Second Wave Of COVID-19: Experts Discuss Reasons Behind Surge In COVID Cases And Vaccination In India

Talking about India’s coronavirus vaccination drive, Dr Gurpreet Sandhu, President, Council for Healthcare and Pharma, said, the COVID-19 pandemic has brought out some of the inequities...

Indian Medical Association Urges PM Modi To Start Vaccination For All Above 18 Years, Suggests Limited Lockdown

The Indian Medical Association urged the Prime Minister to include private sector family clinics in the COVID vaccination drive along with private hospitals

On-Site COVID Vaccine Registrations For Health And Frontline Workers Only At Government Sites: Centre

This move has come after the Centre uncovered instances of vaccination of ineligible beneficiaries in the name of healthcare workers (HCWs) and frontline workers (FLWs) at...

Pfizer-BioNTech Say COVID-19 Vaccine Protection Lasts At Least Six Months, Effective Against South African Variant

Safety data from the Phase 3 study has been collected from over 12,000 COVID vaccinated participants who have a follow-up time of at least six months...

Administer 5-10 Million COVID Vaccine Doses Per Day, Do Genomic Surveillance For Variants: Expert On COVID In India

To control the coronavirus pandemic in India, Professor Bhramar Mukherjee of the University Of Michigan, has called to increase the coverage of COVID vaccination

COVID Vaccination Throughout April, Including Gazetted Holidays, At All Public, Private Sector Centres

More than 6.5 crore COVID vaccine doses have been administered through over 10 lakh sessions across the country so far, as per the provisional report till...

COVID-19: Seven Vaccines Candidates In Clinical Trials, Says Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan

According to Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, around seven more COVID vaccine candidates are in clinical trials of which some are in the advanced phase of...

No Proof COVID Second Wave Due To Virus Variants, But It Is Possible: Virologist Shahid Jameel

According to virologist Shahid Jameel, the effectiveness of current COVID-19 vaccines, Covaxin and Covishied, against the double mutant variant has not yet been tested

81 Per Cent Of 401 Punjab Samples Show UK Variant, Chief Minister Amarinder Singh Asks PM To Widen Vaccine Ambit

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to urgently allow vaccination for younger people as 81 per cent of Covid samples tested...

COVID Vaccination: Increase Interval Between Two Doses Of Covishield To 4-8 Weeks, Centres Tells States

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare stated that keeping the existing scientific evidence in view, it appears that protection is enhanced if the second dose...

Revised Vaccination Timings From March 22 Onwards, Adequate Manpower To Be Deployed: Delhi Government

Taking cognisance of the sudden surge in the COVID cases, all Delhi government hospitals will hereby operate vaccination sites in their premises till atleast 9pm, said...

More Private Facilities Being Allowed As COVID Vaccination Centres In Delhi, 3 States: Government

The government is not apprehensive of utilising the services of private health facilities for COVID-19 vaccination, Minister of State for Health Ashwini Choubey said in a...

Negligence Towards COVID-19 Appropriate Behaviour Behind Rising Cases: Union Health Minister

According to Dr Harsh Vardhan, it is important to ascertain that COVID appropriate behaviour is followed even after the vaccine is available

COVID Vaccination: Experts Answer Queries Related To Coronavirus Vaccine And Comorbidities

A panel of experts answered frequently asked questions related to comorbidities, medication and COVID-19 vaccination

Over 20 Lakh COVID Vaccine Doses Administered In A Day; Principal Secretary To PM Chaired A Review Meeting

A high-level meeting held to review the status and progress of COVID-19 vaccination across states and Union Territories (UTs) was attended by Chief Secretaries and the...