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Administration of Covid precaution dose for 18 plus gets underway
New Delhi : Administration of Covid precaution dose for all adults at private hospitals across the country got underway on Sunday."Under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the government is taking various steps to defeat Covid.…
Is Covid picking pace in India?
New Delhi : Amid a global rise in Covid cases driven by BA.2 sub-variant of Omicron, India is also seeing a slow yet steady rise in the number of infections in several states.This comes as two cases of the new XE variant a mutant hybrid of…
Covaxin prices cut to Rs 225 before booster drive begins
New Delhi : A day before Covid vaccine booster shots become available to all 18 plus population, Hyderabad-based vaccine manufacturer Bharat Biotech on Saturday announced a large slash in the Covaxin vaccine price.Covaxin will now cost Rs…
Researchers help develop highly accurate, 30-second Covid test
New York : A team of researchers has helped develop a Covid-19 testing device that can detect coronavirus infection in as little as 30 seconds as sensitively and accurately as the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test, the gold standard of…
Covishield vaccine prices slashed for private hospitals
New Delhi : Ahead of the opening of the booster drive for all the 18 plus range, vaccine manufacturer Serum Institute of India has announced a considerable reduction in the price of its Covishield vaccine for private hospitals from Rs 600…
Covid boosters provisionally approved for Australian adolescents
Canberra : Australia's Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has provisionally approved Covid-19 booster vaccines for adolescents as young as 12.The TGA announced provisional approval for Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine as a booster for…
Shanghai to conduct new round of citywide Covid screening
Shanghai : Shanghai, where a nine-day lockdown is currently in place, will conduct a new round of citywide Covid-19 screenings, an official announced on Saturday.Based on the test results, the city will manage different areas according to…
Private vax centres to charge Rs 150 service fee for precaution Covid dose
New Delhi : Private Covid vaccination centres can only charge up to Rs 150 as service fee for the precaution dose over and above the cost of the jab, the Union Health Ministry said in a statement on Saturday.Under the chairmanship of Rajesh…
Booster dose cuts Omicron infection three days earlier than Delta: Lancet
London : People who have taken a booster dose are likely to recover from Omicron three days earlier than in the case of a Delta infection, claims a study published in The Lancet journal.The study led by a team at King's College London…
Covid can impair men’s fertility: Study
New Delhi : While many people who recover from Covid-19 experience long-term symptoms, such as brain fog or heart problems, increasing evidence suggests that the virus can also impair fertility in men. The pilot study, led by a team of…