Balochistan [Pakistan], June 15 (ANI): Balochistan, which has a population of over 1.23 crore, has been provided with only about 1,000 doses of COVID-19 Pfizer vaccine by the Imran Khan government.
New Delhi [India], June 15 (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday urged people to get vaccinated against COVID-19 as soon as possible and to continue following all the safety guidelines.
New Delhi [India], June 15 (ANI): The Central government has provided more than 26.69 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses to states and union territories and they will get more than 47,43,580 vaccine doses in the next three days, informed the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Tuesday.
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], June 15 (ANI): Amidst the second COVID-19 wave, a group of the transgender community was vaccinated on Monday after a special vaccination drive was launched for the community by Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) at Kalyan Mandap in the city.
New Delhi [India], June 15 (ANI): Research is taking place in India, US and several other countries to see if booster dose will be needed for maintaining longer efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines, a senior doctor has said.
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], June 15 (ANI): The Odisha government has sought COVID-19 vaccine in the ratio of 95:05 for government and private hospitals instead of 75:25 as per the Central guidelines.
Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], June 15 (ANI): Haryana Home and Health Minister Anil Vij on Monday released IEC Comic - 'BACCHE, VAAYU and CORONA 6: Covid Variant Banaam Vaccine Yodha' to spread awareness about COVID-19 vaccine and immunisation among parents and children.
New Delhi [India], June 15 (ANI): The cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country has reached 25,87,13,321 as per the 7 pm provisional report on Monday, said the Union Health Ministry.
New Delhi [India], June 14 (ANI): Bollywood playback singer Shreya Ghoshal, who welcomed her first baby boy Devyaan with husband Shiladitya Mukhopadhyaya, took the first jab of COVID-19 vaccine on Monday.
Taipei [Taiwan], June 14 (ANI): Despite Taiwan grappling with a worsening COVID-19 situation and shortage of vaccines, the self-governing island has refused to accept help from China, which claims the island as one of its territories.
New Delhi [India], June 14 (ANI): US Biotechnology company Novavax on Monday announced that its Covid-19 vaccine provides 100 per cent protection against moderate and severe symptoms of the disease and 90.4 per cent efficacy overall in phase 3 trials.