Buenos Aires [Argentina], June 26 (ANI): Mortality rate from COVID-19 among people older than 60 declined by 70-80 per cent after vaccination with Russia's Sputnik V or AstraZeneca jabs, the Argentinian health ministry said on Friday.
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 23 (ANI): Trinamool Congress MP Mimi Chakraborty on Wednesday claimed to have been duped by a man who posed as an IAS officer and requested the actor-turned-politician to be present at a COVID-19 vaccination drive organised by him in West Bengal's capital
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 23 (ANI): West Bengal government will administer COVID-19 vaccines on priority to women whose children are aged between one and 12 years-old, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Wednesday.
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 23 (ANI): The West Bengal government could not start its universal vaccination programme - aimed at inoculating people in the 18-45 age group free of cost - due to paucity of jabs, a health department official said on Tuesday.
New Delhi [India], June 21 (ANI): Union Ministers congratulated the nation on administering the highest single-day number of COVID-19 jabs in the world today.
New Delhi [India], June 21 (ANI): India on Monday administered more than 80 lakh COVID-19 vaccine doses. This is the highest single-day number of jabs in the world. Thus India has vaccinated roughly the population of Israel or twice the population of New Zealand in a single day.
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 20 (ANI): Pakistan's opposition parties have slammed the Prime Minister Imran Khan-led government for the delay in procurement of COVID-19 vaccine after reports emerged that the government was forced to place emergency orders for supplies of the vaccines to overcom
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 19 (ANI): Bollywood actor Varun Dhawan, on Saturday, received the first dose of his COVID-19 vaccine. The actor, who had contracted the deadly disease in December last year, also urged his fans to get vaccinated.
New Delhi [India], June 17 (ANI): The Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi has taken both doses of the COVID-19 vaccine while Rahul Gandhi has not yet taken the jabs since he had contracted the virus in May, sources said on Thursday.
New Delhi [India], June 16 (ANI): COVID vaccines provided protection in more than 95 per cent of recipients with post-vaccination infection (PVI) occurring in only 4.28 per cent of those who received the jabs, according to study of a cohort of over 31,600 vaccinated health care workers by a
Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], June 15 (ANI): Pakistani nationals, who are staying in Indore after migration from the neighbouring country, will soon be administered doses against COVID-19, an official said.