One of the biggest wins against the Covid-19 pandemic has been the rapid development, production and administration of Covid-19 vaccines around the world. We can safely say that this may be the fastest time in which a vaccine was developed for a particular disease. Vaccine development can take as many as 5 to 10 years, but the Covid-19 vaccine was developed at an unprecedented speed. However, one reason for the quick development is the existence of data for the Sars-Cov-1 outbreak in 2002, which...

To prevent the risk of Omicron, several health experts have recommended that people get booster shots. In India, frontline workers and seniors above 60 years have even begun getting these shots so that they are protected against the virus. What is a COVID-19 booster dose? This is a single dose of the COVID-19 vaccine that is provided to people after completion of the two primary doses. The effect of the earlier vaccinations may decrease over time; hence, a booster dose has been introduced that...

Rightly so, the Indian government has begun administering the Covid-19 vaccine for children between 15 and 18 years of age. After vaccines were successfully developed by multiple vaccine manufacturer's last years, the world population started receiving their Covid-19 vaccine doses. But initially, only the adult population, which is persons above the age of 18 years, were allowed to get their vaccines. The vaccine was not approved for children below 18 years. The USA was the first to start admini...

We're in the third year of the Covid-19 pandemic, and already, the third wave is yet to reach its peak. Infections were declining at the end of 2021, and the world was hoping that the end of the pandemic was maybe near. But that was not the case as the Omicron variant has given new life to the Covid-19 pandemic, which is still raging all over the world. However, this time around, a large part of the population is vaccinated, and that has significantly reduced severe disease and deaths, although...

Apollo Health & Lifestyle Limited is all set to launch the Corona Vaccination Programme very soon: The 2 questions that everyone asked throughout the lockdown was - “When will the Corona vaccination be ready? When will we be protected from this hitherto unknown virus? The answer will bring a smile on people’s faces, because the vaccine to combat the dreaded Covid-19 is ready to be released in a few days from now. Ever since the lockdown was announced, the Apollo group of hospitals and cl...