Tag: Corona Vaccine

Vaccinating children against COVID not priority from WHO perspective: Vaccines expert

GENEVA: The World Health Organisation’s top vaccines expert says that immunising children against the coronavirus “is not a high priority” given the extremely limited global supply of vaccines. Dr Kate O’Brien says vaccinating children “is not a priority from a WHO perspective”, even as increasing numbers of rich countries authorise their COVID-19 shots for teenagers […]

Taiwan says China exploiting Covid vaccines for political gain

TAIPEI: Taiwan’s foreign minister on Thursday said China is seeking political gains abroad in return for providing vaccines and other pandemic assistance, partly to increase pressure on Taiwan, which it claims as its own territory. Beijing’s Communist Party leaders “further exploited the pandemic to impose their political agenda on many others,” Joseph Wu said in […]

Moderna says its COVID-19 vaccine works in kids as young as 12

WASHINGTON: Moderna said Tuesday its COVID-19 vaccine strongly protects kids as young as 12, a step that could put the shot on track to become the second option for that age group in the U.S. With global vaccine supplies still tight, much of the world is struggling to vaccinate adults in the quest to end […]

Vaccinate at least 10 per cent of population by September in every country: WHO

GENEVA: At the opening of the World Health Organization’s main annual assembly on Monday, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus hailed the sacrifices made by health workers around the world to battle the pandemic. At least 115,000 health and care workers have died from Covid-19 since the beginning of the pandemic, the WHO chief said Monday, calling […]

Deadly variant that defeats vaccines is the cause of second wave

Does India have an extremely dangerous variant of the Corona virus? Is India suffering a second wave of Corona which is leaving a trail of death, destruction and devastation due to this deadly variant? Yes, says World Health Organisation’s chief scientist and Indian origin expert Saumya Swaminathan. Dr Saumya Swaminathan argues that the deadly variant […]

కరోనాకి వ్యాక్సిన్ సరే.. దేశానికి వ్యాక్సిన్ ఏదీ.?

కరోనా వైరస్.. ప్రపంచాన్ని వణికించేసింది.. వణికించేస్తూనే వుంది. ‘కొత్త వైరస్ ఏదో వచ్చిందట కదా.. అది చాలా ప్రమాదకమైనదట కదా..’ అన్న భయాందోళనలు కింది స్థాయిలో పెరిగిపోతున్నాయి. ‘అబ్బే, కరోనా ముప్పు ప్రపంచంలోని ఇతర దేశాలతో పోల్చితే మన దేశానికి తక్కువే.. దేశం కోలుకుంటోంది.. వ్యాక్సిన్ కూడా అందుబాటులోకి వచ్చేసింది..’ అని నరేంద్ర మోడీ సర్కార్ భరోసా ఇచ్చే ప్రయత్నం చేస్తోంది. ఇది నాణానికి ఓ వైపు మాత్రమే. ఇంకో వైపు పరిస్థితి అత్యంత దయనీయం. కేరళలో […]

Corona Vaccine on the verge of release in India?

The COVID-19 has been prevalent in many parts of the country and though its intensity has decreased for the last one month, there is the threat of the second wave emergence. This is evident from the various parts of the world and India into exemption to it, as the scientists claim. So, the immediate release […]