More than 25 crore vaccine doses provided to states, UTs: Centre
Jun 09, 2021, at 11:05 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: As part of the nationwide vaccination drive, the Centre has announced to support the states and UTs by providing them COVID Vaccines free of cost.
Delta variant of Covid can infect even after Covishield, Covaxin jabs: AIIMS study
Jun 09, 2021, at 10:19 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The 'delta' variant of COVID-19, the version first detected in India in October last year, can infect people even after they have received both jabs of the Covaxin or Covishield vaccines, new studies, done separately by AIIMS (Delhi) and the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), revealed.
Pfizer to start testing COVID-19 vaccine in large group of children aged below 12
Jun 09, 2021, at 03:43 pm
Pfizer on Tuesday said it will begin testing its COVID-19 vaccine on a larger group of children under the age of 12.
India records 92,596 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Jun 09, 2021, at 03:14 pm
New Delhi: India reported 92,596 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours as per Ministry of Health released data on Wednesday.
Chinese mainland reports 8 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases
Jun 09, 2021, at 02:46 pm
Beijing/Xinhua: The Chinese mainland on Tuesday reported eight new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, all in Guangdong Province, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Wednesday.
New coronavirus strain found by virologists in Pune : Report
Jun 09, 2021, at 08:26 am
Pune/IBNS: A new coronavirus variant has been detected by National Institute of Virology (NIV) in Pune in two people travelling from Brazil.
Centre caps max amount pvt hosps can charge for Covishield, Covaxin and Sputnik shots
Jun 09, 2021, at 05:05 am
New Delhi/IBNS Amid allegations of profiteering by private vaccination centres, the government on Tuesday fixed the maximum price that can be charged by these entities for Covid vaccines.
44 Cr of COVID-19 vaccine doses ordered after change in vaccination policy
Jun 09, 2021, at 03:06 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Forty four crore doses of Covid-19 vaccine will be made available to the country from August this year, including 25 crore doses of Covishield and 19 crore doses of crore doses of Covaxin, to achieve universalization of vaccination, the Union Health Ministry said Tuesday.
About 300,000 people fail to get second vaccine dose in Pakistan
Jun 09, 2021, at 02:52 am
Around 300,000 people who got their first dose of vaccines earlier in Pakistan have not turned up for the second dose vaccines since the vaccination drive started in the country on 2 February this year.
WHO warns of ‘two-track pandemic’ as cases decline but vaccine inequity persists
Jun 08, 2021, at 11:06 pm
New York: Even though COVID-19 cases and deaths have declined in recent weeks, the world is facing a “two-track pandemic”, the UN’s top health official said on Monday in his ongoing campaign to get more vaccines to developing countries.
CMRI & BMB begin off-campus COVID-19 vaccination drives
Jun 08, 2021, at 08:50 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: CK Birla Hospitals-CMRI & BMB has commenced off-campus vaccination drives.
Jun 08, 2021, at 05:05 pm
Srinagar: Weyan village in Jammu and Kashmir's Bandipora district has become the first village of the nation to vaccinate entire populations above 18 years against COVID-19, media reports said.
India records 86498 new COVID-19 cases in pat 24 hours, lowest in 66 days
Jun 08, 2021, at 02:51 pm
New Delhi: India recorded 86,498 new cases in last 24 hours, the lowest figure in 66 days, the Ministry of Health said on Tuesday.
Bangladesh seeks five million Sputnik V vaccines from Russia
Jun 08, 2021, at 02:18 am
Bangladesh has intensified negotiations with Russia to procure five million doses of Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine soon.
Moderna and Johnson & Johnson Covid vaccines approved in the Maldives
Jun 08, 2021, at 01:04 am
Authorities in the Maldives have given emergency use approval to Covid-19 vaccines of Moderna and Johnson & Johnson--both of them are already approved by the World Health Organization (WHO).
