New Delhi [India], April 26 (ANI): The Delhi government has decided to provide free COVID-19 vaccines to everyone above 18 years of age, said Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday, adding that approval has been given for the purchase of 1.34 crore doses.
Washingon [US], April 26 (ANI): The United States is "rapidly providing" therapeutics, ventilators, and raw material for COVID-19 vaccines to India, said US deputy secretary of state, Wendy Sherman.
Washington [US], April 25 (ANI): The raw material urgently required for the Indian manufacture of Covishield vaccine will immediately be made available to India, the White House said on Sunday local time.
New Delhi [India], April 25 (ANI): Director-General of Health Services (DGHS) Dr Sunil Kumar on Sunday said that vaccine and COVID appropriate behaviour are two things that are key to break the chain of coronavirus infections.
New Delhi [India], April 25 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday informed that an order for one crore COVID-19 vaccine doses has been placed for the third phase of the vaccination drive beginning May 1.
Washington [US], April 25 (ANI): The US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recommended pregnant women who are confused regarding coronavirus vaccination to get the shots.
New Delhi [India], April 25 (ANI): Tweets that advance harmful, false or misleading narratives about COVID-19 vaccinations will continue to be removed from the platform, informed a Twitter spokesperson on Sunday after several tweets on India's COVID-19 response were removed from the microblo
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 25 (ANI): Expressing concern over the rapidly escalating COVID-19 situation in the country, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Saturday accused the government of failing to secure vaccines in time.
New Delhi [India], April 24 (ANI): India has become the fastest country to administer 14 crore doses of COVID-19 vaccine in just 99 days, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Saturday.
New Delhi [India], April 24 (ANI): Amid the intensifying COVID situation in the country, the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs on Saturday issued a notification exempting Customs duty on medical-grade oxygen, oxygen related equipment and COVID-19 vaccines till July 31, 2021.
New Delhi [India], April 24 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday chaired a meeting to review steps taken to boost oxygen availability in the country in view of surge in COVID-19 cases and emphasized that there was an immediate need to augment the supply of medical grade oxygen
New Delhi [India], April 24 (ANI): Senior Congress leader and former union minister P Chidambaram on Saturday asked the central government whether it has adequate stock of COVID-19 vaccines when more people will visit hospitals to take the shot from May 1.