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Nearly 39 lakh COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in India today
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 23 (ANI): Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Friday informed that India's cumulative COVID vaccination coverage has exceeded 42.75 crores (42,75,00,272).
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May need COVID-19 vaccine booster shots for emerging variants: AIIMS chief
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 23 (ANI): With various mutations of the SARS-CoV-2 emerging in the near future, there might be a need for the country to adopt a booster dose with second-generation COVID-19 vaccines, said All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) chief Dr Randeep Guleria. Read More
Abdullah Shahid praises India for supplying COVID-19 vaccines, essential m
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] July 23 (ANI): Minister of Foreign Affair of Maldives and President-Elect of the 76th UN General Assembly Abdullah Shahid on Friday commended India's generosity for ensuring COVID-19 vaccine supply to 95 countries and providing essential medicines to 150 countries in the wo
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Over 2.75 crore COVID vaccine doses still available with states, UTs: Cent
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 23 (ANI): Amid reports of shortage of COVID-19 vaccines from several parts of the country, the Central government on Friday informed that more than 2.75 crore unutilised doses are still available with states, union territories and private hospitals.
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Sean Penn wants all cast, crew members of 'Gaslit' Watergate Series to be
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 23 (ANI): Hollywood star Sean Penn has refused to return to work on Starz's Watergate series 'Gaslit' until all cast and crew on the production have had the COVID-19 vaccine.
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Arunachal aims to achieve 100 pc first dose COVID-19 vaccination coverage
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Itanagar (Arunachal Pradesh) [India], July 23 (ANI): The Arunachal Pradesh Government aims to innoculate 100 per cent of the state's population against COVID-19 by mid-August, Chief Minister Pema Khandu said.
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COVID-19: Second dose trial of Covaxin on 2-6 years to begin by next week
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 23 (ANI): As part of its COVID-19 vaccination trials for children, Bharat Biotech is likely to administer the second dose of Covaxin to children aged between 2 and 6 years next week, sources said on Thursday.
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India in touch with various countries for COVID-19 vaccine import: MEA
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 22 (ANI): India has been in touch with the various countries regarding the possibility of import of vaccines to supplement domestic production, said the Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday.
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Kerala to sign agreement for filling Sputnik V doses in vials, planning R
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], July 22 (ANI): Kerala is all set to sign an agreement with the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), the nodal agency for Russian-made Sputnik vaccine, to set up a unit for filling COVID-19 vaccines vials.
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India among WTO's 5 member nations to produce 75pc of world's COVID-19 vac
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 22 (ANI): Five member states of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) alone will account for three-quarters of the entire global output of COVID-19 vaccines this year, said Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on Wednesday.
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India's COVID-19 vaccination coverage exceeds 41.76 cr
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 22 (ANI): India has administered 41,76,56,752 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses so far, as per the 7 pm provisional report issued by the Union Health Ministry on Wednesday.
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Pfizer, BioNTech to produce COVID-19 vaccine in South Africa
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 21 (ANI/Sputnik): Pfizer and BioNTech have signed an agreement with South Africa's Biovac Institute to produce the COVID-19 vaccine in South Africa for the African Union, Pfizer said in a statement on Wednesday.
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