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WHO’s Interim recommendations for the use of One-dose Janssen Ad26.COV2.S (COVID-19) vaccine

Single dose of the vaccine can increase vaccine coverage rapidly which is an imperative in many countries where level of vaccine uptake is not optimal.   WHO...

Sotrovimab Approval in the UK: A Monoclonal Antibody Effective Against Omicron, may work for Future Variants as well

Sotrovimab, a monoclonal antibody already approved for mild to moderate COVID-19 in several countries gets approval by MHRA in the UK. This antibody was intelligently designed...

Future of Adenovirus based COVID-19 Vaccines (such as Oxford AstraZeneca) in light of recent finding about Cause of rare side effects of Blood clot

Three adenoviruses used as vectors to produce COVID-19 vaccines, bind to platelet factor 4 (PF4), a protein implicated in the pathogenesis of clotting disorders.  Adenovirus...

How Omicron Variant of COVID-19 may have Arisen?

One of unusual and most intriguing feature of heavily mutated Omicron variant is that it acquired all the mutations in a single burst in a...

Omicron variant: UK and USA Authorities recommend Booster doses of COVID Vaccines for all aged 18 and above

In order to raise levels of protection across the population against the Omicron variant, the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI)1 of UK has...

Soberana 02 and Abdala: World’s first Protein conjugate Vaccines against COVID-19

The technology used by Cuba to develop protein-based vaccines against COVID-19 can lead to development of vaccines against new mutated strains in a relatively...

SARS-CoV-2: How Serious is B.1.1.529 variant, now named Omicron

The B.1.1.529 variant was first reported to WHO from South Africa on 24th November 2021. The first known confirmed B.1.1.529 infection was from a specimen...

B.1.1.529 variant named Omicron, designated as a Variant of concern (VOC) by WHO

WHO’s Technical Advisory Group on SARS-CoV-2 Virus Evolution (TAG-VE) was convened on 26th November 2021 to assess the variant B.1.1.529. Based on the available evidences,...

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