Covid-19 Vaccines

Kathmandu:  China has announced that it will provide half a million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine to Nepal. During a phone call with his Nepali counterpart Pradeep Kumar Gyawali on Friday evening, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi…

Geneva: Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), has called on Covid-19 vaccine manufacturers to scale up production significantly and urged countries to share doses once they complete their…

New Delhi:  The most vulnerable age group of people in the country, those aged above 50 will get the first jab in March second week onwards, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan informed Parliament on Friday. The Health Minister said since…

Brazzaville: COVAX has notified countries in Africa of the estimated dose allocation for the first phase of COVID-19 vaccine delivery. The global initiative led by the World Health Organization (WHO), Gavi the Vaccine Alliance and The…

New Delhi:  The Union Health Ministry informed on Saturday that 15,37,190 people have been administered Covid-19 vaccines across the country so far. The figures have come out of 27,776 sessions held since the massive inoculation drive…

New Delhi:  Ninety-two countries have approached India for Covid-19 vaccines, bolstering New Delhis credentials as the vaccine hub of the world. Highly placed sources said that scores of countries are approaching India, as the word…

Kathmandu:  A total of one million Covid-19 vaccines will be delivered by India to Nepal which will land in Kathmandu on Thursday, said the Nepalese Health and Population Minister Hrydesh Tripathi on Wednesday. Addressing a press…

Bhubaneswar: While the first phase vaccination drive is underway till January 25 across the State, more doses of the prescribed Covid-19 vaccines for the second phase will arrive today at the State’s capital city here. This was informed…

Geneva: World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has urged fairness to the access of Covid-19 vaccines, saying he wants to "see vaccination underway in every country in the next 100 days". Speaking at a…

New Delhi:  As India is poised to undertake the world's 'biggest vaccination drive', Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a virtual meeting with Chief Ministers on Monday afternoon, wherein all states will share the details of…