coronavirus vaccines

New York: Even after more than a year of Covid vaccine drives, just over half the world's population has been fully vaccinated, media reported. According to Our World in Data, nearly 54 per cent of the world's population is fully…

London:  Britain has reported another 22,868 coronavirus cases in the latest 24-hour period, the highest since January 30 this year, according to official figures released on Monday. The total number of coronavirus cases in the country…

Washington:  As the US continues to push forward its domestic vaccination program, overseas Americans who are required to pay US taxes are feeling left behind by their own government, The Washington Post reported on Monday. Citing…

New Delhi: Congress leader and former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Thursday accused the central government of needlessly delaying approval to Coronavirus vaccines in the country for many months except in the case of Covaxin,…

New Delhi:  Pakistan may be getting Chinese Covid vaccine shots in return for its approval of projects linked to China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), according to the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). In a report on vaccine…

New Delhi:  As many as 27,38,972 doses of coronavirus vaccines were administered in India in the past 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry said on Sunday. Of the total does of vaccination on Saturday, 24,80,031 were first time…

London:  Lifting coronavirus lockdown measures would have to be done "very slowly, very cautiously" to avoid a resurge in infections, a British medical expert warned. Susan Hopkins, chief of Covid strategy at Public Health England, said…

Brussels:  Stella Kyriakides, the European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, stated on Monday that AstraZeneca's new schedule in which the company's supply of Covid-19 vaccine would fall short of expectation was unacceptable to the…

New Delhi:  India has flown the first lot of coronavirus vaccines to Africa, after having shipped these to friendly South Asian neighbours when a Royal Air Maroc plane left India for Moroccan capital Rabat on Friday evening. The Indian…

Paris: France on Friday reported 23,292 more confirmed Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the country's total infections to 30,11,257, showed the government data website. The country's Covid-19 death toll now stands at 72,647,…