New Delhi [India], March 30 (ANI): India is facing an increasingly severe and intensive COVID-19 situation in some districts and the whole country is potentially at risk and all efforts to contain the virus should be taken, Dr VK Paul, Member (Health) of the NITI Aayog, said on Tuesday
New Delhi (India), March 24 (ANI): On the reports of insufficiency of COVID-19 vaccine supply, NITI Aayog Member (Health) VK Paul on Wednesday said the government has adequate supplies of vaccine for the COVID-19 vaccination program in the country.
New Delhi [India], March 17 (ANI): The Union Health Ministry in its weekly press conference said that there is no concern regarding the Indian version of Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine Covishield and inoculation program will continue to run with full rigour.
New Delhi [India], March 17 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed disappointment over emerging statistics of COVID-19 vaccine wastage in the country, Niti Aayog member Dr VK Paul said on Wednesday.
New Delhi [India], March 17 (ANI): India's overall percentage of COVID-19 vaccine wastage is at 6.5 per cent, with Telangana and Andhra Pradesh topping the list with 17.6 per cent and 11.6 per cent of vaccine wastage respectively, informed the union health ministry on Wednesday.
New Delhi [India], March 17 (ANI): There is no signal of concern regarding the use of Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in the country, said Dr VK Paul, Member (Health) of the Niti Aayog, on Wednesday amid speculations and subsequent review of possible side-effects of the vaccine.
New Delhi [India], March 2 (ANI): Over 1.48 crore doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered so far in the country, said the Union Health Ministry on Tuesday.
New Delhi [India], February 16 (ANI): Twenty-four countries have been provided Indian COVID-19 vaccines so far, informed NITI Aayog member (health), Dr VK Paul, on Tuesday.
New Delhi [India], February 9 (ANI): No case of South African variant of COVID-19 virus has been found in the country so far, said NITI Aayog member (health) Dr VK Paul on Tuesday.
New Delhi [India], February 9 (ANI): Ninety-seven per cent of the people who gave their feedback after receiving COVID-19 vaccine dose are satisfied with the overall experience, Health Ministry said on Tuesday.
New Delhi [India], February 4 (ANI): The second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine will be administered to healthcare workers from February 13, and 97 per cent people who have received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine are satisfied, said the central government on Thursday.
New Delhi [India], January 19 (ANI): The Central government on Tuesday said that a nasal vaccine candidate against COVID-19 has been identified that could be a game-changer.