India's Covid-19 cases cross 1.06 crore with over 15,000 new infections
Jan 21, 2021, at 07:26 pm
New Delhi/UNI: A total of 15,223 fresh infections were registered in the past 24 hours taking the country's tally to 1,06,10,883, as per the Union Health Ministry update on Thursday.
Covid-19: Over 6.31 healthcare workers vaccinated in India, says Health Ministry
Jan 20, 2021, at 08:27 pm
New Delhi/UNI: As many as 6,31,417 healthcare workers have been vaccinated so far across 11,660 sessions, Health Ministry has cited in its provisional report.
LG Manoj Sinha inaugurates Jammu & Kashmir vaccination drive at GMC Jammu
Jan 18, 2021, at 03:13 am
Srinagar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched the world’s largest vaccination drive to eradicate COVID-19 pandemic.
Covid-19 vaccination drive starts in Assam
Jan 16, 2021, at 05:44 pm
Guwahati/UNI: The Covid-19 vaccination drive started in Assam on Saturday along with other parts of the country.
PM Modi launches world's biggest Covid-19 vaccination drive in India
Jan 16, 2021, at 04:25 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched the world's biggest Covid-19 vaccination drive in India, which is one of the worst Novel Coronavirus-hit countries.
Brazil results show Chinese vaccine 50.4% effective against COVID-19
Jan 15, 2021, at 03:55 pm
Brazilian clinical trials have unveiled that a COVID-19 vaccine developed by China's Sinovac has been found to be 50.4% effective, media reports said.
Covid vaccine recipients don't get to choose between two options for now: Centre
Jan 13, 2021, at 03:57 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The Indian government on Tuesday said that no recipient of Covid-19 vaccine gets to choose from the two candidates available in the country for emergency use.
Jan 10, 2021, at 02:45 pm
Tel Aviv/Sputnik: Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu on Saturday received his second dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine live on national television.
India's second Covid-19 vaccine dry run begins today
Jan 08, 2021, at 06:00 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The second dry run of Covid-19 vaccine across India began on Friday, as the vast country is gearing up for the mass inoculation continuing its fight against the deadly virus.
Moderna Covid-19 vaccine likely to protect for 'couple of years': CEO Stephane Bancel
Jan 08, 2021, at 05:40 am
Paris/IBNS: Moderna's COVID-19 mRNA vaccine is expected to offer protection of up to a couple of years, the US biotech's chief executive said on Thursday.
Jan 02, 2021, at 06:50 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan on Saturday said the Covid-19 vaccine will be provided to one crore healthcare workers and two crore frontline workers free of cost across the country, a day after a government-appointed panel of experts cleared one of the remedies.
Govt's expert panel clears Oxford COVID-19 vaccine for India
Jan 02, 2021, at 03:56 am
New Delhi/IBNS: A government-appointed panel of experts on Friday cleared the Oxford COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by the Serum Institute of India, which will be sent for approval to the regulator Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI).
Jan 01, 2021, at 11:20 pm
New Delhi: Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare today chaired a high-level meeting to review preparedness at session sites across the country for COVID-19 vaccination trial run on Saturday.
Govt's expert panel to meet over Covid-19 vaccine approval today
Jan 01, 2021, at 04:30 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: An expert panel, appointed by the central government, will on Friday meet over the approval for an emergency use of three Covid-19 vaccines, including an indigenous one.
Jan 01, 2021, at 02:29 pm
Geneva:The World Health Organization (WHO) today listed the Comirnaty COVID-19 mRNA vaccine for emergency use, making the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine the first to receive emergency validation from WHO since the outbreak began a year ago.
Covid-19 vaccine dry run to be held in Indian states on Jan 2, 2021: Govt
Dec 31, 2020, at 11:48 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Giving a ray of hope to 1.3 billion people, the central government on Thursday said the dry run of Covid-19 vaccine will be held in all states on Jan 2, 2021, media reports said.
UK approves Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID vaccine
Dec 30, 2020, at 09:51 pm
London/UNI: The United Kingdom on Wednesday approved a coronavirus vaccine developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca, becoming the first country in the world to authorize the vaccine against the highly contagious virus.
