COVID vaccine: Expert groups considering scientific evidence on need for booster dose"The National Technical Advisory Group on Immunization (NTAGI) and National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration for COVID-19 (NEGVAC) ar...
30 Nov, 2021, 08.41 PM IST
Only marginal difference in purchase price of Covishield, Covaxin for Centre: MoS HealthIn fact, the Government of India has been supplying vaccines free of cost to the states/UTs for administration to prioritised beneficiaries...
23 Jul, 2021, 09.37 PM IST
Fully vaccinated travellers can avoid tests, quarantine: ExpertsPeople who have received both their doses can avoid quarantine and Covid-19 testing during inter-state travel, the National Expert Group on...
08 Jul, 2021, 09.25 PM IST
Centre says door-to-door vaccination not possible; favours 'near-to-door' systemA division bench of Chief Justice Datta and Justice G S Kulkarni last month directed the NEGVAC to consider if door-to-door vaccination pro...
08 Jun, 2021, 05.54 PM IST
View: Serum Institute and Bharat Biotech’s bad mathDid the experts ever do any due diligence to ascertain the actual manufacturing capacity of the two companies they were almost entirely dep...
04 Jun, 2021, 10.17 AM IST
Bombay HC asks the Centre to seek direction from NEGVAC on policy for door-to-door vaccinationThe division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Girish S Kulkarni in an oral order has given the centre time till June 2 to ...
20 May, 2021, 10.20 PM IST
Govt advises 3-month interval for jabs after recovery from CovidIf an individual is infected with coronavirus after the first dose, the second dose should be deferred by three months after recovering fro...
20 May, 2021, 07.18 AM IST
Expert panel recommends increasing gap between two Covishield doses to 12-16 weeksIn a meeting held on Wednesday, the NEGVAC suggested extension of longer wait period for first dose for those who have been infected by Cov...
13 May, 2021, 10.38 AM IST
India to retain 4-6 week dosing gap for Covid-19 vaccinesCountries such as the UK and Canada that are also using the vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford have extended the interval between ...
11 Mar, 2021, 07.10 AM IST
COVID-19 vaccination: India prepares for Phase 3, set to inoculate the 50-59 age groupThe National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration for Covid-19 (NEGVAC), headed by Niti Aayog member (health) VK Paul and co-chaired by h...
10 Mar, 2021, 07.40 AM IST
81.59 lakh healthcare workers, 1.01 crore frontline workers registered on Co-WIN till March 2: MinisterOn whether there is a plan regarding the completion of anti-coronavirus vaccination for the country, Choubey said it is an ongoing and dyna...
09 Mar, 2021, 04.43 PM IST
Covid vaccination drive: Comorbidity list may be revised, if neededBefore the government initiated the second phase of vaccination on March 1, it had notified a list of 20 comorbidities for people in 45-59 ...
08 Mar, 2021, 07.09 AM IST
Health Ministry refuses to advance Phase-3 Covid vaccinationThe ministry has pointed out that NEGVAC drew up this plan after carefully studying the experience of other countries and then comparing it...
22 Feb, 2021, 10.29 AM IST
97.92 lakh healthcare workers registered on Co-WIN app, says governmentThe National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration for COVID-19 (NEGVAC) provides guidance on all aspects of COVID-19 vaccination includin...
13 Feb, 2021, 08.23 AM IST
Include certain elements in vaccination programme towards CSR spend: CII to govtThe Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Taskforce has made several important submissions to V K Paul, Member, Niti Aayog and Rajesh Bhus...
17 Jan, 2021, 03.38 PM IST
Data on frontline healthcare workers being fed into Co-WIN for COVID-19 vaccination: CentreListing the recommendations by the National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration for COVID-19 (NEGVAC), he said the committee has stresse...
08 Dec, 2020, 10.12 PM IST
Covid-19: National vaccine administration policy in the works to get jab job done“India has the world’s largest vaccination programme. We already have a robust system of electronic vaccine intelligence network (eVIN), th...
26 Nov, 2020, 06.30 AM IST