‘Vaccine-specific contraindications may apply as new information becomes available’
Pregnant and lactating women have not been a part of any COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial so far and should not receive the COVID-19 vaccine at this time, cautioned the Health Ministry in its note on precautions and contraindications for the vaccines. It added that vaccine-specific contraindications may apply as new information becomes available.
The total number of persons found positive with the U.K. strain of COVID-19 was 114 on Friday, said the Health Ministry.
India in the past 24 hours has reported 191 COVID-19 case fatalities with six States/UTs accounting for 73.3% of new deaths, said data released by the Health Ministry on Friday. Maharashtra saw the maximum casualties (70), followed by Kerala (19) and West Bengal (17). India is reporting one new death per million population in the last seven days, with a case fatality rate of 1.44%. Deaths per million population in India are one of…