Centre to roll out 75-day free precautionary Covid vaccine drive from July 15
Jul 15, 2022, at 02:06 am
New Delhi/UNI: The centre will commence a 75-day long Covid-19 vaccination drive from July 15 to provide free precaution doses to the eligible population at government vaccination centres across the country.
Laos govt advises people to get Covid booster shots
May 04, 2022, at 10:44 pm
Vientiane/UNI/Xinhua: Laos health authorities have advised the people to get a Covid-19 vaccine booster to strengthen their immunity and meet the criteria needed to apply for foreign travel.
Kashmir: Bandipora hamlet completes vaccinating entire population
Jan 26, 2022, at 06:53 pm
Bandipora/IBNS: After getting its name recorded as one of the first villages in the country to vaccinate the entire 18-years-old and above age group, the remote Vewan hamlet in north Kashmir's Bandipora district has zero cases of covid19.
Kashmir: Health teams brave snowfall conditions to vaccinate teenagers
Jan 14, 2022, at 12:16 am
Rajouri/IBNS: Health Department teams in Rajouri’s snow-bound areas are braving tough snowfall conditions to vaccinate children between 15 to 18 years of age against coronavirus.
70 per cent vaccination target must be met to ward off Omicron: WHO
Jan 05, 2022, at 09:14 pm
New York: As the Omicron variant of COVID-19 continues to surge across the world, the UN health agency on Tuesday said that it was crucial that more is done to help all countries receive lifesaving coronavirus jabs as quickly as possible.
COVID-19: Vaccination drive for 15-18 age groups starts from today
Jan 03, 2022, at 02:13 pm
New Delhi: Vaccination against COVID-19 for teens aged between 15 to 18 will start from Monday.
WHO warns against blanket boosters, as vaccine inequity persists
Dec 24, 2021, at 07:54 pm
New York: Blanket COVID-19 vaccine booster programmes could prolong the pandemic and increase inequity, the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Wednesday.
COVID19: 78 percent eligible population in south Kashmir fully vaccinated
Dec 14, 2021, at 03:03 am
Anantnag/IBNS: Nearly 78 percent of the eligible population has been fully vaccinated in south Kashmir, the Department of Health said on Sunday.
India’s cumulative COVID-19 vaccination coverage exceeds 112.97 Cr
Nov 16, 2021, at 07:05 pm
New Delhi: With the administration of 59,75,469 vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 112.97 Cr (1,12,97,84,045) till 7 am on Tuesday, officials said.
Kashmir CS lauds districts on achieving 100% vaccination coverage with first dose
Oct 13, 2021, at 10:37 pm
Srinagar/IBNS: Shopian and Budgam districts in Jammu and Kashmir achieved 100 percent vaccination coverage with their first dose Sunday.
J&K records highest ever daily Covid inoculation
Oct 06, 2021, at 05:13 am
Srinagar/IBNS: Jammu and Kashmir has recorded the highest number of Covid vaccination doses administered in a day.
J&K likely to cross one crore Covid vaccine doses
Sep 21, 2021, at 05:32 pm
Srinagar/IBNS: J&K is likely to cross the landmark of administering one crore Covid vaccine doses to people above 18 years of age.
Vaccination offers higher protection than previous COVID-19 infection: Study
Aug 09, 2021, at 11:20 pm
Washington: A study of COVID-19 infections in Kentucky among people who were previously infected with SAR-CoV-2 shows that unvaccinated individuals are more than twice as likely to be reinfected with COVID-19 than those who were fully vaccinated after initially contracting the virus.
Half of US population fully vaccinated against COVID-19: White House
Aug 07, 2021, at 04:08 pm
Washington: The White House on Friday announced half of the US population has been fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
Jammu and Kashmir: Health workers cross knee-deep river to carry out COVID-19 vaccination drive
Jul 12, 2021, at 11:31 pm
Srinagar: A team of health workers crossed a knee-deep river to reach a remote village in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri to carry out COVID-19 vaccination drive.
COVID-19 in Jammu and Kashmir: Medical team travels 130 kms to vaccinate Gujjars, Bakarwals
Jun 18, 2021, at 09:04 pm
Srinagar: A team of doctors recently joined the COVID-19 vaccination initiative and reached the higher reaches of the mountains in Doda district to inoculate the Gujjars and Bakarwals.
