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INOCULATION CAMPAIGN
In 1796, an English surgeon noticed that milkmaids rarely got smallpox, and the vaccination changed the worldEdward Jenner pioneered the smallpox vaccine in the late 1700s. He noticed milkmaids, who contracted cowpox, were immune to smallpox. Jenne...
Google to roll out anti-disinformation campaign in some EU countriesWorking with Jigsaw, the psychologists from the universities of Cambridge and Bristol have produced 90-second clips designed to "inoculate"...
COVID: NTAGI may recommend vaccination for 5-12 age group on FridayPrime Minister Narendra Modi in an interaction with chief ministers on Wednesday had said that the government's priority is to vaccinate al...
Modi govt trying to confuse people with campaign on COVID inoculation figures: AdhirHe further pointed out that the government has said that 29 crore people have received double doses, which is just 21 per cent of the entir...
Japan health minister says Okinawa vaccine contaminants likely from needle stickSome Moderna shots were temporarily halted in Okinawa on Sunday after foreign materials were discovered in vials and syringes. The health m...
COVID-19: Over 11,000 'super-spreaders' vaccinated in Ahmedabad under special driveThe Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) recently started a special vaccination drive for 'super-spreaders', like vegetable vendors, groce...
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...
Yoga Day: MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan performs asanas; govt launches drive to vaccinate 10 lakh peopleA mega COVID-19 vaccination drive was launched in the state with the target of inoculating 10 lakh people, including 1.5 lakh in Bhopal, 1....
Minority affairs ministry to run Covid vaccine awareness campaign to bust rumours: NaqviThe campaign will be launched to create awareness on coronavirus vaccination in rural and remote areas of the country and also to "crush an...
China builds new plant for IMBCAMS Covid-19 vaccine: State mediaAccording to State media, China has built new plant for IMBCAMS COVID-19 vaccine to multiply the production and develop upto 1 billion shot...
American states offer cash incentives for Covid vaccinationsAfter Ohio begins their incentivised inoculation campaign, many other states have adopted the same strategy to boost the country's resistan...
Inoculation 3.0: South waiting for supply timeline from vaccine makers before committing to launch dateSerum Institute (Covishield), Bharat Biotech (Covaxin) and Dr Reddy’s (Sputnik V) are only the manufactures licensed to make vaccines in In...
China's Coronavac 80% effective at preventing COVID-19 deaths, say Chile resultsThe results were obtained from a comparison between vaccinated and non-vaccinated people -- a sample size of some 10.5 million in total -- ...
Denmark drops AstraZeneca vaccine for good, in European firstDespite recommendations from the World Health Organization and European medicines watchdog to continue using the inoculation, "Denmark's va...
AstraZeneca exports can be banned if bloc not supplied first: EU chief"We have the option of banning a planned export. That's the message to AstraZeneca: you fulfil your contract with Europe first before you s...
India says Johnson & Johnson interested in making COVID-19 vaccine in countryIndia also currently has no concern over the efficacy of the AstraZeneca vaccine that is being used in the country's massive inoculation ca...
How India is scaling up the vaccination processThe government plans to launch a drive to address concerns and scale up daily numbers. India aims to vaccinate 300 million healthcare and f...
Canada will receive no Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines next week as supply problems bitePfizer has already said it will slow production in late January and early February due to changes in manufacturing processes.
Germany minister says enough vaccines ordered for allGermany will receive more than 130 million COVID-19 vaccine doses, enough for everybody, Health Minister Jens Spahn said on Wednesday, addi...
Saudi Arabia kicks off coronavirus vaccination campaignPeople aged over 65 as well as those with chronic ailments or at a high risk of infection will receive the vaccine in the first stage, and ...