With the government adding more vaccines, there is an unprecedented pressure on CDL, which has traditionally received 7,000 batches of immu...

Another big factor working against inclusion of Pfizer and Moderna vaccines in the public immunisation drive is the cold chain requirement ...

Vaccinations numbers were at 1.82 million on May 1. Leaving aside Sunday (439,906), when vaccination numbers are usually low, total inocula...

The app, which has been the technical backbone of the public immunisation drive, would be ready by Saturday (April 24) evening and the Cent...

Dr Harsh Vardhan said, “Not each and every person in the world will be vaccinated. The prioritisation process is a dynamic process. The beh...

The government had procured 6.6 crore doses for the public immunisation drive covering three crore healthcare and frontline workers. Follow...

The National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration for Covid-19 (NEGVAC), headed by Niti Aayog member (health) VK Paul and co-chaired by h...

India expanded its immunisation on March 1 to include senior citizens above 60 years and persons with comorbidities between 45 and 59 years.

A day after Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech reported its interim data, the three states on Thursday said they would wait for a formal approv...

These states, especially Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh, which have the highest number of Left-wing extremism-affected districts, have told the...

So far, the Centre has dipped into PM-CARES fund to place orders for vaccines developed by Bharat Biotech and Serum Institute of India. Apa...

District-wise immunisation data, reviewed by ET, reveals that rural districts have had better uptake of Covid-19 vaccines. Some officials a...

The ministry of health and family welfare, however, said that there has not been a single serious or severe AEFI attributable to vaccinatio...

While 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...

ET tries to clear some concerns around the development with experts’ views on how the two vaccines can be used for India’s public vaccinati...

Most vaccines are heat sensitive and remain potent between 2 degree celsius and 8 degree celsius. Thus maintaining a cold chain becomes cri...

Started in 1985, UIP has been playing a critical part in India’s quest to achieve health Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5 by 2015.