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Govt's constant efforts to provide COVID-19 vaccination to all bears fruit
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 17 (ANI): India's nationwide COVID-19 vaccination programme was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on January 16, 2021.
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WHO's Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh congratulates India for administering over
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 17 (ANI): First Indian elected as Regional Director of World Health Organization (WHO)'s South-East Asia Region, Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh on Sunday congratulated India for setting a 'new record' by administering two billion vaccine doses within months.
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India crosses milestone of 2 billion COVID-19 vaccinations
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 17 (ANI): India established a new milestone on Sunday when it administered over 2 billion COVID vaccine doses, months after the launch of the nationwide vaccination drive on January 16, 2021.
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Monkeypox infectivity less, but can be fatal for children: Expert
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 15 (ANI): After India reported its first case of monkeypox, experts from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on Friday said the infectivity of the viral disease is less but it can be fatal for children.
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Keep a constant check on Covid-19, virus is mutating: Expert
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 12 (ANI): The Covid surge has raised concerns as the coronavirus is "constantly mutating" and we cannot let the infection run "unchecked", Co-chairman of National Indian Medical Association Covid-19 task force Dr Rajeev Jayadevan.
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Reverse Zoonosis is possible in transmission of Tuberculosis: ICMR-NIRT
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 5 (ANI): Researchers at Tamil Nadu's National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis (NIRT) and Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) found instances of reverse zoonosis (human-to-animal and animal-to-human) in the transmission of tuberculosis (TB).<
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Research institute plans to study whether BCG vaccine booster dose can red
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 5 (ANI): The country's apex tuberculosis (TB) research institute has planned a study to assess whether a booster dose of the Bacille Calmette Guerin (BCG) vaccine can reduce the burden of Tuberculosis (TB), a highly infectious disease that primarily affects the lun
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India's first mRNA vaccine by Gennova gets DCGI approval, to be rolled out
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], June 29 (ANI): India's first indigenously developed mRNA vaccine against the COVID-19 gets the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA), to be sold under the brand name GEMCOVAC™-19 and will be rolled out soon, informed the officials on Wednesday.
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DCGI gives emergency use authorisation to India's first mRNA COVID-19 vacc
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 28 (ANI): The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has approved two doses of Pune-based Gennova Biopharmaceuticals' mRNA COVID-19 vaccine for restricted use in emergency situations for beneficiaries aged above 18 years age group.
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Centre asks states reporting surge in COVID cases to step up vigil
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 28 (ANI): Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan on Tuesday reviewed the status of the COVID situation through a video conference (VC) with 14 states depicting a surge in cases.
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No new variant but severity, hospitalisation being monitored: NCDC on surg
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 27 (ANI): Even though COVID-19 cases are surging in the country but the severity and hospitalisation is being monitored as no new variant has been reported, the Director of the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Dr Sujeet Singh said on Monday.
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Doctors remove 16 stones weighing 500 gms from paralyzed man's bladder in
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 25 (ANI): In a rare surgery, doctors at Indian Spinal Injury Center (ISC) in Delhi removed 16 stones weighing 500 gms from a 29-year-old paralyzed (paraplegic) man's bladder this month.
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