COVID Vaccination

New Delhi:  The 75-day long 'COVID Vaccination Amrit Mahotsava' concluded on Friday with total 27 per cent coverage of precaution dose among the eligible population. A total of 15.92 crore precaution dose were administered during the…

New Delhi:  India on Tuesday reported 4,043 fresh Covid infections and 15 deaths in the last 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry said. With the fresh fatalities, the death toll due to Covid mounted to 5,28,370. On Monday, 4,858…

Bhubaneswar: While the 75-day-long free precaution dose drive of Covid Vaccination under Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav will end on September 30, a whopping 75 per cent of the eligible population in Odisha remains to be administered with the…

New Delhi:  With more than 211 crore Covid vaccination doses administered, India crossed a significant milestone in the national countrywide vaccination programme on Friday. Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya hailed it as…

New Delhi: India on Sunday reached the historic milestone of 200 crore mark in Covid-19 vaccination. The milestone has been achieved after 18 months when the nation began the mass vaccination on January 16, 2021. According to the Co-Win…

New York: Covid booster doses are more effective in people with hematologic malignancies -- or blood cancers including leukaemia, lymphoma, and multiple myeloma and improves their antibody levels than initial shots, finds a study. People…

New Delhi:  India saw a marginal decline in Covid cases with 18,815 infections reported in the past 24 hours, against previous day's 18,930 count, the Union Health Ministry said on Friday. During the same period, 38 fatalities took the…

New Delhi:  'Har Ghar Dastak campaign 2.0' to accelerate the pace and coverage of Covid vaccination across states and UTs began on Wednesday. The states and UTs have been advised to give an intensive push towards full Covid vaccination…

Canberra: A leading infectious diseases expert has urged the influenza vaccine to be made free for all Australians to prevent a looming health "disaster". Ian Barr, WHO Deputy Director Collaborating Center for Reference and Research on…

New Delhi: As India began inoculation for children aged between 12 to 14 years on Wednesday, over 2.6 lakh of this age group vaccinated with first dose of Covid vaccine on the first day. The Covid-19 vaccination for this age group began…