Covid-19: Over 6.31 healthcare workers vaccinated in India, says Health Ministry
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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.
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
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).
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
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.
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
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.