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New Delhi: Health experts said on Thursday that India appears to be moving towards herd immunity against COVID-19 as cases decline. Dr (Prof) Sanjay Rai, Professor of Community Medicine at AIIMS said that there is no need to panic about the new strain of coronavirus detected in the UK as …

India may be moving towards herd immunity as Covid-19 cases are on the decline and there is no need to panic over the new strain of the virus found in the UK because reports suggest it is not as virulent. doctors said in a webinar Thursday. The ‘HEAL-Thy Samvaad’ webinar …

The nations of the European Union launched a coordinated effort on Sunday to administer the COVID-19 vaccine to the most vulnerable among the bloc’s nearly 450 million inhabitants, marking a moment of hope in the continent’s battle against the worst crisis in public health in a century. Healthcare workers, the …

Vaccines can sometimes cause allergic reactions, but they are usually rare and short-lived. British regulators are investigating reports of allergic reactions in two people who received the new Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday, the first day of a vaccination program. Meanwhile, they are telling people to skip the vaccine if …

The Center says India does not need to administer COVID-19 vaccine injections to the entire population. Rather, inoculating a “critical mass” in priority will help break the chain of transmission. If the previous presumption was that everyone would be released, what does this mean? Mint delves into What does the …

Written by Anuradha Mascarenhas | Pune | Updated: November 20, 2020 10:45:30 am The level of protective antibodies in infected people also varied from one individual to another. In a one-of-a-kind finding in any city in India, a new study conducted in Pune has revealed that about 85 percent of …

Although the World Health Organization believes that vaccines are the only possibility to achieve herd immunity, two major clinical trials have been temporarily halted due to unexplained diseases. Mint looks at how long it would take for the immunization campaign to materialize. How do we describe herd immunity? When the …

NEW DELHI: The second ICMR sero-survey shows that the Indian population is still far from achieving herd immunity against coronavirus infection, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Sunday, while underscoring the need to continue appropriate Covid behavior. He also emphasized that masks should be worn even in places of …

NEW DELHI: India’s Covid-19 case count surpassed 41 lakh with a record 90,632 people infected in one day, while 31.80,865 people have recovered so far, bringing the national recovery rate to 77.32 percent on Sunday, according to the Union. data from the ministry of health. The total number of coronavirus …