COVID-19 Vaccination

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As of now, the booster dose is available free of cost to only healthcare workers, frontline workers and all elderly population above 60 years of age at government vaccination centres. (AFP)

Free booster shots for adults at government hospitals from Friday

The cumulative Covid-19 vaccination coverage in the country has gone over 199.12 crore

14 Jul 2022 6:44 AM

I’d heard much about the booster dose, both good and bad, and I looked it up on the Internet. (Representational Image/ AP)

Shashi Warrier | Variant-shopping and the booster consultation

'If the bloody virus is manmade, it makes sense to develop a vaccine for it, too'

12 Jun 2022 3:43 AM

A student holds a mobile phone for another so that he can listen to instructions from a teacher as children wearing face masks as a precaution against the coronavirus attend online classes at a slum on the outskirts of Jammu. (PTI file photo)

AA Edit | 5G-6G must cut digital divide

Reports have shown that the education of a large number of children suffered irreparably owing to their inability to access online classes

20 May 2022 12:38 AM

There can be two opinions about it. It could be argued that there is very little point in allowing a person to reject a treatment, or vaccination, and then limiting the liberties of such persons with respect to movement. (representational Image/ AFP)

AA Edit | Covid-19 jabs: Caution needed

The proof of the pudding is in the eating, they say

05 May 2022 11:49 PM

The approval by the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) comes following recommendations by the Subject Expert Committee (SEC) on COVID-19 of the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation(CDSCO). (AFP)

DCGI grants EUA to Corbevax for those aged 5-12, Covaxin for 6-12 age group

Authorisation given to Cadila for its ZyCoV-D for an additional dose of 3mg with a two-jab inoculation schedule for those aged above 12

26 Apr 2022 2:49 PM

The surge is so sharp now, as the continent’s share in global numbers going from eight per cent to 18 per cent in the last four weeks. (Representational Image/ PTI)

AA Edit | As 3rd wave picks pace, ensure citizens jabbed

India reported more than three lakh new cases on Thursday, the first time in the third wave, and close to 500 deaths

21 Jan 2022 12:17 AM

Sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik creates a sand sculpture celebrating 1 year of India's COVID-19 vaccination drive, at Puri beach, Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022. (PTI)

One-year vaccination drive helped save lives & livelihoods: PM Modi

According to health ministry officials, over 93% of the adult population have received at least one dose & over 69.8% fully vaccinated

17 Jan 2022 3:27 AM

Novak Djokovic loses fight against Australia deportation

The 34-year-old defending champion and first seed had been scheduled to play in the evening of the first day

16 Jan 2022 2:41 PM

A student takes a selfie as a health worker administers a COVID-19 vaccine to teenagers in Thane, Monday, Jan. 3, 2022. (PTI)

Over 40 lakh 15-18 children given COVID-19 vaccine doses on first day

The Centre will also decide within the next two to three days which vaccine should be administered as a precaution dose

03 Jan 2022 4:13 PM

A health worker collects swab sample of a woman for Covid-19 test, in the wake of recent surge in Coronavirus cases. (DC file photo)

Indranil Banerjie | Can South Asians work as one, herald a better 2022?

Despair was the dominant theme in the South Asian subcontinent during 2021

30 Dec 2021 11:55 PM

Adar Poonawalla, CEO, Serum Institute of India (SII). (Twitter)

SII to launch vax for kids in 6 mnths

ndia is yet to start vaccinating children below 18, who form 40 per cent of the country’s population

15 Dec 2021 1:39 AM

More countries could qualify thanks to a small increase in the threshold of the 14-day cumulative Covid case notification rate, from 75 to 100 cases per 100,000 people. (AFP Photo)

EU to propose 9-month limit on covid vaccine validity for travel

Some of the current thresholds for including countries on the list from which non-essential travel is allowed would be tweaked

25 Nov 2021 3:19 PM

Licensed practical nurse Yokasta Castro, of Warwick, R.I., draws a Moderna COVID-19 vaccine into a syringe at a mass vaccination clinic, Wednesday, May 19, 2021, at Gillette Stadium, in Foxborough, Mass. U.S. regulators have opened up COVID-19 booster shots to all and more adults, Friday, Nov. 19, letting them choose another dose of either the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine. (AP)

US opens COVID boosters to all adults, urges them for 50+

Under the new rules, anyone 18 or older can choose either a Pfizer or Moderna booster six months after their last dose

20 Nov 2021 3:32 PM

The cumulative vaccine doses administered in the country so far under the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive has exceeded 109.08 crore. (AFP Photo)

96 countries mutually agree to recognise COVID-19 vaccination certificates with India

For those who wish to travel abroad, the international travel vaccination certificate can also be downloaded from the CoWIN portal

09 Nov 2021 6:28 PM

Data gathered from New South Wales also showed vaccination reduced the risk of infection more than 10-fold compared to those who were unvaccinated. (Bloomberg)

Vaccinated 16 times less likely to die from Covid, study shows

The results add to a growing body of evidence that the vaccines’ protection against severe disease and death holds up well

09 Nov 2021 3:16 PM

Earlier today, the Australian government gave recognition to Bharat Biotech's Covaxin COVID-19 vaccine for traveller's vaccination status in the country. (AFP Photo)

Five more countries recognise India's COVID-19 vaccination certificate

Last month, Hungary and Serbia had agreed with India to mutually recognise COVID-19 vaccination certificates

01 Nov 2021 7:20 PM

Till February 2021, India had ordered only 11 crore doses while it required 200 crore doses for the eligible population, or 270 crore doses for all Indians, including those under 14, assuming there was no wastage. Representational Image. (PTI)

Aakar Patel | The real story behind India’s success in 1 bn vaccine doses

On August 7, 2020, the SII, the country’s largest private vaccine manufacturer, signed an agreement with the global vaccine alliance GAVI

26 Oct 2021 1:35 AM

The PM also talked about increasing innovation in the pharmaceutical sector to make India a drug and vaccine manufacturing hub. (PTI)

Speed up: PM Modi to vaccine makers

He urged the companies to speed up the production of more doses in order to cover more population by December end

24 Oct 2021 11:47 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (PTI Photo)

PM Modi misleading country on vaccinations: Congress

Vallabh also alleged that 'the PM gave the data which is semi-baked, as half-truth is very dangerous'

22 Oct 2021 5:01 PM

India to cross 100cr vaccine mark today

If the vaccination continued at the current pace, India would cross the one billion mark on Wednesday

20 Oct 2021 3:51 AM

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