COVID-19 vaccine

US regulators on Thursday strictly limited who can receive Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine due to the ongoing risk of rare but serious blood clots

140,188 people had also received booster dose

India began offering booster doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to all adults

South Korean health officials on Wednesday approved Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 5 to 11, expanding the country’s immunization program in the face of a massive omicron outbreak.

Minister for Education, Science and Technology Devendra Poudel said that children of 4 to 12 years age group would be vaccinated against COVID-19 at the earliest.

Targeted people have not visited the vaccination centres as expected in Rukum.

A new research has found that refusal to get COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy may be linked to traumatic events in childhood, such as neglect, domestic violence or substance misuse in the family home.

Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine 'Spikevax' received full approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), after more than a year of its "emergency use authorization", reported USA TODAY.

About 54,000 people participated in demonstrations against COVID-19 vaccine passes held across France on Saturday, radio France Bleu reports.

Children younger than 5 can’t get COVID-19 vaccines in the US yet.