“When the Covid-19 pandemic first struck, we did not know much about the virus. However, our scientists and innovators immersed themselves in developing vaccines.” he said. A year after the vaccination drive took off, India has administered over 157.70 crore doses to fight the Covid-19 pandemic. Around 93% of the adult population has been vaccinated … Read more
The government has provided 153.90 crore vaccine doses to states/ Union Territories and 18.43 crore unutilised vaccine doses are still available with states/ UTs. The country is inching towards the 150-crore Covid-19 vaccination coverage mark, with 149.65 crore vaccine doses administered till late on Thursday. The country had crossed the 100-crore mark on October 21 … Read more
SII has delivered more than what it had committed and helped the government keep the vaccination drive on track. (Photo source: IE) The country is all set to reach the 100-crore vaccination mark in the next couple of days. A majority of these vaccines have been supplied by Serum Institute of India (SII). As on … Read more
The average daily vaccination rate in the country had gone up to 74.40 lakh in September compared to 59.19 lakh in August, Bhushan said. The country has vaccinated 62% of its adult population with the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine and 20% of the eligible population has been fully vaccinated, Union Health secretary Rajesh … Read more
The government highlighted that allocation can be negatively impacted in terms of vaccine wastage. Justifying the claims of some media reports as false, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has stated that the allocation of vaccine for Covid-19 vaccination drive has been transparent. The central government claimed that all states and union territories are … Read more
National average for the first dose coverage among the HCWs was 82% and that of the second dose was only 56%. (IE Image) By Dr Rajib Dasgupta With nearly 8.6 million COVID-19 vaccines administered on 21 June, it was quite a feat! This is double that of the previous high of about 4.3 million doses … Read more
The total vaccines administered in the country reached 27.07 crore on June 18 with 22.04 first dose and 5.03 crore second doses administered. With the new vaccination regime beginning on June 21, state governments have been asked to aggregate vaccine demand from the private sector. VK Paul, member, health, Niti Aayog, said aggregation of vaccine … Read more
Visuals at Apollo Hospital in Chennai (ANI Image) As the scheduled openings of phase 3 of COVID-19 vaccination drive across the country of age group 18-44 years kicks in from today onwards, the Union government said that the states which have already coordinated with the vaccine makers on procuring from the open market, will begin … Read more
Many NGO’s including common people raised money for feeding people in the crucial time. By Prashant Agarwal With over 89 countries and 6 continents celebrating the World NGO Day on 27th February, it must be not be forgotten that this unforgotten army held the torch during the trying times of COVID-19. This day is historic … Read more
If caution is thrown to the wind, we could well be laying out an invitation for a second wave, which the country can ill afford. (PTI Photo/File) If there are reasons for India to take comfort in the declining new cases of the COVID-19 virus, there are equal reasons, if not more, for it to … Read more