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  Covid Vaccine: Is it time to vaccinate children under 12-years of age? Dr Randeep Guleria answers

  Health | December 22, 2022 13:14 IST

  Ex-director of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) New Delhi, Dr. Randeep Guleria throws some light on what needs to be our action plan as concerns over coronavirus again take the spotlight.

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  COVID-19 vaccines offer significant protection against reinfection: Study

  Health | November 23, 2022 13:47 IST

  COVID-19 vaccine: Data on vaccinations and infections from all Danish registrations were analysed for the study, which was published in the journal PLOS Medicine.

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  COVID: 50 million Covaxin doses set to expire due to poor off take

  India | November 06, 2022 13:41 IST

  Covaxin news: “Covaxin doses in vials are set to expire during early 2023, resulting in losses for the company,” said sources.

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  Scared of needles? Oral Covid vaccine to roll out soon | Details

  World | October 26, 2022 19:18 IST

  Covid19: A vaccine taken orally could fend off the virus before it reaches the rest of the respiratory system, though that would depend in part on the size of the droplets, an expert said.

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  COVID-19: Spain to start administering 4th dose of vaccine

  World | September 09, 2022 8:14 IST

  Covid-19: The decision was made at a meeting of the Public Health Commission, which includes members from all 17 autonomous communities of the country, Xinhua news agency reported.

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  Addl 9.6 cr precaution doses administered during Covid vaccine Amrit Mahotsav campaign: Govt

  India | August 26, 2022 20:33 IST

  Covid vaccine Amrit Mahotsav campaign: This includes an additional 9.6 crore precaution doses which were administered during the campaign, the Union Health Ministry said.

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  4 crore people haven't taken even single dose of Covid vaccine as on July 18: Govt

  India | July 23, 2022 16:19 IST

  Covid Vaccination in India: The drive 'Covid Vaccination Amrit Mahotsava’ aimed at boosting the uptake of Covid precaution doses among the eligible population, is being held as part of the government's Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav to celebrate the 75th anniversary of India's Independence.

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  Milestone! India crosses 2 billion Covid-19 vaccination mark in 18 months

  India | July 17, 2022 13:03 IST

  Covid-19 vaccines in India: The data showed that 82 per cent of adolescents aged 15 to 18 years have also been vaccinated with the first dose since the vaccination for this age group began on January 3 while 68 per cent have got both the first and second dose.

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  COVID-19 vaccination: Free 'booster dose' for all adults from today | KNOW DETAILS HERE

  India | July 15, 2022 12:11 IST

  COVID-19 vaccine: This special vaccination drive is a part of the celebration for 'Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav' and aims to provide free precaution dose for all adults (18 years and above) eligible population at Government COVID Vaccination Centres.

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  COVID-19: US FDA authorises Novavax vaccine for emergency use in adults

  World | July 14, 2022 7:39 IST

  COVID-19: For now, the FDA authorized Novavax’s initial two-dose series for people 18 and older.

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  New Omicron sub-variants better at evading vaccine and antibody treatments, reveals study

  Health | July 06, 2022 13:20 IST

  In addition, the scientists tested the ability of 19 monoclonal antibody treatments to neutralise the variants and found that only one of the available antibody treatments remained highly effective against both Omicron sub-variants BA.2.12.1 and BA.4/5.  

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  Bharat Biotech's COVID-19 nasal vaccine phase III trials completed

  India | June 19, 2022 6:54 IST

  Krishna was in Paris as a speaker at Viva Technology 2022 where India was declared country of the year.

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  Close to 200 crore Covid vaccine doses administered in India so far: Health ministry

  India | June 17, 2022 23:02 IST

  A total of 1,15,656 precaution doses of Covid vaccines were administered among those aged 18-59 years till 7pm on Tuesday, taking the tally of such jabs given in this age group to 39,00,663, according to the Health Ministry data.

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  WTO ministers reach deals on fisheries, food, COVID vaccines

  World | June 17, 2022 14:29 IST

  WTO Director-General Nzogi Okonjo-Iweala, after a pair of sleepless nights in rugged negotiations, concluded the WTO’s first ministerial conference in 4-1/2 years by trumpeting a new sense of cooperation at a time when the world has faced crises like growing food insecurity, war in Ukraine and a once-in-a-century pandemic that has taken millions of lives.

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  Covaxin booster dose enhances vaccine effectiveness against Delta, Omicron variants, says ICMR study

  India | June 15, 2022 13:46 IST

  The findings of the study have been published on Tuesday on bioRxiv, a pre-print server and have not been peer-reviewed.

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  Corbevax gets DCGI nod as Covid-19 booster dose

  India | June 04, 2022 17:53 IST

  This means that any adult can take the booster shot after two doses of Covishield or Covaxin.

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  In 15-18 years age group, over 80% got first dose of Covid vaccine: Mansukh Mandaviya

  India | May 24, 2022 16:03 IST

  The COVID-19 vaccination for the age group 12-14 years was started on March 16 and so far more than 3.30 crore adolescents in this age group have been administered the first dose. 

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  Over 60% India's teenagers fully vaccinated against Covid

  India | May 21, 2022 1:48 IST

  Strap: More than 60 per cent of youngsters between 15 and 18 years of age have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya announced on Friday.

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  Biological E's Covid-19 vaccine Corbevax price cut to Rs 250 per dose

  India | May 16, 2022 16:21 IST

  Previously, in private vaccination centres the overall cost to end users of the vaccine was Rs 990 a dose, including taxes and administration charges, it added.

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  Over 190.65 crore Covid vaccine doses administered in India: Govt

  India | May 11, 2022 3:00 IST

  A total of 38,476 precaution doses of the vaccines were administered to beneficiaries aged 18-59 years till 7 pm, taking the total number of such doses given in this age-group to 11,78,161, according to the ministry's data.