The total consumption, including wastage, stands at 22,65,08,508 doses, according to data available at 8 am on Saturday, the ministry said.

The state sent the letter on Thursday night to set the record right close on the heels of Chief Minister Hemant Soren trashing the centre's...

As part of the nationwide vaccination drive, the Centre been supporting the states and UTs by providing them COVID vaccines free of cost. I...

On vaccine wastage, the ministry said Covishield wastage has reduced from 8 per cent on March 1 to 1 per cent now, while Covaxin wastage de...

The national average is 3.06%. In the red are 10 states, including the high caseload states of Rajasthan, Haryana, Tamil Nadu, Bihar and Pu...

"All wastage more than the national average hereafter is to be adjusted from the subsequent allocations to that state/UT," stated the healt...

The urgent need to address a large number of beneficiaries waiting for second dose of vaccine was stressed in a meeting held by Union Healt...

"More than 1 crore COVID vaccine doses (1,04,30,063) are still available with the states and UTs to be administered. States with negative b...

More than 46 lakh vaccine doses will be received in addition by states and UTs within the next three days, the Centre said.

Vijayan had on Tuesday pointed out that Kerala received 73,38,806 doses of vaccine from the Centre and provided 74,26,164 doses, even makin...

According to health ministry data from today at 8 am, the government of India has so far provided 16,33,85,030 vaccine doses to the states ...

More than one crore COVID-19 vaccine doses or 1,06,19,892 doses are still available with states and UTs, the ministry said. "Over 57 lakh (...

The measure is intended to encourage better use of vaccinations as the demand will need to be more carefully managed once 50% of vaccine pr...

The average COVID-19 vaccine wastage in India is 6.5 per cent, with Telangana and Andhra Pradesh recording 17.6 and 11.6 per cent wastage r...

The government has been urging healthcare workers, including doctors and nurses, not to hesitate to get vaccinated against COVID-19, stress...

The first batch of Oxford COVID-19 Covishield vaccine had reached Delhi's central storage facility at Rajiv Gandhi Super Specialty Hospital...

Guidelines issued to all state governments show the formula used to estimate vaccine needs at various levels — block, state and district — ...