Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], December 16 (ANI/Sputnik): Over 100,000 people in Saudi Arabia have signed up for the coronavirus vaccination on the opening day of vaccination registration, the Saudi Health Ministry said.
Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], December 16 (ANI): Around 23,000 people including frontline workers have been identified for coronavirus vaccination in the first phase in Gorakhpur, said Chief Medical Officer of Gorakhpur District Hospital Dr Shrikant Tiwari.
New Delhi [India], December 15 (ANI): The Health Ministry said on Tuesday that guidelines for estimation of cold chain equipment have been issued to all states and they have received at least 240 walk-in coolers, 70 walk-in freezers, 45,000 ice-lined refrigerators, 41,000 deep freezers and 3
Geneva [Switzerland], December 15 (ANI/Sputnik): Africa has built more experience than any other continent in conducting large-scale health campaigns during the many past epidemics it had to face, inspiring confidence in its ability to manage the distribution of a coronavirus vaccine, WHO He
New Delhi [India], December 14 (ANI): As COVID-19 vaccination programme will soon start in India, the Union Health Ministry has pledged for "One needle, One syringe, Only one time" and prepared guidelines for safer disposal of used injections.
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], December 14 (ANI): The preparations for COVID-19 vaccination is being undertaken on a war footing in Uttarakhand. The vaccination will start as soon as vaccines are made available by the Centre, said State Health Secretary Amit Negi.
Tel Aviv [Israel], December 14 (ANI/Sputnik): Yuli Edelstein, the Israeli Minister of Health, said on Sunday that the country's mass COVID-19 vaccination program may begin earlier than the proposed December 27 start date.
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], December 12 (ANI): Telangana government has constituted four committees for the COVID-19 vaccination mechanism in the state.
Moscow [Russia], December 11 (ANI/Sputnik): Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin pledged on Friday that the country would start COVID-19 vaccination at the end of the week and authorities would not miss the deadline.
Sindh [Pakistan], December 11 (ANI): Sindh Health Minister Dr Azra Pechuho on Friday slammed the Imran Khan-led federal government for not taking provinces into confidence about the coronavirus vaccination timeline.
Moscow [Russia], December 11 (ANI/Sputnik): Crews of Russia's Navy and Aerospace Forces, combat squads of the Strategic Missile Forces, and doctors are the first in line to receive the Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19, the Defense Ministry's spokesman Maj Gen Igor Konashenkov said.