New Delhi [India], April 6 (ANI): Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan on Tuesday informed that of the top 10 districts having the most active COVID-19 cases in the country, seven are from Maharashtra, one from Karnataka, Chhattisgarh, and Delhi, each.
New Delhi [India], April 6 (ANI): India administered more than 43 lakh Covid-19 vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, which is the highest single-day vaccine coverage so far, said the Union Health Ministry on Tuesday.
London [UK], April 6 (ANI): UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday that no decision has been made yet regarding the introduction of the so-called Covid-19 vaccine passports, arguing that the government is still assessing some "complicated ethical and practical issues."
New Delhi [India], April 5 (ANI): The Centre on Monday wrote to the Delhi government, pointing to irregularities in the identification of COVID-19 vaccination beneficiaries, below the age of 45 years, by some private vaccination centres.
Washington [US], April 5 (ANI): American singer and songwriter Mariah Carey, while receiving her first COVID-19 vaccine shot, hit one of her famous high notes.
Sindh [Pakistan], April 5 (ANI): Afghan refugees, who are living in the abysmal conditions in southern provinces of Pakistan, has demanded the country's government to provide them money and not COVID-19 vaccines as their camps have not been hit by the virus.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 5 (ANI): Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari on Monday received his second shot of the COVID-19 vaccine at Sir J J Group of Hospital in Mumbai.
New Delhi [India], April 5 (ANI): The cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country reached, 7,91,05,163, said the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Monday.
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], April 5 (ANI): As COVID-19 cases are increasing, the front line security force Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Jawans posted in Srinagar received the second dose of COVID-19 vaccination on Monday.
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 5 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday received his first jab of the COVID-19 vaccine at Civil Hospital in Lucknow and urged people to take all precautions amind growing cases of coronavirus.
Kathmandu [Nepal], April 4 (ANI): Nepal is set to start the second phase of its COVID-19 inoculation drive using China-made Vero Cell vaccine sans concerns over safety and approval from the World Health Organization (WHO).
London [UK], April 4 (ANI/Xinhua): British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to set out plans on Monday to develop a "COVID status certification" scheme to enable the safe return of mass gatherings and indoor events as lockdown restrictions eased in England.