Taipei [Taiwan], June 6 (ANI): The United States has announced a donation of 750,000 COVID-19 vaccines to Taiwan during a three-hour visit by a bipartisan group of US Senators to Taipei on Sunday.
New Delhi [India], June 6 (ANI): Boxer Simranjeet and shooter Saurabh Chaudhary are among the five Olympic-bound athletes who are yet to be given their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
New Delhi [India], June 6 (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday slammed the Centre for allegedly "fighting for blue ticks" on Twitter, while the country faces a shortage of COVID-19 vaccines.
Chandigarh [India], June 4 (ANI): The Haryana government on Saturday informed that it has received an "expression of interest" from a Malta-based pharma company to provide up to 60 million does of Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine.
Hyderabad [Telangana] , June 5 (ANI): Brazil has approved the import of Bharat Biotech manufactured COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin into the country with regulations, informed ANVISA on Friday.
New Delhi [India], June 5 (ANI): Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Saturday hit out at the Congress government in Punjab, which has come under fire by Opposition on the charge of profiteering by diverting centre-allocated Covid-19 vaccines to private hospitals in the state.
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], June 5 (ANI): Amid the acute shortage of COVID-19 vaccines across the country, Telangana IT Minister K Taraka Rama Rao has appealed to the Central government to procure COVID-19 vaccines from other countries.
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], June 5 (ANI): Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Saturday said that Punjab government selling Covid vaccines to private hospitals at a premium was "indecent, inhuman, condemnable and very unfortunate."
Rajouri (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], June 5 (ANI): Determined to perform their duty, a team of healthcare workers crossed a river on their way to carry out a COVID vaccination drive at a remote area in Kandi block of Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district.
Washington [US], June 5 (ANI): US has so far contributed USD 2 billion to GAVI for COVAX facility, a global risk-sharing mechanism for pooled procurement and equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 5 (ANI): Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president DK Shivakumar has urged President Ram Nath Kovind to direct the Central government to ensure administration of one crore COVID-19 vaccines doses per day and universal free vaccination.