,...