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A sign posted on a door at the Obregon Park Covid-19 vaccine site reminds people to get their booster shots as children age 5-11 receive their first dose at the facility on November 4, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. ( Frederic J. BROWN / AFP)

Pfizer asks FDA to okay COVID-19 booster shots for all adults

Older Americans and other groups particularly vulnerable to the virus have had access to a third dose of the Pfizer and...

10 Nov 2021 6:10 AM

A dose of a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine is prepared at Lurie Childrens hospital in Chicago. (AP/Nam Y. Huh, File)

Booster shots needed against omicron, CDC studies show

Three shots of Pfizer, Moderna jabs were about 67% effective against omicron-related symptomatic disease compared with...

22 Jan 2022 5:38 AM

A fresh impetus for the vaccination programme is made imperative by the statistics on the pandemic, too. India on Thursday recorded more than 20,138 new Covid cases the number touched this high after a gap of four months. (Photo: AFP)

AA Edit | A good move, as Covid cases up

The government must seriously reconsider introducing nationwide precautionary steps, including making masks mandatory,...

14 July 2022 5:42 PM

A health worker inoculates a school student with a dose of Corbevax vaccine during a vaccination drive held for children in the age group of 12-14, as a preventive measure against Covid-19 coronavirus at a school in Bangalore on March 30, 2022. (Manjunath Kiran / AFP)

Free booster shots for adults at government hospitals from Friday

The cumulative Covid-19 vaccination coverage in the country has gone over 199.12 crore

14 July 2022 1:14 AM