Dec 29, 2020, at 11:30 pm
New Delhi: India’s principal scientific adviser Vijay Raghavan on Tuesday confirmed that there is no evidence that the current vaccines will not work against the new coronavirus variant.
Moderna expects its COVID-19 vaccine to be effective against mutant Coronavirus
Dec 25, 2020, at 12:15 am
Washington/UNI: US-based pharmaceutical company Moderna expects that its COVID-19 vaccine would be effective against the new strains of the coronavirus that have discovered in the United Kingdom.
Haryana all set to rollout Covid-19 vaccination: Official
Dec 23, 2020, at 01:34 am
Chandigarh/UNI: The Haryana Health Department has completed the groundwork for Covid-19 immunisation and data of more than 1.9 lakh healthcare workers collected and uploaded on CoWIN portal, a senior state health officer said on Tuesday.
'I didn't feel a thing', says US Vice President Mike Pence after receiving Covid-19 vaccine shot
Dec 19, 2020, at 03:38 am
Washington/IBNS: United States Vice President Mike Pence on Friday received a Covid-19 vaccine shot in a live television appearance in an attempt to boost public confidence about its effectiveness.
Introduction of COVID-19 vaccine to J&K: Atal Dulloo chairs maiden meeting of UT level Task Force
Dec 18, 2020, at 09:49 pm
Srinagar: The maiden meeting of UT level Task Force for implementation of various preparatory activities relatedto introduction of COVID-19 vaccine was held here today under the chairmanship of Atal Dulloo,Financial Commissioner, Health & Medical Education Department.Dr Renu Sharma, Director Family Welfare gave an overview of measures that have been taken in J&K tocontrol the spread of COVID-19 through better awareness, diagnosis and treatment.
Sputnik V Phase 3 Covid-19 vaccine trial in Kolkata
Dec 18, 2020, at 05:33 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Kolkata's Peerless Hospital Ethics Committee has approved the Sputnik V Phase 3 Covid 19 vaccine trial on Thursday.
Dec 12, 2020, at 12:07 am
New Delhi: India’s first indigenous mRNA vaccine candidate has received approval from Indian Drug regulators to initiate Phase I/II human clinical trial.
AstraZeneca accepts cooperation offer from Russian Covid vaccine developers
Dec 11, 2020, at 09:38 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: UK-Swedish pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca accepted cooperation offer from developers of Russian coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V to study Covid-19 vaccine combinations, AstraZeneca said Friday.
After Pfizer and Serum Institute, Bharat Biotech seeks DCGI approval for emergency use of Covaxin
Dec 08, 2020, at 04:41 am
New Delhi/IBNS: After Pfizer and Serum Institute, Hyderabad-based pharmaceutical company Bharat Biotech has sought approval from the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) for the emergency use authorisation (EUA) of its Covid-19 vaccine-Covaxin, media reports said.
NHS England issues call to start staffing COVID-19 vaccination points by Dec 14: Reports
Dec 05, 2020, at 09:27 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: Public health officials in England have called on general practitioners to begin staffing local COVID-19 vaccination centers by December 14, the Sky News broadcaster reports, citing a letter sent to doctors.
Scientists optimistic about COVID-19 vaccines for all
Dec 05, 2020, at 04:01 pm
New York: Scientists developing COVID-19 vaccines are optimistic that by the end of next year, all people everywhere will have access to safe and effective treatments against a disease which has disrupted the entire planet.
Pfizer to only get half of COVID-19 vaccines out this year due to logistics: Reports
Dec 04, 2020, at 02:45 pm
Washington/Sputnik: US drug giant Pfizer expects to ship just about half of the COVID-19 vaccines it originally planned for this year because of supply-chain problems, although it still expects to roll out more than a billion doses in 2021, the Wall Street Journal reported.
COVID-19: J&K CS reviews arrangements for vaccine roll-out
Dec 02, 2020, at 05:01 am
Jammu/UNI: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Secretary, B V R Subrahmanyam on Tuesday monitored the roll-out of COVID-19 vaccination here at a meeting of the UT Steering Committee.