Jun 14, 2021, at 04:02 am
Srinagar: In order to speed up the Covid-19 vaccination drive in Srinagar district, the Deputy Commissioner (DC) Srinagar, Mohammed Aijaz Asad today held a consultation session with religious leaders in his office, here.
Nagaland: Full coverage of vaccination launched at Yali village in Tuensang
Jun 14, 2021, at 01:16 am
Kohima: Yali village, one of the Chang villages under Tuensang district in Nagaland, came forward with a determination to vaccinate all its eligible citizens with the COVID-19 vaccine.
Covid-19 vaccination: Onsite registration for 18-44 years age group now enabled on CoWIN
May 24, 2021, at 10:48 pm
New Delhi: The vaccination exercise as a tool to protect the most vulnerable population groups in the country from COVID-19 continues to be regularly reviewed and monitored at the highest level.
Apr 12, 2021, at 01:35 am
New Delhi: The cumulative number of COVID19 vaccine doses administered in the country has crossed 10 Cr today.
Jammu and Kashmir: 3-day voluntary COVID vaccination drive starts at KU
Apr 07, 2021, at 10:56 pm
Srinagar: A voluntary COVID vaccination drive for Kashmir University’s teaching and non-teaching staff members, aged above 45 years, started at the University of Kashmir on Tuesday.
Special COVID-19 vaccination drive launched at Baramulla
Apr 02, 2021, at 10:35 pm
Srinagar: The District Administration Baramulla under the supervision of Deputy Commissioner (DC) Bhupinder Kumar today launched a special Covid-19 vaccination drive wherein the govt functionaries are being vaccinated at the given time.
Maharashtra fights against COVID-19: More than 3 lakh people vaccinated on day one of phase three
Apr 02, 2021, at 01:33 pm
Mumbai/UNI: More than three lakh people were vaccinated through 3295 vaccination centers on the first day of vaccination of citizens above 45 years of age in the state from Thursday.
India is now 3rd topmost country with highest doses of Covid-19 vaccine administered: Centre
Feb 07, 2021, at 06:02 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: India has become the third topmost country in the world in terms of the number of Covid-19 vaccine doses administered. Only the United States and the United Kingdom remain ahead of India.
Third of world population to receive COVID-19 shots by 2028 at current vaccination rate
Feb 05, 2021, at 10:23 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: With some countries making better progress in immunizing their citizens against COVID-19 than others, the Bloomberg news agency has estimated that it would take around seven years to vaccinate 75 percent of the world population at the current pace.
Jammu and Kashmir: COVID vaccination center opened at GMC Srinagar
Jan 21, 2021, at 05:48 am
Srinagar: J&K health department today opened a vaccination center at Government Medical College Srinagar to reach out to more healthcare workers.
UN agencies supporting mammoth India COVID-19 vaccine rollout
Jan 20, 2021, at 03:29 pm
New York: India has begun what is the world’s biggest COVID vaccination campaign so far, deploying hundreds of thousands of health workers, with the training and support of the UN World Health Organization (WHO).
WHO chief warns against ‘catastrophic moral failure’ in COVID-19 vaccine access
Jan 19, 2021, at 03:15 pm
New York: A “me-first approach” to COVID-19 vaccines on the part of some countries and manufacturers is putting equitable access to these lifesaving treatments at risk, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Monday.
COVID-19: Total 3.8 people receives vaccination, 580 people reports adverse reaction
Jan 19, 2021, at 02:44 pm
New Delhi: The Indian government vaccinated a total of 3.8 lakh people in the past three days, as per the data released by the Ministry of Government.
Jammu and Kashmir: Director SKIMS takes first shot
Jan 18, 2021, at 01:35 am
Srinagar: Dr A G Ahanger, Director SKIMS, was the first health care worker to take the Covid-19 vaccine shot in Kashmir, and one among the 2000 on Saturday. Advisor to LG, Rajiv R Bhatnagar, along with other senior officials of the health department and district administration inaugurated the vaccination drive for Kashmir division at SKIMS Soura today.