Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], January 2 (ANI): It is expected that the COVID-19 vaccine may be available in January itself, said Karnataka Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar.
New Delhi [India], January 2 (ANI): Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Saturday visited two mock vaccination sites in Delhi to review the dry run drill for administering COVID-19 vaccine.
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], January 2 (ANI): A dry run of vaccination drive will be conducted in six places each, three rural and three urban in all the 75 districts of Uttar Pradesh, said Amit Mohan Prasad, state Additional Chief Secretary (Health) on Saturday.
New Delhi [India], January 2 (ANI): The Subject Expert Committee (SEC) of Central Drugs Standards Control Organisation on Saturday made recommendations to the Drugs Controller General of India to grant permission for restricted emergency use of SII, Bharat Biotech's vaccines.
New Delhi [India], January 2 (ANI): An expert panel of Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has recommended granting restricted emergency use authorisation to Bharat Biotech's indigenously developed COVID-19 vaccine, also known as Covaxin, government sources told ANI on Saturday.
Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], January 2 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh government is confident that the COVID-19 vaccine will be made available to the people of the state around Makar Sankranti, said Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday.
Helsinki [Finland], January 2 (ANI/Sputnik): The Finnish Medicines Agency has received the first report of an adverse reaction to the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine against coronavirus a week after Europe started its mass immunization campaign, the Finnish YLE broadcaster reported on Saturday.
New Delhi [India], January 2 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi has received the highest approval rating of 55 per cent among top world leaders in the survey conducted by an American research firm, Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar said on Saturday.
Guwahati/ Dehradun/ Bhubaneswar/ West Godavari/ Thiruvananthapuram (Assam/ Uttarakhand/ Odisha/ Andhra Pradesh/ Kerala) [India], January 2 (ANI): A dry run for COVID-19 vaccine administration is being conducted on Saturday across all states and Union Territories of India.
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], January 2 (ANI): Amid the dry run of coronavirus vaccine taking place in the country, Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday said that he will not get vaccinated against coronavirus for now as the "BJP government cannot be trusted".
New Delhi [India], January 2 (ANI): Delhi Health Minister Satyender Jain on Saturday asserted that the vaccination for COVID-19 will be provided for free in the national capital.
New Delhi [India], January 2 (ANI): Amid the country's wait for a vaccine for the coronavirus, Dr Shekhar Mande, Director General of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) on Saturday said the vaccine is safe and would not have adverse effects and urged people not to hes