Over 1.49 cr COVID-19 vaccine doses still available with states: Health Ministry
Jun 07, 2021, at 08:00 pm
New Delhi/UNI: More than 1.49 crore (1,49,11,649) Covid vaccine doses are still available with the states and Union Territories, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Monday.
India records 1,00,636 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours, lowest in 61 days
Jun 07, 2021, at 03:13 pm
New Delhi: India recorded 1,00,636 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, as per the Ministry of Health released data on Monday.
Pandemic highlights promise and pitfalls of online doctor visits
Jun 07, 2021, at 02:54 am
Telehealth—or telemedicine is not a very new concept, but the pandemic forced the doctors and patients in the United States, India and around the world to adopt it often as the only option. But it is not without its share of challenges. Julia Garlich, Kayley Allen from USA and Bala Singh and Pratibha Singh from India report
Jun 07, 2021, at 02:26 am
An effective response to tackling the coronavirus is impossible without knowing “exact information” on what makes this virus “tick” and hence it is imperative to investigate the origins of the virus, said American attorney, businessman, author, and philanthropist Dr. Ravi Batra.
Jammu and Kashmir: Covid Care Centre starts functioning at Panchayat Halqa, Khimber, Srinagar
Jun 07, 2021, at 02:13 am
Srinagar: As part of the efforts of the Government to identify Covid positive suspects in rural areas and to provide them timely treatment so that the spread of virus is contained in villages, the district administration, Srinagar, has established a five-bed Covid Care Centre (CCC) at the Panchayat Halqa Khimber of Harwan Block, Srinagar.
China upset over disclosure of its vaccine price in Bangladesh
Jun 07, 2021, at 01:52 am
Bangladesh Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has said China is a little upset that the procurement price of Sinopharm vaccine was made public in Bangladesh, The Daily Star reported.
Chief Secretary reviews district-wise Covid containment measures in Jammu and Kashmir
Jun 07, 2021, at 01:46 am
Srinagar:Chief Secretary, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta today chaired a meeting to review district-wise COVID containment measures.
Maharashtra: Newborn dies of COVID-19
Jun 07, 2021, at 12:17 am
Palghar/UNI: A newborn, having medical complications, died on Sunday of COVID-19 while undergoing treatment at the Nashik civil hospital, informed authorities.
China: Seven locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases reported from Guangdong
Jun 06, 2021, at 11:00 pm
Beijing: Guangdong Province in China on Saturday registered seven locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases and three locally transmitted asymptomatic cases, media reports said on Sunday.
Delhi Covid cases fall below 500 in last 24 hrs
Jun 06, 2021, at 10:54 pm
Delhi/IBNS: Delhi registered 381 fresh cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours, a record low in nearly three months.
COVID-19: India reports 1.14 lakh daily new cases, lowest in two months
Jun 06, 2021, at 10:28 pm
New Delhi: India has reported 1,14,460 new cases in the last 24 hours which is the lowest in the last two months.
India witnesses 1.14 lakh new Covid cases, 2667 deaths
Jun 06, 2021, at 05:27 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: India recorded 1.14 lakh new Covid cases and 2,667 deaths over the last 24 hours.
Two shots of COVID-19 vaccine administered to over 3 million people in Argentina
Jun 06, 2021, at 03:00 pm
Buenos Aires/Sputnik: More than 3 million people in Argentina have now received both shots of a coronavirus vaccine, according to updated information from the country's vaccine monitor.
Kashmir: ‘Everybody should go for vaccination’
Jun 05, 2021, at 11:23 pm
Srinagar/IBNS: The Composite Regional Centre (CRC) Srinagar today organized a webinar on ‘Covid appropriate behaviour and addressing vaccination misconceptions, a special focus on Persons with Disabilities’ here.
92 per cent COVID frontline warriors covered under vaccination programme in Srinagar
Jun 05, 2021, at 10:37 pm
Srinagar/IBNS: Among the COVID frontline health warriors in Srinagar, 92 per cent have been covered under the COVID vaccination programme.