According to CoWIN, vaccination for this age group picked up pace around 3 pm on Wednesday and 23,457 children aged 12-14 years have received vaccine doses till 9 pm. Over 23,000 children aged 12 to 14 years received their first dose of the Corbevax vaccine on the first day of the vaccination drive for this … Read more
More than 1.99 crore (1,99,62,729) precaution doses have been administered so far to healthcare workers, frontline workers and those aged 60 and above with comorbidities. The cumulative COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country crossed 177.40 crore on Saturday, the Union Health Ministry said. More than 21 lakh (21,41,821) vaccine doses were administered on Saturday … Read more
India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage crossed 165.6 crore (1,65,60,85,526) on Saturday and more than 53 lakh (53,47,810) vaccine doses have been administered till 7 pm. India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has crossed 165.6 crore with more than 53 lakh vaccine doses administered on Saturday, the Union health ministry said. The daily vaccination tally is expected to increase … Read more
The countrywide inoculation drive for the 15-18 age group started on January 3 while precaution shots rolled out on January 10. Over 56,000 eligible teenagers received their first COVID-19 vaccine doses in Delhi on Thursday, while more than 24,000 precaution shots were also administered, according to official figures. The countrywide inoculation drive for the 15-18 … Read more
High sero prevalence has been seen in other cities as well even when the survey took place after the second wave of covid and vaccination drives in the nation (Photo: PTI) In the sixth serological survey in Delhi, it is found that around 90 per cent of people tested in the survey have covid antibodies. … Read more
Indians are slowly making their way back to the office and is witnessing a consumption revival in the country with spending intent shifting towards more discretionary items, according to a report by global consultancy and advisory firm Deloitte. After witnessing two waves of the pandemic, India is “cautiously returning” to a state of “business as … Read more
BJP workers across the country will run a special campaign on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s birthday on September 17 to help maximum people get inoculated against Covid, aiming to break all previous records of vaccination. Announcing the campaign from his residence, BJP president JP Nadda said party workers at booth level across the country will … Read more
The first dose of vaccine has also been taken by 98.79 lakh beneficiaries (Photo: IE) Dr Pradeep Vyas, Additional Chief Secretary (Health), on Wednesday said that over 4 crore of covid vaccines have been administered in Maharashtra. We are expecting 5.23 lakh Covishield vaccine doses and Covaxin doses soon, the minister added. The state has … Read more
Health experts have recommended timely inoculation of Indian population towards Covid third wave preparedness. (Photo by Umesh Goswami) Even as Covid-19 third wave is imminent with only 21 % of population vaccinated in the seventh month of vaccination drive, experts recommend vaccinating 50% of India’s 138 crore population on priority as people already infected with … Read more
Bharat Biotech Phase-III data has been screened by the Indian regulators and would be published in the next 7-8 days, Paul said. The USFDA rejecting Bharat Biotech’s emergency use authorisation for the COVAXIN vaccine will not have any impact on the country’s Covid-19 vaccination drive. Their decision has no bearing on our programme, VK Paul, … Read more