Problem of Indian students who received Covaxin raised with US
New Delhi/IBNS: India has raised the concerns of students vaccinated with indigenously developed Covaxin and planning a return to US educational institutions during a meeting between foreign secretary Harsh Shringla and US chargé d’ affaires Daniel Smith, said a Hindustan Times report.
Linking passport with vaccination certificate mandatory for people travelling abroad
New Delhi/IBNS: People going abroad for education, jobs or as part of Toyko Olympics contingent will have to link their passports to CoWIN vaccination certificates and they can also get the second dose of vaccine after 28 days, the Centre said on Monday while issuing new vaccination guidelines.
Centre defends its liberalised vaccine policy after media reports suggest inequities in distribution
New Delhi/IBNS: The Centre on Saturday defended the liberalised vaccine policy, under which 50 per cent of the doses are supplied by it and the remaining are made available to the state governments and private sector directly, saying the media reports suggesting inequities in distribution of doses were "inaccurate and speculative in nature".
Malta-based company offers to supply 60 million doses of Sputnik V to Haryana
New Delhi/IBNS: The Haryana government said it has received an "expression of Interest" from Pharma Regulatory Services Ltd, headquartered in Malta, to directly supply up to 60 million doses of Sputnik V vaccine developed by Russia at Rs 1,120 per dose.
No mixing of vaccines, or single dose of Covishield yet: Centre
New Delhi/IBNS: The Centre on Tuesday rejected claims that it could allow mixing of vaccines and reduce the Covishield vaccine schedule to a single shot, after unofficial sources informed media about the key pointers of such a plan, eliciting resistance from the medical community.
Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital doctors protest against Ramdev
New Delhi/UNI: Delhi's Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital's Resident Doctor Association (RDA) on Tuesday protested against the alleged derogatory comments made by Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev on the allopathic medicine.
SII to supply 90 to 100 million Covishield doses in June: Report
Pune/IBNS: The Serum Institute of India (SII) has said it will be able to manufacture and supply 90 to 100 million doses of Covishield in June, media reports said.
Delhi: Sisodia slams Centre for vaccine distribution system over shortage
Delhi/IBNS: Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia Friday accused the Centre for stubbornly sitting on vaccine distribution system while pointing out shortage of vaccine jabs that forced the state government to suspend inoculation for 18-44 years age group last week.
Mumbai students with confirmed admission to foreign universities to be vaccinated on priority
Mumbai/IBNS: Students in Mumbai will be vaccinated on priority if they have got confirmed admissions to universities abroad and need to get inoculated before travelling to another country, the Maharashtra government said Friday.
'Significant adverse effects' unlikely : Centre says after vaccine doses mixed in UP and Maharashtra
New Delhi/IBNS: After over a dozen villagers in an Uttar Pradesh village were given a different coronavirus vaccine from their first dose, the Centre has said "significant adverse effects" are unlikely but also called it an oversight as no instruction to administer a cocktail of vaccines was given.
Covid-19 restrictions extended in West Bengal
Kolkata/IBNS: The ongoing Covid restrictions in West Bengal extended till June 15 amid rising cases of the infection.
New Delhi/IBNS: Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan has slammed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his barbed tweet on a New York Times report on Covid numbers in India, saying that playing politics on Covid deaths should be learned from "vultures of the earth".
Moderna's single dose Covid19 vaccine by 2022 in India
New Delhi/IBNS: Moderna is planning to launch a single dose vaccine for the Indian market only in 2022 as it has no surplus vaccines in 2021, media reports said.
Tata Steel pledges to continue salary, medical and housing benefits to employees who die of Covid19
Jamshedpur/IBNS: Tata Steel has announced that it will continue to pay salaries, including medical and housing benefits, to employees in India who fall victim to Covid-19 for the remaining period of their employment till the age of 60.
New Delhi/IBNS: Pfizer has offered 5 crore Covid-19 vaccine doses to India albeit with pre-conditions as the country ramps up production amid a raging pandemic.