Nairobi, June 30 (ANI/Xinhua): The World Bank said it has approved 14 billion shillings (about 130 million U.S. dollars) additional financing to help Kenya facilitate affordable and equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines.
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], June 30 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Wednesday requested the Centre to allow the state government to procure COVID-19 vaccines that had not been lifted by private hospitals.
Sao Paulo [Brazil], June 30 (ANI/Xinhua): Brazil registered 1,893 more deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the national death toll to 515,985, the health ministry said Tuesday.
Washington DC [US], June 30 (ANI): The National Institute of Health (NIH) in the United States has found that Bharat Biotech's COVAXIN vaccine generates antibodies that effectively neutralize both Alpha and Delta variants of COVID-19.
Hubbali (Karnataka) [India], June 30 (ANI): A negative RT-PCR certificate not older than 72 hours or vaccination certificate of at least one dose of COVID 19 vaccine needs to be compulsorily produced by passengers coming to Karnataka from Maharashtra, according to a circular issued by the
New Delhi [India], June 29 (ANI): As many as 75.43 lakh people in Delhi have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Atishi said on Tuesday.
Cambridge [UK]/New Delhi, June 29 (ANI): US biotechnology company Moderna on Tuesday announced that India has granted permission for its COVID-19 vaccine to be imported into the country for restricted use in an emergency situation.
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], June 29 (ANI): Jharkhand is facing a shortage of COVID-19 vaccines with a state health department official on Tuesday stating that the state is left with just one day's stock of COVID-19 vaccine.
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], June 29 (ANI): The additional chief secretary of Jharkhand, Arun Kumar Singh wrote to the Health Secretary of India on Monday and requested to reduce the share of vaccines to private hospitals from 25 per cent to 5 per cent for the state.
New Delhi [India], June 29 (ANI): Johnson & Johnson will not be conducting local trials in India for its single-dose COVID-19 vaccine, a spokesperson of the US-based pharma company said on Tuesday.
New Delhi [India], June 29 (ANI): The number of COVID-19 cases has declined continuously since India reported its peak of the second wave on May 7, an Union Health Ministry official said on Tuesday.
Brussels [Belgium], June 29 (ANI): A European Union (EU) official on Tuesday said that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has not received any request for approval of authorisation of the COVID-19 vaccine, Covishield.