Quickly saturate the first dose coverage among the 18 plus population category: Union Health Secretary Rajesh BhushanBhushan chaired a high-level review meeting and stated states must also focus on the 60 plus age group as the coverage of both the doses in...
04 Sep, 2021, 08.51 PM IST
Covid vaccines being used in country required to be stored within 2-8 Deg C temp range: GovtIn a written reply, the minister of state for health also said that there are 296 walk-in coolers and 57,640 ice-lined refrigerators in the...
23 Jul, 2021, 06.32 PM IST
India has capacity to store Covid vaccines requiring low temperatures: Centre to Supreme CourtIn an affidavit filed in the apex court in a suo motu case on distribution of essential supplies and services during the COVID-19 pandemic,...
27 Jun, 2021, 05.46 PM IST
Mumbai mayor finds COVID-19 vaccines stored in normal fridge at hotelThe mayor conducted the inspection at The Lalit Hotel in Andheri East, during which some Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) officials...
30 May, 2021, 05.57 PM IST
Serum Institute, Bharat Biotech may skip tenders for vaccines floated by statesThese tenders were floated to attract global vaccine companies such as Pfizer, Moderna, J&J, among others, to participate in the vaccinatio...
18 May, 2021, 04.38 PM IST
Current rate of COVID-19 vaccination satisfactory: MoS Ashwini ChoubeyOn whether the government is aware that the price at which Covishield vaccine is being procured by India is higher than what the European U...
09 Mar, 2021, 04.35 PM IST
First consignment of around 6.89 lakh COVID vaccines arrives in BengalThe consignment will be transported in two insulated vans from the city airport to a state-owned store at Baghbazar, the official said.
12 Jan, 2021, 03.15 PM IST
First lot of COVID-19 vaccine vials to arrive in Kolkata on TuesdayThe first consignment of over 10.5 lakh vials of COVID-19 vaccines will be reaching Kolkata from Pune on Tuesday, a senior official of the ...
12 Jan, 2021, 08.28 AM IST
As vaccine rollout date nears, states gear up for phase 1Uttar Pradesh will be conducting vaccination across 852 centres, health minister Jai Pratap Singh told ET, adding that the state has identi...
11 Jan, 2021, 10.56 AM IST
Karnataka Health Minister K Sudhakar says he will volunteer for vaccination if Centre permits"The first batch to take the Covaxin will be the healthcare workers, but if the Government of India allows us to take, I will be the first ...
10 Jan, 2021, 07.43 PM IST
Make vaccine free for all citizens: Ashok Gehlot to PMThe CM made the pitch for free vaccine in his letter to the PM on November 28 and a second time last week. “In view of the post-Covid-19 ec...
04 Jan, 2021, 11.34 PM IST
35,000 centres will be set up to store coronavirus vaccines: UP govt"There is a capacity to store 2.5 lakh litres of vaccine in the state. For vaccination, six crore syringes are needed and till now, 4.5 cro...
19 Dec, 2020, 06.12 PM IST
Karnataka's Health Minister says the state is well prepared for COVID-19 vaccine delivery24 Nov, 2020, 02.59 PM IST
Karnataka is well prepared for COVID-19 vaccine delivery: State Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar"The government has identified 29,451 session sites (vaccination sites) and 10,008 vaccinators as per the norms of the Universal Immunizati...
24 Nov, 2020, 02.04 PM IST
States told to prioritise groups for vaccinationThe ministry has also developed digital content to train and orient vaccinators, detailing how they should administer the vaccine and how t...
24 Nov, 2020, 07.39 AM IST
How to store & take vaccine to masses? States asked to planWith Covid-19 vaccine development process progressing at a fast pace globally, the Centre has asked all states and UTs to formulate a robus...
02 Oct, 2020, 09.22 AM IST
Rajasthan village Nayla adopts Evin technology to combat infant mortalityWomen in various roles are using technology to take immunisation efforts of India ahead. The women are still the same today but have donned...
11 Nov, 2017, 06.31 AM IST