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A third possible wave in India due to the prevailing Covid-19 variant is unlikely to disproportionately affect children than adults, showed a seroprevalence study conducted among children of 2-17 years age from March 15 to June 10 by World Health Organisation (WHO) and All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).

With Japan and South Korea joining many EU nations to issue “vaccine passports”, the Indian authorities on Thursday said they had not taken any decision on such passports for Indians. According to reports, Japan said it will make a vaccine passport available from next month for Japanese travellers, as governments around the world experiment with ways to relaunch tourism and business trips.

Children with co-morbid conditions are likely to be a priority group for vaccination, once any vaccine is approved for children. Even though most children have less severe Covid infection than adults and are asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic, those with pre-existing conditions have more severe manifestations and poorer outcomes, say the guidelines issued by the Centre for Operationalisation of Covid Care for Children and Adolescents.

Authorities in four Russian regions have made coronavirus vaccines mandatory this week for workers in retail, education and other service sectors, part of an effort to boost the country's low immunisation rates as Covid-19 infections continue to soar. Moscow, where infection tallies spiked sharply this month, first announced the requirement Wednesday, and the surrounding Moscow region, the Siberian region of Kemerovo and the Far East region of Sakhalin promptly followed.

Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren on Thursday reviewed health infrastructure which is being upgraded across the state and held discussion with experts to prepare for the third possible 3rd Covid wave. As per a statement, Soren has regular conversations with experts and doctors from across the nation to understand the nature, impact and preparations needed to fight against the anticipated third wave.

A third possible wave in India by the prevailing Covid-19 virus variant is unlikely to disproportionately affect children than adults, a seroprevalence study conducted among children of 2-17 years age from March 15 to June 10 by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) show.

The total number of Covid-19 vaccine doses administered in the country so far has crossed 26.86 crore of which five crore were given to beneficiaries in the age group of 18 to 44 years, the Union Health Ministry said on Thursday.

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The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) on Thursday said Sputnik V will soon offer a booster shot or the second dose of the vaccine, which has been adjusted to work against the Delta variant of coronavirus, to other vaccine manufacturers.

Tanzania is working to join the COVAX global vaccine-sharing facility and will sit down with aid agencies next week to plan its first national COVID inoculation campaign, World Health Organization officials said on Thursday.

Union minister Jitendra Singh on Thursday said India has performed better in managing the Covid-19 pandemic compared to many smaller countries of Europe with a much lesser population. According to an official statement, he said various preventive measures were taken to contain the second wave of the pandemic and vaccination is the mainstay of this strategy.

A third possible wave in India by the prevailing Covid-19 virus variant is unlikely to disproportionately affect children than adults, a seroprevalence study conducted by the World Health Organisation and the All India Institute of Medical Sciences has revealed.