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The study found that immunisation with a combination of an adenovirus vector platform-based vaccine followed by an inactivated whole virus vaccine was not only safe but also elicited better immunogenicity. Photo: UNB
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Better immune response from mixing Covaxin, Covishield, says ICMR study

While Covishield is built on a viral vector vaccine platform and uses a weakened version of adenovirus, a common cold virus that causes infection in chimpanzees, Covaxin is built on an inactivated...

A health worker displays a vial of the Covaxin vaccine at a health centre in New Delhi. Photo: AFP via Hindustan Times
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Covaxin effective against Delta Plus variant, says ICMR study

File Photo: Small bottles labelled with a "Vaccine Covid-19" sticker and a medical syringe are seen in this illustration taken April 10, 2020. Reuters/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
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Vaccine candidates from India progressing well, says ICMR

A computer image created by Nexu Science Communication together with Trinity College in Dublin, shows a model structurally representative of a betacoronavirus which is the type of virus linked to COVID-19, better known as the coronavirus linked to the Wuhan outbreak, shared with Reuters on February 18, 2020/ NEXU Science Communication via Reuters
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Coronavirus: 80% cases asymptomatic, but no need to revise testing criteria, says ICMR