Don’t fret if second dose delayed, no need to restart vaccine schedule, say expertsIn the UK, recommended gap between two doses of Covishield is 12 weeks, while in Canada, authorities have opted for up to 16 weeks.
12 May, 2021, 10.28 AM IST
India to get first doses of Sputnik V vaccine by May 1: RDIF CEODmitriev, in an interview with CNN on Monday, said that the first doses will arrive in India on May 1. He also stated that India would be o...
27 Apr, 2021, 06.28 PM IST
COVID-19 vaccines in India in a nutshellThe Drugs Control General of India has permitted emergency use of Covid vaccine Sputnik V with certain conditions, clearing the way for a t...
13 Apr, 2021, 11.03 PM IST
Chris Gayle thanks PM Modi for sending COVID-19 vaccines to JamaicaAs part of the Vaccine Maitri initiative aimed to assist countries in their fight against the coronavirus pandemic, the Made-in-India vacci...
19 Mar, 2021, 11.50 AM IST
China on backfoot: Beijing attempts to force Sri Lanka to approve vaccine after Indian Covishield reach ColomboThe Chinese embassy in Colombo pushed the Rajapaksa government to approve Sinopharm vaccines by citing their efficacy and approval by some ...
01 Feb, 2021, 08.01 AM IST
UP CM Yogi Adityanath likens anti-Covid vaccine to 'Sanjeevani Booti'Referring to the Brazilian president's tweet of an image of Lord Hanuman flying from India to Brazil with a mountain of the life-saving her...
24 Jan, 2021, 04.09 PM IST
WHO chief Ghebreyesus thanks PM Modi for 'continued support' to global COVID-19 responseIndia this week announced that it will send COVID-19 vaccines under grant assistance to Sri Lanka and seven other countries - Bhutan, the M...
23 Jan, 2021, 04.20 PM IST
Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro invokes Ramayana, thanks PM Modi for COVID-19 vaccine supplyIndia has undertaken contractual supplies of coronavirus vaccines to Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Brazil, Morocco, Bangladesh and Myanmar, t...
23 Jan, 2021, 11.32 AM IST
US applauds 'true friend' India for gifting COVID-19 vaccine to several countriesIn the last few days, India has sent consignments of domestically produced coronavirus vaccines under grant assistance to Bhutan, Maldives,...
23 Jan, 2021, 10.03 AM IST
No request received from Pakistan for coronavirus vaccines: MEA SpokespersonWhen asked whether India would do if Pakistan requests for the vaccines, MEA spokesperson Anurag Srivastava declined to answer saying the q...
22 Jan, 2021, 10.15 PM IST
Vax populi: ‘Z+ security’ for pandemic era’s vials of goldCompanies, logistics firms, governments and hospitals are already ramping up infrastructure to safeguard vials of Covid vaccine against the...
12 Jan, 2021, 10.26 AM IST
Timeline: How India's coronavirus vaccine got approved by drugs expertsCOVAXIN has been developed by Bharat Biotech, a company based in Hyderabad, with backing from the state-run Indian Council of Medical Resea...
03 Jan, 2021, 05.06 PM IST
Vaccine deals: India, Oxford-AstraZeneca numbers dip, but still on top; Pfizer gains mostAnalysis of contracts countries are signing with vaccine makers for advance booking of candidates shows that the deals are still fluid, cha...
14 Dec, 2020, 09.52 AM IST
Task force set up in Maharashtra to manage Covid-19 vaccine distribution: Uddhav ThackerayThe Chief Ministers Office (CMO) later tweeted that Thackeray also informed Modi about various steps the Maharashtra government has taken t...
24 Nov, 2020, 01.43 PM IST
Bangladesh signs deal with India for 30 million doses of COVID-19 vaccineBangladesh health minister Zahid Maleque said 5 million doses of vaccine per month would be purchased through Bangladesh's drug maker, Bexi...
05 Nov, 2020, 05.36 PM IST
Sushant Singh Rajput was most-searched topic in June. Indians also asked Google: When will coronavirus end?Other trending topics included the solar eclipse and Father's Day.
03 Jul, 2020, 01.47 PM IST
India will have to play key role in mass production of coronavirus vaccine: FranceDozens of researchers across the globe are racing against time to come out with a vaccine for coronavirus that has infected nearly five mil...
24 May, 2020, 02.52 PM IST