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BioNTech is proceeding with Covid shot in line with WHO guidance
FRANKFURT: Germany’s BioNTech said it was on track to introduce a COVID-19 shot by the early fall in the northern hemisphere that is adapted to…
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Covid: WHO recommends new Covid shots should target only XBB variants
– A World Health Organization (WHO) advisory group on Thursday recommended that this year’s Covid-19 booster shots be updated to target one of the currently…
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Oxford: Covid variants can cause wave of minor illness, not pandemic: Oxford vaccine chief
As director of the Oxford Vaccine Group, University of Oxford, Prof Sir Andrew J Pollard has had a fulfilling journey. The Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine that his…
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Omicron: New variant of Covid-19’s Omicron detected in Nepal, 10 confirmed cases found: Health ministry
KATHMANDU: Nepal on Monday confirmed the detection of the new Omicron variant of Covid-19 identified as “XBB1.16” and said that at least 10 out of…