According to the Ministry, the doses have been administered to the Health Care Workers (HCWs) whereas 1,84,14,942 (1st Dose), 1,75,32,038 (2nd Dose), and 73,40,412 (Precaution Dose) have been jabbed to the Front Line Workers (FLWs) in the country.
April 24, 2022With markets opening and restrictions getting lifted, nothing seems to stop Nepalis from organising jatras, rallies and all kinds of indoor and outdoor gatherings that draw huge crowds.
April 18, 2022The study found that a fourth dose can reduce the possibilities of symptomatic infection, hospitalisation, serious illness and mortality among the elders, Clalit said, Xinhua news agnecy reported.
April 15, 2022“We administered 147 vaccines on Monday, a marginal 12 per cent increase over yesterday. Encouragingly, there has been a 20 per cent rise in number of precaution doses in the 18-59 category. The numbers should further increase as the news spreads about the booster in this age group,”
April 12, 2022Approximately 35 per cent of the world’s population has not received at least one dose, while more than 42 per cent of the world’s population has not been fully vaccinated. One can easily observe the inequitable distribution of vaccines between the Global North and the Global South.
March 25, 2022The statement further said that Covovax is the fourth vaccine to receive EUA from the DCGI for use among adolescents 12 and older.
March 23, 2022The highest uptake has been among the frontline workers, with over 77,000 persons having received the third dose.
January 19, 2022Quoting some media reports alleging vaccine shortage in Maharashtra, the ministry stated that such reports are incorrect.
January 14, 2022The government said the reports used "incomplete information", sources in the Union Health ministry said.
January 3, 2022The traders across the nation took a pledge to provide vital support to all the state governments in the prevention of Covid, where customers with no vaccination are urged to get the vaccine first.
December 30, 2021The WHO noted that the rapid growth rate is likely to be a combination of both immune evasion and intrinsic increased transmissibility of the Omicron variant.
December 29, 2021The Kandhamal district with no active case have turned covid-free zone while nine more districts with single digit active case are on the verge of becoming infection-free territories.
December 28, 2021The state currently has 1,989 active Covid-19 cases while 10,41,836 patients including 108 on Wednesday recovering from the disease.
December 16, 2021Covavax is currently under trial and has shown excellent results down to the age of 3 years, Poonawalla said while addressing an event at the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII).
December 14, 2021The vaccination drive in the country has been ramped up through the availability of more vaccines, advanced visibility of vaccine availability to states and UT for enabling better planning by them and streamlining the vaccine supply chain.
December 14, 2021Responding to a question during the Question House in the Lower House, he also said that the Omicron surfaced on November 1 and on November 24 this was reported in South Africa.
December 10, 2021He was speaking as India’s G20 Sherpa at the first Sherpa meeting convened by Indonesia, the current G20 President, in virtual mode.
December 8, 2021