Beijing [China], April 30 (ANI): Although China aims to vaccinate 40 per cent of its population - 560 million people - by June, experts believe that the country may not be able to reach the target owing to shortage of vaccines and inadequate production capacity.
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], April 30 (ANI): Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has directed strict action against private hospitals flouting norms to provide COVID-19 vaccination for relatives and friends, the Chief Minister's Office informed on Friday.
New Delhi [India], April 29 (ANI): Indian Ambassador to Russia, Bala Venkatesh Varma on Thursday said that India will start vaccinating its citizens with Russia's COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V from next month.
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], April 29 (ANI): Senior Congress leader V Hanumantha Rao on Thursday said that he had written a letter to All India Congress Committee (AICC) Telangana Incharge Manickam Tagore requesting him to convert all the Congress buildings in Hyderabad to Covid centres.
New Delhi [India], April 29 (ANI): Two Russian flights with oxygen concentrators, lung ventilation equipment, bedside monitors, medicines, including Coronavir and other essential pharmaceutical items landed in India to help the country in its fight against the COVID-19 surge.
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], April 28 (ANI): The last rites of a Hindu pandit lady, Raj Dulari Vishen, a resident of Karan Nagar, Srinagar, were performed on Wednesday by the Muslim community after her demise in the morning.
Dhaka [Bangladesh], April 28 (ANI): The Directorate General of Drug Administration (DGDA) of Bangladesh has green-lit the emergency use of Russia's Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine, the second vaccine to be used in the country.
Washington [US], April 27 (ANI): New guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said it is safe for people who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to be outside without a mask, but only in small groups.
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], April 27 (ANI): Rishabh Pant-led Delhi Capitals on Tuesday won the toss and opted to field against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the Indian Premier League (IPL) here at the Narendra Modi Stadium.
Moscow [Russia], April 27 (ANI): The Russian Direct Investment Fund will deliver the Sputnik V vaccine to India as it battles the second wave of coronavirus, RDIF CEO Kirill Dmitriev said on Monday.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 27 (ANI): Amid a sharp rise in the number of COVID-19 cases and deaths in Maharashtra, the state on Monday vaccinated 5.34 lakh people in a single day, informed the state health department.
New Delhi [India], March 27 (ANI): With the second COVID-19 wave rampant across the country and Australia Prime Minister Scott Morrison announcing a ban on passenger flights from India till May 15, rumours started doing the rounds that Australian players don't wish to stay until the end o