Balrampur (Chhattisgarh) [India], June 19 (ANI): A team of health workers crossed a knee-deep river, climbed mountains and walked through a 9-kilometere dense forest to reach a remote area in Chhattisgarh's Balrampur to hold a COVID-19 vaccination drive.
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.
Washington [US], June 19 (ANI): Cautioning Americans against the highly transmissible delta variant that appears to be "particularly dangerous" for young people, US President Joe Biden on Friday (local time) urged people to take the shot as soon as possible.
New Delhi [India], June 18 (ANI): Air India Express on Friday operated the country's first international flight with fully Covid-19 vaccinated crew. The flight IX, 191 operated from Delhi to Dubai with the pilots and all crew fully vaccinated against the coronavirus.
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], June 18 (ANI): The Odisha government on Friday directed officials to vaccinate those with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) on priority.
Moscow [Russia], June 18 (ANI/Sputnik): Less than 1% of the African population is fully vaccinated against the coronavirus, while the countries are facing the third wave of COVID-19, WHO Regional Director for Africa Matshidiso Moeti said on Thursday.
Washington [US], June 18 (ANI/Sputnik): Canada's National Advisory Committee on Immunizations (NACI) is recommending those who received the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus shot as the first dose in their vaccination schedule to get vaccinated with a messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccine for their seco
New Delhi [India], June 17 (ANI): A study released by Fortis Healthcare on Thursday found that 92 per cent of fully vaccinated healthcare workers developed only mild illness on acquiring COVID-19 infection after vaccination.
Seoul [South Korea], June 17 (ANI): The Embassy of the Republic of Korea in India on Thursday confirmed that under the new policy of the South Korean government, quarantine exemption for travellers from India and other countries will be applied for those vaccinated with World Health Organiza
Doda (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], June 17 (ANI): In the continuing efforts to vaccinate all those who are eligible, a special team of doctors made it to the higher reaches of the mountains in Doda district to inoculate the Gujjars and Bakarwals.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 16 (ANI): Karnataka is aiming to achieve a target of 80 per cent vaccination aginst Covid-19 in the state for beneficiaries aged 45 years and above by the end of June, said Deputy Chief Minister Dr C N Ashwatha Narayana on Wednesday.
New Delhi [India], June 16 (ANI): Indians vaccinated with double doses of the Covishield vaccine will be able to enter South Korea freely as South Korea is going to withdraw the mandatory two-week quarantine guidelines from July 1. However, those inoculated with Covaxin will have to remai