New Delhi [India], June 22 (ANI): Slamming the Centre over its COVID-19 handling, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said that 90 per cent of people who have died due to coronavirus could have been saved and added that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's tears did not save the lives of peopl
New Delhi [India], June 22 (ANI): India administered 86,16,373 COVID-19 vaccine doses on Monday, the highest-ever single day vaccination in the world so far, the Union Health Ministry informed today.
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], June 22 (ANI): Rajasthan Health Minister Dr Raghu Sharma on Monday said that special attention is being paid to the strengthening of medical facilities in all children's hospitals in the state ahead of the possible third COVID-19 wave.
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], June 22 (ANI): Countering the report released by the central government that stated that the rate of wastage of vaccine in Chhattisgarh is 30 per cent, Health Minister TS Singh Deo said the rate of wastage of corona vaccine in the state is only 0.95 per cent.
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], June 22 (ANI): The Himachal Pradesh government aims to vaccinate 100 per cent of the state's population against COVID with the first dose by July 25, said Chief Minister Jairam Thakur on Monday, adding that the state is not facing a vaccine shortage.
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], June 22 (ANI): With over 3.32 lakh COVID-19 vaccines administered on Monday, the total number of COVID-19 vaccines administered in Odisha has crossed one crore mark, the state health department informed.
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], June 22 (ANI): As many as 13,72,481 doses of COVID-19 vaccines were administered in Andhra Pradesh on Monday, the first day of the Centre's new centralised vaccination policy.
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], June 21 (ANI): As COVID-19 cases continue to rise across the country, Telangana reported 1197 new COVID-19 cases, 1707 recoveries and 9 deaths in the last 24 hours.
Dhaka [Bangladesh], June 21 (ANI/Xinhua): Bangladesh reported 4,636 new COVID-19 cases and 78 new deaths on Monday, making the tally at 856,304 and death toll at 13,626, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said.
Geneva [Switzerland], June 21 (ANI/Sputnik): Current COVID-19 vaccines are less effective against the Delta coronavirus variant, which was first detected in India, but they still prevent severe disease and death, Maria Van Kerkhove, the World Health Organization's technical lead for COVID-19
New Delhi [India], June 21 (ANI): Delhi saw 89 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the least increase in cases in a day this year with the national capital also recording its least positivity rate at 0.16 per cent.
Ontario [Canada], June 21 (ANI): The findings of a recent study suggest that people who have social anxiety might experience increased distress due to mask-wearing during and even after the coronavirus pandemic.