covid vaccine for children

Covid-19 4th Wave in India Live Updates: Although vaccines have proved to be effective in their fight against Covid-19, there are many parents who are still concerned about getting their children vaccinated. So what exactly does the…

India’s drug regulator has granted emergency use authorisation for Biological E’s COVID-19 vaccine Corbevax for those aged five to 12 years and Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin for children in the age group of six to 12 years, official sources said…

The health department also said precautionary doses would now be provided to all people above 60 years of age. The West Bengal government will roll out the inoculation drive for children in the 12-14 years age group from March 21 even…

India’s drug regulator had granted restricted emergency use authorisation to Covovax for 12 to 17 years subject to certain conditions on March 9. Serum Institute of India has urged the Union government to include Covovax in the National…

The decision to start vaccination for the 12-14 age group was taken after due deliberations with scientific bodies, the health ministry said. The government on Monday said Covid-19 vaccination of children in the age group of 12-14 years…

The Drugs Controller General Of India has already approved Covovax for restricted use in emergency situations in adults on December 28. Serum Institute of India has sought emergency use authorisation from India’s drug regulator for its…

Large-scale vaccination helped India counter the third wave, as attested by top institutes across the world and ICMR, the minister added. Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Saturday that the central government will roll out…

The shelf life establishes a batch’s expiry date — meaning the date after which the dose, while working sub-optimally, won’t raise immunity. The Centre recently issued a clarification following concerns that children were being…

The Centre said that eligibility of such beneficiaries would be based on the date of administration of the second dose, as recorded in their CoWIN accounts. The Union Health Ministry on Monday issued guidelines for Covid-19 vaccination of…

Newsom's latest order, the first of its kind nationwide, will roll out in two phases, with the first taking effect for students aged 12 and over following full approval by the FDA for that entire age group, Xinhua news agency reported.…