Himachal Pradesh Emerges As "Champion" In COVID Vaccination Drive, Says PM Modi, Urges To Avoid Vaccine Wastage

Himachal Pradesh has become the first state to vaccinate 100 per cent of its eligible population with the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and one-third of...

COVID-19 Explainer: What Is The New Covid Variant "Mu”? WHO Warns It Could Be More Resistant To Vaccines

Mu variant of COVID-19 has been detected in Colombia and has been reported in other South American countries and in Europe. As of now, no cases...

COVID-19 Vaccines Effective At Reducing Severe Illness, Hospitalisation: Lancet Study

According to a large-scale study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases journal, the odds of experiencing long COVID -- illness lasting 28 days or more after...

States And UTs Asked To Complete First Dose Of COVID Vaccination For Teaching And Non-Teaching Staff In September

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on August 25 had said that more than two crore additional COVID-19 vaccine doses are being made available to states this...

Increasing Number Of COVID Infections In Some States Presently Indicate Third Wave: ICMR's Dr Samiran Panda

Several states began imposing COVID-19 restrictions and increased vaccinations, learning from Delhi and Maharashtra. Due to this, the second wave in several states was not as...

India's COVID Vaccine Supply Jumps, Raising Export Hopes

According to a spokesperson for the COVAX co-lead GAVI, India, a major international producer of many other vaccines, could play a similarly transformative role in the...

State Governments Should Explore Possibility Of Imposing Night Curfew In High Positivity Areas: Union Home Secretary

In a meeting chaired by Union Home Secretary, it was emphasised that along with vaccination COVID appropriate behaviour must also continue to be encouraged and events...

Please Send Your Child To School, Families And School Staff Should Be Vaccinated: Dr NK Arora, Expert Panel Chief

Dr NK Arora, Chairman of the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation in India said that there are around 12 crore children in the age group...

Protection From Pfizer And AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 Vaccine Wanes Within Six Months: UK Study

After five to six months, the effectiveness of the Pfizer jab at preventing COVID-19 infection in the month after the second dose fell from 88 per...

Surat Municipal Corporation Begins 'Knock The Door' Campaign For COVID Vaccination Awareness

Under 'Knock the Door' campaign, the Surat Municipal Corporation has started calling, sending SMS to people whose second dose of COVID vaccine is due and also...

First Covid Vaccine For Children Above 12 Approved In India, All You Need To Know

Zydus Cadila is a three-dose specialised needle-free vaccine, given in the interval of 4 weeks between each dose. The vaccine is expected to hit the market...

Aiming To Provide First Dose Of COVID Vaccine To All Above 18 Years By September: Kerala Minister

Since it is expected that the third wave of COVID-19 may affect children more, as they are yet to be vaccinated, the minister said special attention...

Covid Vaccination: WHO Head Calls For Two-Month Vaccine Booster Moratorium

Vaccine injustice and vaccine nationalism increase the risk of more contagious variants emerging, said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

Adolescents Likely To Get ZyCoV-D COVID Vaccine After Four Weeks

For children in age group 5 to 12 years and below, there are different stages of the research that is going on, said Dr Renu Swarup,...

Covid Vaccination Compulsory For Priests, 'Dhakis' In Kolkata Housing Society Durga Pujas

"Priests, dhakis, pandal makers, electricians, those who will go through the nitty-gritty - all associated with the puja have to be inoculated with at least one...