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INITIAL ROUNDS OF VACCINES
What does it mean to be 'fully vaccinated' against COVID-19?A few months ago, confirming full vaccination status was as simple as showing a card or QR code with proof that the required number of shot...
Vaccine access for all key to global recovery, FM Nirmala Sitharaman tells G20 peersSpeaking at the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting in Washington, Sitharaman batted for bringing equity in vaccine ac...
USFDA advisers recommend vaccine boosters for Americans aged 65+The panel also recommended that the FDA include healthcare workers and others at high risk of occupational exposure to the virus that cause...
Toyota to conduct COVID-19 vaccination drive; around 16k employees, family members to get jabBesides expediting onsite vaccination at workplace, the company has also tied up with leading hospitals to facilitate vaccination camps, th...
Airtel extends free vaccination programme for nearly 80,000 staff of partner, distributor networkAirtel has partnered with Apollo Hospitals to vaccinate its employees and their dependent family members. The programme is already underway...
HCL to vaccinate all its India-based workforce and families before June 30The firm has so far vaccinated over 25% of its workforce across group companies HCL Technologies, HCL Infosystems and HCL Healthcare.
SastaSundar in talks to raise $100 millionIt expects to line up around $25 million in calendar year 2021 itself in a bid to build a war chest for expanding its health services acros...
UK cases drop 60% due to vaccines, lockdownResearchers at Imperial College London found that COVID-19 infections dropped about 60 per cent in March as national lockdown measures slow...
Alleged Chinese hand: Sri Lanka approves Sinopharm vaccine for emergency useThe approval was granted by National Medicines Regulatory Authority, State Minister of Production, Supply and Regulation of Pharmaceuticals...
COVID-19: Mumbai civic body targets 1 lakh vaccinations per dayDuring a review meeting last week, BMC Commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal set the target of immunising one lakh people per day, especially aft...
PM Modi to interact with chief ministers on COVID situation, vaccination drive on WednesdayPrime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with chief ministers on the COVID-19 situation and the ongoing vaccination drive on Wednesday as...
India to take Covax doses only if they meet criteriaVaccines that have not undergone a bridging trial will not be accepted, a senior government official told ET. A bridging trial is a study c...
United Nations gets airlines to deliver COVID-19 vaccines as a priorityUNICEF said its Humanitarian Airfreight Initiative brings together airlines covering routes to over 100 countries, in support of the UN's u...
How much COVID-19 vaccine will be shipped in USThe first wave of shipments is going to health care workers and nursing home residents. Officials say vaccines should be available to every...
Trucks with first COVID-19 vaccine in US get ready to rollFederal officials say the first shipments of Pfizer's vaccine will be staggered, arriving in 145 distribution centers Monday, with an addit...
Covid-19 vaccine supply chain: From syringe to cold storage, how companies are ramping up productionShortages in vaccine and consumables may not be felt in the first few rounds of inoculations. But they are likely to crop up in the followi...
Aim to expand immunisation coverage to 90 per cent in five years: GovernmentUnder 'Mission Indradhanush', 75.5 lakh children have received vaccination while a total of 19.7 lakh children have been fully vaccinated.