Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has asked citizens to “continue to press forward” for Covid-19 vaccination targets as the country battles the third wave of infections. Under Morrison’s pathway out of the pandemic, Australia will start to reopen in phases when 70 per cent of adults are fully vaccinated, reports Xinhua news agency on Monday. […]
Government has secured an additional one million Moderna doses from European Union member states to further bolster Australia’s vaccination programme. The extra doses, along with the first shipment of the already contracted doses, will arrive within the next week and go directly to local community pharmacies across the country and into the arms of Australians. […]
अपने COVID-19 टीकाकरण का प्रमाण प्राप्त करें आपको अपनी immunisation history statement या अपने COVID-19 digital certificate से अपनी COVID-19 टीकाकरण स्थिस्ि (थटेट्स) का प्रमाण स्मल सकिा है। यह प्रमाण लेने के स्लए आपको भुगिान करने की ज़रूरि नहीं है। अपनी थटेटमेंट या अपना सर्टिफिकेट प्राप्त करने का सबसे आसान िरीका स्नम्नस्लस्िि फकसी िरीके का […]
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has rejected more than 946,000 flavoured electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) products, such as e-cigarettes and e-liquids, prohibiting them from being marketed or sold due to lack of sufficient evidence on health benefits. The decision comes after a year-long review of millions of e-cigarette-related products by the global […]
People whose diets were based on healthy plant-based foods such as fruits and vegetables had lower risks of getting Covid-19 and of having severe disease after infection, finds a study. Although metabolic conditions such as obesity and Type 2 diabetes have been linked to an increased risk of Covid-19, as well as an increased risk […]
People who have modestly but measurably worse lung function are more likely to suffer sudden cardiac death (SCD), according to research presented at the European Respiratory Society International Congress. SCD is an unexpected death that results from a sudden malfunction in the heart and in many people who suffer SCD, there are no previous warning […]
The UK’s vaccine advisory body announced that coronavirus jabs were not recommended for healthy children aged between 12 and 15. The Joint Committee on Vaccine and Immunisation (JCVI) provided the assessment on Friday, saying the jabs should not be recommended to those in this age group on health grounds alone, but the body has advised […]
NSW Minister for Mental Health, Bronnie Taylor, Chief Psychiatrist, Dr Murray Wright and Chairman of Lifeline Australia, John Brogden are calling on the community to be aware of their own mental health and that of their family and loved ones while the COVID-19 restrictions remain in place. Look out for your family and friends, check in with […]
The Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) has granted permission to Hyderabad-based Biological E Limited to conduct Phase 2 and 3 clinical trials for its anti-Covid shots called Corbevax on children. The trial will be on children between 5 and 18 years of age with certain conditions. The permission was given on Wednesday after the […]
Covid-19 vaccination elicited antibody responses in nearly nine out of 10 people with weakened immune systems, although their responses were only about one-third as strong as those mounted by healthy people, according to a study. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, US, analysed a group comprising 133 patients each taking at […]