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DCGI grants EUA to ZycovD COVID vaccine for two-dose regimen for children above 12
•With this approval, the vaccine will now be administered on day 0 and day 28. Earlier, the vaccine was approved in a three-dose regimen to be administered on day 0, day 28 and day 56
COVID-19: India's vaccination coverage crosses 182 crore mark
•In the age group of 12-14 years, 16,97,168 first dose of the vaccine was administered taking the total number of doses in the category to 69,99,528
Centre mulls COVID booster shot for all above 18 years as infections surge in parts of the world
•Currently, healthcare and frontline workers and those above 60 years are being administered the precaution doses of COVID vaccine
India begins COVID-19 vaccine for kids aged 12-14 years, booster for all above 60 from today; All you need to know
Fp Staff •The Centre has released guidelines for COVID-19 vaccination of children between 12-14 years. Two doses of Biological E's intramuscular vaccine Corbevax would be administered at an interval of 28 days
COVID-19: All above 60 eligible for precaution doses from 16 March, says Centre
Fp Staff •India will also start vaccinating children in the age group of 12-14 years against COVID-19 from 16 March, Mandaviya said in a tweet on Monday
India to begin COVID-19 vaccination for children in 12-14 age group from 16 March
Fp Staff •The health ministry said that Biological E's Corbevax will be administered to the new age group
US to evaluate Covaxin as COVID-19 vaccine candidate, announces Bharat Biotech
•The FDA has lifted its clinical hold on Bharat Biotech's Investigational New Drug application (IND) to evaluate the COVID-19 vaccine candidate, BBV152, known as Covaxin outside the United States
America's top medical expert Antony Fauci hints at need for fourth-dose to battle COVID-19 variant Omicron
•The fourth-dose boost for an individual could be based on age, as well as underlying conditions, explained the White House chief medical advisor
COVID-19: One crore adolescents in 15-18 yrs group fully vaccinated, says Mansukh Mandaviya
•As per the Registrar General of India (RGI), the estimated population of beneficiaries in the age group of 15-18 years is 7.4 crore for 2021-22
Vaccine protection better maintained against severe COVID-19: Lancet study
•The results showed that protection against infection of any severity waned progressively following the peak which occurred a month after the second dose