Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan. | Photo Credit: Nagara Gopal Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan said that while China is yet to overcome the pandemic blues and is still suffering, Indians are able to move freely without any restrictions and face masks. This has been possible due to the vaccination program which the Central government has taken up … Read more
More than 42,69,993 ‘precaution’ doses for the identified categories of beneficiaries for COVID-19 vaccination have been administered so far. India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has crossed 156 crore with more than 57 lakh vaccine doses administered on Saturday, the Union health ministry said. The daily vaccination tally is expected to increase with the compilation of the … Read more
The central government as well as the state governments have indicated that special awareness programmes and initiatives will be taken to vaccinate people with the second dose of the vaccine. Even as the country is ecstatic after achieving the milestone of 100 crore Coronavirus vaccine doses, it is vital to tone down the euphoria a … Read more
The virologist also warned against the long-term impact of Covid-19, adding people usually didn’t talk about it. (File) Virologist Dr. W. Ian Lipkin has warned India that it did not have the Covid-safety armour needed to fully reopen the country, citing the extremely low vaccinated population, PTI reported. Dr. Lipkin less than 20% of the … Read more
India is scrapping the local trials for foreign coronavirus vaccines that have been “well-established” in order to accelerate the vaccination rollout. Five months after the Indian government rolled out “largest vaccination drive” against the novel Coronavirus infection, the government has come under criticism as the country faces vaccine shortage. A campaign built on a promise … Read more
The municipal commissioner said that the city has a vaccine requirement of 1.5 crore in order to inoculate all those above the age of 18 years. In a recently floated tender by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), the city has issued a global Expression of Interest (EoI) in order to procure one crore doses of … 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
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
There are as many as 24,000 people who will receive Covid-19 vaccines, as per the company data. In a recent announcement made by the cab-aggregator Ola, the company is set to provide free vaccination for the novel Coronavirus to all of its employees and dependents. The company in a statement claimed that it is the … Read more