Over 180.95 crore Covid vaccine doses administered in India: Govt

Over 180.95 crore Covid vaccine doses administered in India: Govt

Over 4.6 lakh vaccine doses were administered to beneficiaries aged 12 to 14 years on the second day of the inoculation drive for the age group, taking the total number of doses administered till 7 pm on Thursday to over 13 lakh, according to the ministry’s data. Over 8.21 lakh children aged 12 to 14 … Read more

Shield of 150 crore vaccine doses important as Omicron cases rise: PM Modi

Shield of 150 crore vaccine doses important as Omicron cases rise: PM Modi

Speaking at the inauguration of the second campus of Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute, Kolkata, the PM said 150 crore doses in less than one year is a significant achievement. Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that India has achieved the historic milestone of 150 crore vaccine doses. He added that 150 crore doses in … Read more

Centre to provide 2 crore Covid-19 vaccine doses for school teachers

Centre to provide 2 crore Covid-19 vaccine doses for school teachers

The additional doses will be dispatched to states from 27 August. The Union government will be providing an additional two crore doses of Covid vaccines by the end of August to vaccinate school teachers. Mansukh Mandavia, Union health minister, said on Wednesday that two crore additional vaccines would be dispatched to the states to vaccinate … Read more

COVID-19 vaccine: Should the gap between monitoring two doses be increased?

COVID-19 vaccine: Should the gap between monitoring two doses be increased?

India began monitoring the second dose for healthcare workers on February 13 for the ones who completed 28 days after the first dose. The vaccination programme in India is currently monitoring the two doses of Coronavirus vaccines between a prescribed gap of 28 days. The findings based on the phase 3 regulatory studies have indicated … Read more