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New Delhi: As India prepares for mass vaccination, ICMR Director General Dr Balram Bhargava opined that masks will probably never go. “We don't know for how long the vaccine will be effective, we don't know how much of the population we'll…

New Delhi: A day ahead of the scheduled dry run for vaccination in all the states, a government-appointed panel of experts on Friday cleared the Oxford COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by the Serum Institute of India (SII). The panel will now…

New Delhi: The Central government on Monday extended COVID-19 guidelines till January 31, 2021. It also warned about the new highly infectious COVID-19 UK strain, and advised that strict surveillance be maintained and caution be exercised.…

New Delhi: The Centre is preparing for the COVID-19 vaccine roll out across the country. Four states are set to initiate a dry run for vaccine administration next week, according to the Union Health Ministry. However, Odisha is not among…

Kochi: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday dismissed allegations of poll code breach of announcing free COVID-19 vaccines. The BJP and UDF had petitioned the State Election Commission on Sunday charging that the Chief…

New Delhi: India will be deploying its vast election machinery to administer 60 crore doses in the next 6 to 8 months using standard cold chain systems. The reason for using conventional cold storage is that the vaccines of four companies…

New Delhi: The Union government dismissed media reports of Serum Institute India (SII) and Bharat Biotech’s emergency use authorisation of COVID-19 vaccine being rejected and called it “fake.” According to a report earlier in the day, SII…

New Delhi: The Central government will launch an app for the people to avail vaccine against COVID-19. Health secretary of the Union government Rajesh Bhusan on Tuesday said one can register his name for the vaccine on the app "Co WIN".…

New Delhi: Serum Institute of India (SII) is expected to sign a contract with the Central government to supply COVID-19 vaccine at Rs 250 per dose, Business Standard reported. SII, which is the world's largest vaccine producer, along with…

New Delhi: Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij on Sunday tweeted that he was given the first dose of the COVAXIN vaccine and was aware antibodies develop 14 days after the second dose is given. His testing positive after taking the vaccine has…