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COVID-19 booster dose not central theme at the moment, double shot priority: ICMR
•Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said 20 percent of India's adult population have received both doses of COVID-19 vaccine and 62 percent have got at least one dose
UK to launch COVID-19 vaccine booster programme next week for vulnerable groups
•Health minister Sajid Javid also approved a controversial proposal to offer jabs to children aged 12-15 as concern mounts about the spread of the virus in schools
India may have reached COVID endemicity, says WHO's Soumya Swaminathan
•On the prevalence of COVID-19 among children, Swaminathan said parents need not panic
COVID-19 survivors are twice as likely to get re-infected, are urged to get vaccinated
•Vaccinated survivors can make antibodies that can recognize all kinds of variants even if you were never exposed to the variant.