“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
Covid Vaccination Drive started in January 2020 India recently received accolades for reaching the 75 crore Covid=19 vaccination mark from the World Health organization. Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, Regional Director (South-East Asia), WHO, congratulated India for scaling up the Covid-19 vaccination drive. Dr Singh also mentioned that India reached the 750 million vaccine dose milestone … Read more
As per latest Union Health Ministry data, Telangana has 6,276 active Covid-19 cases. (File) Hyderabad has begun a special mop-up drive to inoculate people who had been left out of the Covid-19 vaccination drive. The Telangana government hopes to vaccinate the city’s entire population within a fortnight with the drive. CoWin data suggests the state … Read more
Both vaccines have lipids based nanoparticles and inside these lipid-based particles, the active ingredients of the vaccines are packed. Covid-19 vaccines by Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech are being widely used for inoculation in many countries, vastly in the United States. Amidst the ongoing vaccination drive, a new study has surfaced indicating that these vaccines work slightly … Read more
Paul said the country would stick to the 45 years and above priority age group. The next four weeks were going to be critical for India as the situation is serious and the second wave is spreading across the country, VK Paul, member- health, Niti Aayog said on Tuesday at the Union health ministry briefing. … Read more
The survey was conducted among 9 countries including India. Ever since the Coronavirus broke out last year, many have pinned their hopes on vaccine development. However, at a time when vaccines have come, many are skeptical about getting a shot as they do not trust the vaccinations completely or are concerned about side effects. In … Read more
India is rolling out its third phase of vaccination drive where all those above the age of 45 will be inoculated. As the second wave of Coronavirus cases hit many states in the country, the central government believes that the situation is going from “bad to worse” and has therefore urged all states to vaccinate … Read more
A Bench led by Chief Justice SA Bobde said since the issues pending before the SC are the same as the one pending before the Delhi High Court, it wants to transfer the case to the apex court itself. The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the suo motu proceedings initiated by the Delhi High Court … Read more
Fresh Coronavirus cases are rising again in India, without incraese in fatality rate. Several states in India are witnessing a surge in Covid-19 cases since late February and early March. The overall Covid-cases tally every day has also been more than 20 thousand for some time now. From what we are observing, it appears that … Read more
So far, more than five million people in India have been vaccinated against COVID-19 infection. With vaccination against the novel Coronavirus kickstarting for healthcare and frontline workers last month, the focus of India is now shifting to vaccinate its third priority group. People above 50 years of age, a group which is expected to be … Read more