New Delhi [India], April 1 (ANI): Anurag Thakur, Union Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs, was administered the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in Parliament on Thursday.
Geneva [Switzerland], April 1 (ANI): The rollout of vaccines in Europe is "unacceptably slow," the World Health Organization said on Wednesday, delivering a damning evaluation on the region's Covid response, amid a "worrying" surge in infections.
New York [US], April 1 (ANI): The ongoing Phase 3 clinical trial of Pfizer/BioNTech's coronavirus vaccine has confirmed its protection lasts at least six months after the second dose.
Rohtak (Haryana) [India], April 1 (ANI): Twenty-two doctors from the Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (PGIMS), Rohtak have tested positive for COVID-19. Fourteen of them had already taken the COVID-19 vaccine, hospital authorities said on Wednesday.
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], April 1 (ANI): As the third phase of the vaccination drive started in Pune on Thursday, the Mayor of the city took the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
Nagpur (Maharashtra) [India], April 1 (ANI): A large number of people gathered at a COVID-19 vaccination facility at Indira Gandhi Hospital in Nagpur on Thursday and were seen waiting for their turn to get the vaccine dose.
New Delhi [India], April 1 (ANI): Union Minister of Railways Piyush Goyal on Thursday took his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi.
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 1 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Minister Brajesh Pathak on Thursday took his first dose of COVID-19 vaccine at Civil Hospital in Lucknow.
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 1 (ANI): Vaccination of Chinese nationals in Sri Lanka with the Sinopharm vaccine is set to start from next Monday. This comes after a consignment of Sinopharm coronavirus vaccines given by Beijing reached Colombo on Wednesday, the Colombo Page reported.
Maryland [US], April 1 (ANI): US pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson has found a quality issue at a plant in Baltimore, Maryland helping manufacture its single-dose COVID-19 vaccine. The mix-up has said to have ruined as many as 15 million potential doses of vaccine.
New Delhi [India], April 1 (ANI): Dispelling doubts about reports of people contracting coronavirus after the second dose of vaccine, Director and Medical Superintendent, RML Hospital Dr Rana Anil Kumar Singh on Wednesday said after inoculation no death has been reported and severity of COVI