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Coronavirus, Coronavirus Vaccine: EU Watchdog Reviews Adapted Pfizer Jab. Target: Omicron

Europe's medicines watchdog said Wednesday it has started to review an adapted version of Pfizer/BioNTech's anti-Covid jab in order to better protect against specific variants of the virus, including Omicron.

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Coronavirus Vaccine Booster Dose: Biological E Seeks Regulator's Nod For Phase-3 Trial Of Corbevax As Booster Dose

Biological E has sought permission from India's drug regulator to conduct the phase-3 clinical trial for its COVID-19 vaccine Corbevax as a single booster dose for those who have been fully vaccinated with Covishield or Covaxin.

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Coronavirus Vaccine: What About Those Without IDs, Bombay High Court Asks Centre, State


COVID-19 vaccine: Court said government must continue creating awareness on vaccines (Representational).
Mumbai:
The Bombay High Court on Wednesday asked the Maharashtra and Union governments what steps they had taken to inform citizens about the Centre's SOPs on COVID-19 vaccination for people who do not possess one of the seven identity cards prescribed for the purpose.
A bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and G S Kulkarni also asked the Union government to inform the court of the steps taken to cover under its vaccination drive the people who were mentally ill and without a legal guardian and hence, not in a position to give informed consent for receiving the vaccine.

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Centre fast-tracks approval for foreign-produced Covid-19 vaccines to push inoculation drive

With an aim to expand the basket of COVID-19 vaccines and enhance the pace of inoculation in India, the central government on Tuesday said it has fast-tracked emergency approval for foreign-produced jabs that have been granted similar clearances in other countries. The first 100 beneficiaries of such foreign vaccines shall be assessed for seven days for safety outcomes before it is rolled out for further immunization programme within the country, the Union Health Ministry said. The Centre's

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Maricopa County working to substitute COVID-19 vaccines after recommended J&J pause


Arizona health officials working to substitute COVID-19 vaccines after recommended J&J pause
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FILE - This Oct. 16, 2012 file photo shows the Johnson & Johnson logo on a package of Band-Aids, in St. Petersburg, Fla. Johnson & Johnson reports quarterly financial results on Tuesday, July 14, 2015. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)
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PHOENIX — Arizona Department of Health Services and Maricopa County Department of Health are recommending the pause of the Johnson and Johnson coronavirus vaccine distribution after the CDC and FDA released the same recommendation Tuesday morning.
"The primary goal is to understand all of the information available and to ensure that the health care provider community is aware of the potential for this rare adverse event and can recognize and manage this unique type of blood clot. It is important for the public to know that this rare blood clot has not been reported following receipt of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines," Maricopa County officials said in a statement.

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Coronavirus live updates: China considering mixing Covid vaccines to boost protection rate

India continues to battle second wave of coronavirus with 1.52 lakh fresh cases reported on Sunday, taking the current tally of Covid-19 cases in the country to over 1.33 crore. In the past 24 hours, 839 people succumbed due to the infection, taking the Covid-19 death toll in the country to 1,69,275. India's tally of active Covid-19 cases breached the 11-lakh mark. The Union Health Ministry said 27 lakh Covid-19 vaccine doses were administered till Sunday evening on the first day of 'Tika Utsav', a vaccination drive from April 11-April 14. Till now, 10,43,65,035 people in the country have been vaccinated against the disease. Meanwhile, the health ministry said central teams have found that people were not following Covid-19 safety protocols in almost all of the 50 most-affected districts in Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and Punjab. Follow IndiaToday.in for live updates.

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As Covid situation becomes grave, PM Modi, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan chair meetings with state governments


Cabinet Health Secretary Rajiv Gauba Friday spoke with chief secretaries, DG Police, and health secretaries of all states and Union territories to review the recent spike in daily Covid-19 cases in 11 states/UTs over the past two weeks.
He added that 11 states/UTs were categorised as “states of grave concern” on account of their rising numbers of daily Covid-19 cases and deaths. According to the health ministry, the 11 states are Maharashtra, Punjab, Karnataka, Kerala, Chhattisgarh, Chandigarh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Delhi and Haryana.
They have contributed 90 per cent of Covid cases in the country, 90.5 per cent of deaths in 14 days till March 31, and have crossed or close to crossing their early reported peaks last year, it said.

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Moderna to begin coronavirus vaccine trials on children in US and Canada


adolescents between 12 and 18 years old.
US manufacturer
Moderna has begun studying its coronavirus vaccine in children aged six months to 12 years old as the company informed that it plans to enroll children in the US and Canada for the trial.
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"We are pleased to begin this
Phase 2/3 study of mRNA-1273 in healthy children in the US and Canada," Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel said.
Moderna's testing comes even as schools across the US are under pressure to reopen fully amid surging coronavirus infections in the country. At least  17.8 million adults have received the Moderna
vaccine in the United States, according to the company.

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