Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], February 21 (ANI/Xinhua): Malaysia received its first batch of COVID-19 vaccines on Sunday, boosting its capability in the fight against the pandemic.
Geneva [Switzerland], February 20 (ANI): World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Friday urged countries and drugmakers to help speed up the manufacture and distribution of vaccines across the globe, warning that the world could be "back at square one" if some coun
Male [Maldives], February 20 (ANI): External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar on Saturday handed over 100,000 additional doses of COVID-19 vaccines to the Maldivian Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid and Health Minister Kerafa Naseem.
New Delhi [India], February 19 (ANI): Shiv Sena leader Priyanka Chaturvedi on Friday urged Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan to rope in private hospitals in the nationwide COVID-19 immunisation drive.
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], February 19 (ANI): The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Thursday said interim results of the ongoing clinical trials indicated that the indigenous COVID-19 vaccines would be effective against the mutated virus strains reported from the Unit
New Delhi [India], February 18 (ANI): Noting that the spirit of collaboration is a valuable takeaway from COVID-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said hopes of the region and the world are focused on rapid deployment of vaccines and there is need to maintain "the same
New York [US], February 18 (ANI): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has criticised what he calls the "wildly uneven and unfair" global distribution of COVID-19 vaccines amid the pandemic.
New Delhi [India], February 18 (ANI): India on Thursday airlifted consignment of Made in India COVID-19 vaccines for the Dominican Republic under the Vaccine Maitri initiative.
Taipei [Taiwan], February 18 (ANI): Taiwan was close to receiving 5 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine late last year but the deal was called off due to interferences from outside sources, said Chen Shih-Chung, Taiwan Health Minister.
New Delhi [India], February 16 (ANI): Twenty-four countries have been provided Indian COVID-19 vaccines so far, informed NITI Aayog member (health), Dr VK Paul, on Tuesday.
Geneva [Switzerland], February 16 (ANI): The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday (local time) gave emergency use approval (EUA) to two versions of AstraZeneca-Oxford-developed COVID-19 vaccines, allowing these shots to be rolled out globally through COVAX. The vaccines are being produc
New Delhi [India], February 15 (ANI): India is likely to supply COVID-19 vaccines to Canada soon. Sources informed that decks have been cleared for the supply of vaccines following a personal request by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.