VK PAUL

No case of South African strain in India so far: VK Paul

India has not recorded any infection by the South Africa variant of the coronavirus so far, Niti Aayog member Vinod Paul said on Tuesday. H...

Vaccine hesitancy must end; nasal vaccine candidate could be a game-changer: Dr VK Paul

Urging healthcare workers not to hesitate to get the COVID-19 vaccine, the Centre on Tuesday said it was their societal responsibility to g...

Happy I got Covaxin shot, urge people to drop doubts: NITI Aayog's VK Paul

In an interview after getting his shot, NITI Aayog's VK Paul said that people should accept whatever vaccine they get for now.

Covid-19 vaccination drive: Safety proven without doubt, says NITI Aayog member VK Paul

NITI Aayog Member (Health) Dr VK Paul said that phase 3 trial of Pfizer, Moderna is still going on but the benefits are overwhelming compar...

Covid-19: Vaccinations in Delhi to start at 89 booths

“The first batch of 254,500 doses of Covishield and 20,000 doses of Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin have reached Delhi so far,” a government offic...

Covishield, Covaxin are safest of COVID-19 vaccines, side-effects are negligible: VK Paul

"Both the vaccines (Covishield and Covaxin) have been authorized for emergency use and there should be no doubt about their safety. They ha...

Enough stockpile of Covid-19 vaccine for inoculation of priority groups in first phase: VK Paul

Paul, who is also the Chairman of National Expert Group On Vaccine Administration for COVID-19 (NEGVAC) further said the government will so...

New coronavirus strain still not found in India: Officials

V.K. Paul, a top COVID-19 adviser to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, said the new virus strain would have no impact on vaccines being develop...

India will be in a position to roll out vaccines once the licensure comes: VK Paul

There is no pressure on India’s regulator to take decision on the grant of market authorisation to the potential Covid-19 vaccine one way o...

Eyeing 300 million shots by August: VK Paul

"Our vision for vaccination in the first phase may be a liberal one but we need to do this much to lower mortality impact,” Paul, who is al...

India's overall spending on health sector 'low', says Niti Aayog member V K Paul

In 2018-19, India's spending on health sector was 1.5 per cent of GDP. In contrast, in European countries, spending on the health sector is...

NITI Aayog making strong case for further investment in science: VK Paul

Paul said the think tank wants science and technology (S&T) to be the government's priority "more than ever".

Covid-19 a respiratory virus, most respiratory viruses escalate during winter: Health Ministry

Addressing the media on Tuesday over the COVID-19 situation in the country, VK Paul, Member (Health), NITI Aayog, said that COVID-19 is a r...

Top-level task force finds anti-parasitic drug ivermectin ineffective against coronavirus

​​In a meeting held on July 14 to review the evidence, the task force headed by Niti Aayog member VK Paul decided against recommending the ...

India doing 'pretty well' in fight against COVID-19; will 'win this war': Govt

At a media briefing, Chairman of Empowered Group One and NITI Aayog member Dr V K Paul said China was the first one to experience the COVID...

Third lockdown is gradual de-escalation: VK Paul, Niti Aayog member

Paul, who also heads the medical emergency management plan on Covid, tells ET in an interview that the third phase of the lockdown should b...

Rise in coronavirus cases expected to stabilise anytime soon: Niti Aayog member VK Paul

"The rationale (behind extending lockdown till May 17) is that the gains of lockdown need to be consolidated in the country...Real goals of...