New Delhi [India], December 29 (ANI): Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla has written a letter to chief secretaries of all states to instruct the concerned authorities for their active support to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in identification, preparation of database, vaccine deliv
New Delhi [India], December 28 (ANI): Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan Monday inaugurated India's first Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV) in a bid to prevent about 67,800 child mortality under 5 years of age in India from pneumococcal diseases every year.
Almaty [Kazakhstan], December 28 (ANI/Sputnik): Kazakhstan on Monday signed a deal with US pharmaceutical company Pfizer to begin receiving its vaccine against the coronavirus disease, the health ministry said.
Berlin [Germany], December 28 (ANI/Sputnik): Germany plans to receive 15.5 million doses of Moderna's coronavirus vaccine as soon as it is approved by the European Union's drug regulator, a health ministry spokeswoman said Monday.
Jakarta [Indonesia], December 28 (ANI/Xinhua): The COVID-19 cases in Indonesia rose by 5,854 within one day to 719,219, with the death toll adding by 215 to 21,452, the Health Ministry said on Monday.
Brasilia [Brazil], December 28 (ANI/Xinhua): Brazil on Sunday registered 18,479 new COVID-19 cases, bringing its national count to 7,484,285, the country's health ministry said.
Minsk [Belarus], December 27 (ANI/Xinhua): Belarus reported 1,825 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, taking its total to 186,747, according to the country's health ministry.
Ankara [Turkey], December 27 (ANI/Sputnik): Turkey's health ministry has registered 15,118 new positive tests for COVID-19 on Saturday, the lowest single-day increase since mid-November.
New Delhi [India], December 26 (ANI): In a step towards prospective surveillance in view of the new COVID-19 virus strain detected in the United Kingdom, the Central government's national task force (NTF) on Saturday said that five per cent of the positive cases from all states and union
Tokyo [Japan], December 26 (ANI/Sputnik): The number of COVID-19 cases in Japan has increased by a record 3,881 infections over the past 24 hours, with the overall number surpassing 200,000, the Health Ministry reported on Saturday.
Cairo [Egypt], December 25 (ANI/Xinhua): Egypt reported on Thursday late night 1,021 new COVID-19 infections, raising the total cases registered in the country to 128,993, said the Egyptian Health Ministry.