Tag: Vaccine

People who both had Covid-19 and are vaccinated don’t need to rush to get the boosters, health experts say.

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Oct 10 (AFP) - Thousands of demonstrators marched down Rome’s famous Via Veneto and other streets on Saturday, some smashing their way into a union office and clashing with police as they protested Italy’s new “Green Pass” vaccination requirement for employees to enter their offices. The certification is mandatory beginning on October 15 and applies to public and private workplaces. ...

Sri Lanka is planning to roll out Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines as the third dose for fully vaccinated people above 20 years of age, according to the State Minister of Production, Supply and Regulation of Pharmaceuticals.

The United States will accept the use by international visitors of COVID-19 vaccines authorized by U.S. regulators or the World Health Organization, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said late on Friday.

The Vaccine Technical Committee yesterday decided to start administering the first dose of Pfizer vaccine for children between the ages of 18 and 19 from Monday, the Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) said.

The World Health Organization on Wednesday endorsed the world's first malaria vaccine and said it should be given to children across Africa in the hope that it will spur stalled efforts to curb the spread of the parasitic disease.

The Advisory Committee on Communicable Diseases (ACCD) has approved and recommended giving Pfizer vaccine to healthy children in the age group from 15 to 19, a member of the committee, Consultant Physician Dr Harsha Sathischandra said yesterday.

The University Grants Commission (UGC) Chairman Prof. Sampath Amaratunga said anti-COVID-19 vaccination will be given to university students at all the universities from Monday (11) to Friday (15).

New York State's largest healthcare provider, Northwell Health, has fired 1,400 employees who refused to get Covid-19 vaccinations, according to a spokesman, Joe Kemp.