First priority must be to vaccinate some people in all countries, rather than all people in some countries By Dr. C.D. Sreenivasa Murthy Vaccine is defined as a substance used to stimulate the production of antibodies and provide immunity against one or several diseases, prepared from the causative agent of a disease, its products, or a…
Vaccine is still under trials; hence pricing is not discussed. Technical Committee will be formed in collaboration with Union Health Ministry and it will decide on distribution of vaccine. Health workers and persons with comorbidity to be vaccinated in first level. COVID safety guidelines must be followed during upcoming winter season of November, December and…
Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru City and District Retail Druggists Association members submitted a memorandum to Medical Education and Health Minister Dr.K.Sudhakar and District Minister S.T.Somashekar appealing them to treat pharmacists as Corona Warriors and inoculate them with COVID-19 vaccine along with health workers. Led by Association President M.Raju, Secretary C.K. Arun and Joint Secretary S.Devaraj, they met…
Bengaluru: Karnataka has initiated the preparedness activities and collection of data of healthcare workers as per guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) given by Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Medical Education and Health Minister Dr. K. Sudhakar has said “while it is the aim of our Government to provide vaccination to each and…
New Delhi: Noting that fight against Coronavirus is not over, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said work was going on in the country on several COVID vaccines and some of them are in an advanced stage of development. Government is making preparations on how a vaccine, whenever ready, reaches every citizen in the shortest possible time….
Bengaluru: Despite non-arrival of any suitable vaccine for COVID-19, that has wrecked havoc around the world, the Government of Karnataka is silently making preparations well in advance with a hope of researching a vaccine soon. According to sources, the State Government is readying its system for immediate distribution of vaccine once it was approved by…
Union Health Minister interacts with social media users in Sunday Samvaad-4 States to submit lists of priority population groups by month end 400-500 million doses to cover approximately 20-25 crore people by July 2021 New Delhi: Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan yesterday said that the Government has set up several Committees to work out…
Mysore/Mysuru: Prof. K.S. Rangappa, former Vice-Chancellor of University of Mysore and Karnataka State Open University, exuded confidence that a vaccine for COVID-19 will be available within two months. Talking to reporters here this morning, Prof. Rangappa, who is also the Immediate Past General President of Indian Science Congress Association, Kolkata, said that human trial of…
Mysore/Mysuru: The clinical trial of COVID-19 vaccine — Covishield — developed by the University of Oxford and manufactured at the Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII), which began at JSS Hospital here in August, has completed the Phase II and the analysing process is going on. Five volunteers, who had enrolled for the Phase II…
No reports of adverse events after Covishield vaccine was administered at JSS Medical College New Delhi: The Serum Institute of India will resume clinical trials of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate — Covishield — after getting the permission from the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI), the Pune-based vaccine maker said yesterday. Pharma giant AstraZeneca said…
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