Covid Vaccine

Deep in the quagmire of the second wave of coronavirus, the shortage of vaccines is looming large on India. Even as six states, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Odisha and Telangana send alarming calls to the Centre,…

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi took the second jab of COVID vaccine — 37 days after the first shot — at the Delhi-based AIIMS on Thursday. The PM urged all eligible to get inoculated against the deadly virus. The prime minister…

New Delhi: The Serum Institute of India (SII) that is manufacturing the Covishield vaccine needs around Rs 3,000 crore and three months to scale up production, its CEO Adar Poonawalla told NDTV on Tuesday evening. SII had agreed to…

New Delhi: Even as states are urging the central government to lower the age limit for COVID-19 vaccination to enable more people to get inoculated, the Union Health Ministry on Tuesday said the aim for vaccination is to cover people who…

New Delhi: Anyone above 45 years will now be able to get the COVID-19 vaccine from April 1. The decision to expand the vaccination drive was taken at a meeting of the Union Cabinet members. Healthcare and frontline workers, people above…

Bengaluru: For those who are still having second thoughts about getting vaccinated against COVID-19, can take inspiration from one J Kameshwari. The Bengaluru lady, aged 103 years, became the oldest woman in the country to get vaccinated…

Hyderabad/Chandigarh: The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) has appealed to the Central government to treat journalists as frontline warriors and enable them to get the COVID-19 vaccine on a priority basis. In a statement issued on Sunday,…

A recent study by the Indian Medical Association (IMA) Kochi has found that the elderly have reacted with fewer symptoms after taking the vaccine against COVID-19 as compared to people in the 20-40 age group. The study also found that women…

New Delhi: Healthcare and other frontline workers will be administered the second dose of COVID-19 vaccine from February 13. “Only the first dose of vaccine has been given to them so far… The second dose will be administered to healthcare…

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to get vaccinated for COVID-19 in the second phase of the immunisation programme. This could be in March or April, Hindustan Times (HT) quoted top officials as saying on Wednesday. Modi,…