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India's healthcare transformed in 12 years under PM Modi: ReportIndia's healthcare sector has seen a major transformation over the last 12 years. Health insurance coverage has expanded significantly. Mat...
Govt finalises price of Cadila's child Covid vaccine ZyCoV-D, rollout likely soonAccording to sources, the government has negotiated the pricing of the vaccine which is "much lower than what the manufacturers had demande...
States urge Centre to reduce vaccine quota for private playersRajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Kerala, Odisha and north-eastern states have asked the ministry of health and family welfare to reduce the vaccine...
Pune lab NCCS gets government nod to approve Covid-19 vaccinesWith the government adding more vaccines, there is an unprecedented pressure on CDL, which has traditionally received 7,000 batches of immu...
Pfizer, Moderna jabs may not be part of India's free vaccination driveAnother big factor working against inclusion of Pfizer and Moderna vaccines in the public immunisation drive is the cold chain requirement ...
Daily Covid vaccinations fall to two-month low after policy tweakVaccinations numbers were at 1.82 million on May 1. Leaving aside Sunday (439,906), when vaccination numbers are usually low, total inocula...
CoWin platform to open for registrations for all 18+ citizens from April 28, appointments from May 1The app, which has been the technical backbone of the public immunisation drive, would be ready by Saturday (April 24) evening and the Cent...
Not all adults in India to be vaccinated against Covid-19Dr Harsh Vardhan said, “Not each and every person in the world will be vaccinated. The prioritisation process is a dynamic process. The beh...
As of March 10, government spent close to Rs 1,400 crore on vaccine: Health MinistryThe government had procured 6.6 crore doses for the public immunisation drive covering three crore healthcare and frontline workers. Follow...
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...
Supply adequate; States should up their Covid vaccination game: RS Sharma, CEO, National Health AuthorityIndia expanded its immunisation on March 1 to include senior citizens above 60 years and persons with comorbidities between 45 and 59 years.
Covaxin efficacy data has no effect on opposition statesA day after Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech reported its interim data, the three states on Thursday said they would wait for a formal approv...
Inoculating paramilitary forces against Covid-19 in Naxal-hit regions a challengeThese states, especially Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh, which have the highest number of Left-wing extremism-affected districts, have told the...
Budget 2021: Immunisation drive gets Rs 35,000-crore fillipSo far, the Centre has dipped into PM-CARES fund to place orders for vaccines developed by Bharat Biotech and Serum Institute of India. Apa...
Rural, tribal regions fare better in Covid vaccination driveDistrict-wise immunisation data, reviewed by ET, reveals that rural districts have had better uptake of Covid-19 vaccines. Some officials a...
1.48 lakh inoculated, 133 adverse events: GovernmentThe ministry of health and family welfare, however, said that there has not been a single serious or severe AEFI attributable to vaccinatio...
Centre to begin Covid vaccination with both SII, Bharat Bio jabsWhile the bulk of the early shots will be Serum Institute’s as it has greater capacities and more stocks, the subsequent batches will see m...
Covishield and Covaxin: Key concerns over the two vaccinesET tries to clear some concerns around the development with experts’ views on how the two vaccines can be used for India’s public vaccinati...
25% of vaccines go waste due to lack of cold chainMost vaccines are heat sensitive and remain potent between 2 degree celsius and 8 degree celsius. Thus maintaining a cold chain becomes cri...
Mission Indradhanush: Modi government's plan to ensure children may liveStarted in 1985, UIP has been playing a critical part in India’s quest to achieve health Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5 by 2015.