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Administering 220 crore doses of Covid vaccine in India highpoint of 2022The health ministry, which was kept on its toes by coronavirus, had to briefly deal with the challenge of monkeypox which had sparked a maj...
Covid scene in 2021: From worse than better to hope of vaccinesTwo vaccines - Covishield manufactured by Serum Institute of India and indigenously-developed Covaxin by Bharat Biotech - were rolled out o...
A million frontline Covid workers demand govt improve pay, work conditionsCalled Accredited Social Health Activists, or “Asha” the Hindi word for hope, these women are teaming up with trade unions with muscle to s...
Mandaviya to meet state health ministers to discuss Covid vaccination, health schemeThe Centre has urged states and union territories to focus on beneficiaries who are awaiting their second dose of vaccine as per the schedu...
Tamil Nadu set to be 1st State to give kids Covid vaccine: Health MinisterAn expert panel of the Central drug authority has recommended granting emergency use authorisation to Bharat Biotech's Covaxin for children...
Assam initiates Rs 90 crore scheme to make inland water transport system more safeOut of these vessels, three Steel catamaran vessels, namely MV Lohitwill ply between Nimatighat and Kamalabari, MV Sonai from Guwahati to K...
Indian banks face systemic risk, second COVID wave to impair performance: S&PIndian banks face systemic risk as the country sorts through the aftermath of the COVID second wave. Lenders struggled with a high level of...
Apply the law to accelerate Covaxin output: India has enough legal provisions to make it happen, say expertsBharat Biotech had issued a statement saying, “Capacity expansion has been implemented across multiple facilities... to reach 700 million d...
View: Express vaccination is our saviourThere are no two opinions that the way out of the pandemic still remains the same – express vaccination till we achieve herd immunity. Isra...
Asian countries scramble for vaccine supplies after India export curbsSeveral Asian countries scrambled to find alternative sources for COVID-19 inoculations on Tuesday after export restrictions by manufacture...
China offers its COVID-19 vaccines to diplomats, foreign journalistsA notice issued to the foreign journalists here on Wednesday said they can get the Inactivated SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine, developed by Sinopharm's...
China cracks down on spurious, illegal, pricey coronavirus vaccinesOne group of suspects made a profit of about 18 million yuan ($2.8 million) by packaging saline solution or mineral water in 58,000 doses o...
WHO plans slew of COVID-19 vaccine approvals for global rollout: DocumentCOVAX, a global scheme co-led by the WHO, wants to deliver at least 2 billion COVID-19 doses across the world this year, with at least 1.3 ...
China to provide COVID-19 vaccines free of charge: Government officialChina in late December approved its first vaccine for general public use. Three vaccines had already been given to limited groups at high r...
Officer unions demand to include bankers as frontline COVID warriors for vaccinationAll India Bank Officers' Confederation (AIBOC), All India Bank Officers' Association (AIBOA), Indian National Bank Officers' Congress (INBO...
PM Modi says mobile technology to be used for COVID-19 vaccination driveSpeaking at the India Mobile Congress, he said mobile technology has enabled benefits worth billions of dollars to reach the deserving and ...
View: India's pre-pandemic woes cast a shadow on its swift economic reboundAlthough India experienced one of the largest growth contractions among emerging markets in 2020, the larger decline sets stage for a large...
Explainer: When and how will COVID-19 vaccines become available?Pfizer, with partner BioNTech SE, and rival Moderna have released trial data showing their COVID-19 vaccines to be about 95% effective at p...
When and which COVID-19 vaccines are likely to be available in AsiaTrial data from Pfizer Inc with partner BioNTech SE, Moderna Inc and AstraZeneca Plc has shown their experimental vaccines are effective in...
When and which COVID-19 vaccines are likely to be available in AsiaThe head of the Serum Institute of India, which makes the AstraZeneca vaccine, said on Nov 23 the positive late-state trial result of the c...