Vaccination Drive
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COVID-19: Drive in Navi Mumbai to vaccinate potential super-spreaders
India | Jun 28, 2021, 10:25 AM ISTThe Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation has started a campaign to inoculate potential super-spreaders in the township.
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Kolkata vaccine fraud: Accused organised two camps; sent mail to SII for doses, say police
India | Jun 28, 2021, 09:18 AM ISTActor-turned-TMC MP Mimi Chakraborty on Saturday fell ill, a few days after she was administered a fake COVID vaccine. However, the doctor who attended to the Jadavpur MP said it was too early to link her illness with the fake jab that she had taken four days ago.
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Russia to administer new single-dose vaccine
World | Jun 27, 2021, 01:32 PM ISTAbout 2.5 million doses of the vaccine will be ready for use by the end of this month, Xinhua news agency quoted Murashko as saying on Saturday.
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COVID: West Bengal issues guidelines for private vaccination camps
India | Jun 27, 2021, 09:51 AM ISTThe nodal officer must submit a weekly report on safety and tolerability of the vaccine doses.
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Zydus Cadila vaccine for 12-18 age group soon: Centre informs SC
India | Jun 27, 2021, 07:55 AM ISTZydus Cadila has concluded its clinical trials for the 12 to 18 age group, and the vaccine may be available in near future, subject to the statutory permissions.
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Near home vaccination centres for elderly, differently abled set up: Centre tells SC
India | Jun 27, 2021, 07:33 AM ISTUnder the national COVID-19 vaccination programme Centre has devised a strategy to inoculate the elderly and the differently abled.
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CM Yogi terms Mission June vaccination drive a success, says, ‘reached target before deadline'
India | Jun 24, 2021, 11:32 PM ISTThe Uttar Pradesh government had launched ‘Mission June’ campaign, a massive vaccination campaign which aimed at inoculating over one crore people in the state against Covid-19 in June.
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Gurugram caps Covid vaccine rates in private hospitals
India | Jun 24, 2021, 09:27 AM ISTThe Gurugram health department has announced a price cap for the administration of Covid-19 vaccines in private hospitals.
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Telangana: Universities in Hyderabad step up COVID vaccination ahead of reopening on July 1
India | Jun 24, 2021, 07:10 AM ISTUniversities in Hyderabad have stepped up the vaccination of students, non-teaching staff and faculty, ahead of reopening on July 1.
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Mimi Chakraborty busts fake Covid vaccination drive in Kolkata
India | Jun 23, 2021, 05:28 PM ISTA fake Covid vaccination drive for transgenders, specially-abled persons was busted in Kolkata, says Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mimi Chakraborty. The accused who was running the drive has been arrested.
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AstraZeneca says 92% vaccine effectiveness against Delta variant
India | Jun 23, 2021, 02:54 PM ISTAstraZeneca vaccine is used in India as Covishield. Real world data from PHE, demonstrated two doses of COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca are 92% effective against hospitalisation due to the Delta variant and showed no deaths among those vaccinated.
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With over 2L doses in a day, Indore sets record for highest number of COVID-19 vaccinations
India | Jun 22, 2021, 01:51 PM ISTAccording to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, 17,56,775 people have received their first dose in Indore, while 2,70,154 people have received the second dose so far.
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Centralised free Covid vaccination policy for all adults kicks off today
India | Jun 21, 2021, 08:22 AM ISTIn a briefing on Friday, the health ministry had said states would be playing a facilitatory role by aggregating demand and vaccination capabilities of private hospitals in the state and ensure the administrations of vaccinations.
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COVID: Over 3 crore jabs still with states/UTs, 24 lakh in pipeline
India | Jun 20, 2021, 02:49 PM ISTMinistry of Health and Family Welfare's latest data reveals that more than 29.10 crore (29,10,54,050) vaccine doses have been provided to states and the UTs so far through the Central government (free of cost channel) and through direct state procurement category.
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COVID-19: Gurugram mall, restaurants offer discounts to vaccinated customers
India | Jun 20, 2021, 12:18 PM ISTWhile Ambience Mall in Gurugram is providing free parking and discounted rates on shopping from different brands available in the mall to healthcare workers, various pub bar and restaurants are offering specal discounts to people who are vaccinated against COVID-19.
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How fraudsters duped Mumbai flat residents by holding fake Covid vaccination camps
India | Jun 18, 2021, 10:52 PM ISTThe Hiranandani Residents Welfare Association of the posh Hiranandani Heritage Society in Kandivali west had lodged the complaint with the local police on Wednesday.
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Vaccination drive for construction workers launched in Mumbai
News | Jun 17, 2021, 06:59 PM ISTAs India's vaccination drive picks up a pace not only the corporate houses but now builders have also launched a special vaccination drive for construction workers.
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Rajasthan becomes 4th state to inoculate over 2 crore people
India | Jun 17, 2021, 11:48 AM ISTState Health Minister Raghu Sharma congratulated officers and employees associated with vaccination on administration of 2 crore vaccination doses in the state under Covid-19 vaccination programme.
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Speed, scale of Covid vaccination will shape path of economic recovery: RBI report
India | Jun 16, 2021, 09:35 PM ISTSpeed and scale of vaccination against COVID-19 will shape the path of economic recovery which has the resilience and the fundamentals to bounce back from the pandemic and unshackle itself from pre-existing cyclical and structural hindrances, said a RBI report.
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Special vaccination drive for new mothers organised in Chennai
News | Jun 16, 2021, 04:05 PM ISTIn a bid to fight against COVID-19, a special vaccination drive organised for mothers of newborn children in Chennai.