86% of India's adult population fully vaccinated against COVID-19: MandaviyaThe countrywide vaccination drive was rolled out on January 16 last year with healthcare workers getting inoculated in the first phase. Vac...
26 Apr, 2022, 10.17 PM IST
Vaccine effectiveness of 99.3 pc seen in individuals fully inoculated against Covid: MandaviyaThe tracker depicts vaccine effectiveness against death -- the ability of vaccines to reduce death -- using person time analysis from April...
04 Feb, 2022, 08.32 PM IST
95% of India's adult population given first dose of Covid vaccine, 74% fully inoculated: Health ministryNinety five per cent of India's eligible adult population has been administered the first dose of Covid vaccine while 74 per cent are fully...
27 Jan, 2022, 10.51 PM IST
70 pc adults fully vaccinated: Mandaviya at stamp launch to mark 1 year of Covid vaccination driveAddressing the commemorative postage stamp release event through a video link, Mandaviya said it is a proud moment for Indians and the enti...
16 Jan, 2022, 05.07 PM IST
85 pc of India's eligible population administered first dose of COVID-19 vaccine: Mansukh MandaviyaThe countrywide vaccination drive was rolled out on January 16 with healthcare workers (HCWs) getting inoculated in the first phase.
06 Dec, 2021, 09.18 PM IST
India allows quarantine free travel to fully inoculated tourists from 99 countriesAfter stopping tourist visas in March last year, India is now allowing quarantine-free entry in the country for the fully vaccinated travel...
15 Nov, 2021, 05.56 PM IST
Melbourne to ease more COVID curbs as 80% vaccination rate nearsStarting on Friday, when 80% of people across Victoria - of which Melbourne is the capital - are expected to be fully vaccinated, Melburnia...
24 Oct, 2021, 09.11 AM IST
India set to cross 'billionth Covid dose' milestone today. Here's a look at the numbersThough the vaccination drive has slowed somewhat in October, so far about three-quarters of the country's adult population has received at ...
21 Oct, 2021, 07.19 AM IST
India’s 1 billion vaccines milestone hides a worrying disparityWhile it is likely to hit the billion-doses mark this week, the country has only given two shots to 20% of its population of about 1.4 bill...
19 Oct, 2021, 09.41 AM IST
Delhi needs 1.5 crore COVID vaccine doses to fully inoculate eligible population: AtishiAs per data from the Delhi government on Saturday, over 1.39 crore of the 1.50 crore eligible population in Delhi have received at least on...
05 Sep, 2021, 08.30 AM IST
Pfizer Shot just 39% effective in halting delta, says IsraelThe vaccine provided 88% protection against hospitalisation and 91.4% against severe illness for an unspecified number of people studied be...
24 Jul, 2021, 06.10 PM IST
A campaign against vaccine hesitancyThe tests are valid only for a couple of days and will need to be taken regularly for the unvaccinated. Vaccines are free, tests are expens...
23 Jul, 2021, 11.12 PM IST
Over 95 lakh Covid vaccine doses administered in Delhi till now: BulletinThe national capital received 85,810 doses of Covishield on Tuesday, taking the total number of doses available in Delhi to 1,08,300. The t...
21 Jul, 2021, 07.49 PM IST
Ensure no vaccine dose goes wasteStates, including Kerala and Tamil Nadu, complain of shortages. At the same time, there are also reports of millions of vaccine doses lying...
20 Jul, 2021, 11.07 PM IST
Is Japan's remarkable vaccine drive in time for Olympics?Thousands of private companies and some universities have joined the vaccination drive, complementing the government's effort to prioritize...
25 Jun, 2021, 10.35 AM IST
Are some Covid vaccines working better than others? The jury is outIf this is true, which vaccines a country can secure could affect everything from policy about mask-wearing and social distancing to liftin...
20 May, 2021, 01.25 PM IST
EU hits 200-million-jab milestone: AFP dataThe milestone indicates that the EU should be on track to meet its goal of fully vaccinating 70 percent of adults -- meaning roughly 255 mi...
18 May, 2021, 04.12 PM IST