New Delhi [India], August 13 (ANI): Taking cognisance of a media report highlighting low uptake of anti-COVID jabs among women, the National Commission for Women (NCW) has written to chief secretaries of all States and Union Territories to take measures to close the gender gap in vaccination
Dhaka [Bangladesh], August 8 (ANI): A stampede-like situation was seen at a COVID-19 vaccination centre on Sunday in the capital city of Bangladesh as people rushed to get their COVID-19 shot.
Ankara [Turkey], August 8 (ANI/Xinhua): Turkey on Saturday registered 25,100 new COVID-19 cases, raising its tally of infections to 5,895,841, according to its Health Ministry.
Kathmandu [Nepal], July 30 (ANI): Facing the scorching sun, and uncertainty over the chance to get the jab, hundreds of Nepali were seen queuing in serpentine lines outside vaccination centres on Friday morning.
Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], July 21 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Anaxee Digital Runners with its robust network of 20,000 plus on-field Digital Runners is clearing out all the misapprehensions surrounding vaccine jabs in the rural outskirts.
New Delhi [India], July 16 (ANI): Taking on the opposition, Bharatiya Janata Party chief JP Nadda on Friday asked party leaders in Uttar Pradesh to give a befitting reply to those "who misled people" on COVID vaccination.
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 12 (ANI): In a bid to encourage people to get vaccinated against COVID-19, a Chennai-based studio has come forward to click pictures of those who have taken their jabs.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 9 (ANI): Mumbai's civic body Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Thursday said that the state and municipal-run COVID-19 vaccination centres in the city will not administer jabs on July 10 owing to the shortage of vaccines.
New Delhi [India], July 1 (ANI): After much delay, a private hospital in Delhi on Thursday started the administration of the Sputnik V Covid vaccine for the general public in a staged manner.
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): 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.