Covid: States cite low literacy, mindest, and complacency for poor jab numbersThe Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has identified 40 districts in 13 states which have less than 50% population covered by at least ...
02 Nov, 2021, 06.57 AM IST
Covid vaccine hesitancy in India at lowest level, only 7% adults now hesitant: SurveyResponses suggest that overall 46 per cent of the unvaccinated citizens plan to take their first dose soon
06 Oct, 2021, 05.17 PM IST
Compulsory leave for Punjab govt employees if even one Covid vaccine dose not takenPunjab chief minister Amarinder Singh said that the effectiveness of vaccines is evident from the available data and that special efforts w...
10 Sep, 2021, 07.10 PM IST
View: Do not go down the vasectomy wayVaccination is not vasectomy. But an invasive force of the Indian healthcare system is not everybody’s buddy — certainly less among the rur...
03 Jul, 2021, 11.11 PM IST
Vaccine hesitancy may bend your career graphCompanies are increasingly nudging employees to get vaccinated so that they can reopen offices and resume normal operations in the next thr...
01 Jul, 2021, 12.17 PM IST
Australia offers all adults AstraZeneca to speed up rolloutThe government late Monday agreed to indemnify doctors who administer the AstraZeneca vaccine that has been blamed for at least two fatalit...
29 Jun, 2021, 12.05 PM IST
Shed vaccine hesitancy, do not believe in rumours: PM Modi to peopleIn his monthly Mann ki Baat broadcast, Modi hailed the feat of most vaccination doses administered in a single day on June 21 at the start ...
27 Jun, 2021, 09.10 PM IST
Sonia Gandhi asks partymen to work to address vaccine hesitancySonia Gandhi also called upon the partymen to continue to put pressure on the union government to ensure that the daily rate of vaccination...
24 Jun, 2021, 12.22 PM IST
For Modi, the next challenge is vaccine hesitancyVaccine hesitancy is a much bigger problem in India than anti-vaxxerism, which also exists in pockets. While short supply of vaccines slowe...
12 Jun, 2021, 10.26 AM IST
Working closely with states to address vaccine hesitancy: Govt"It is informed that vaccine hesitancy is a globally accepted phenomenon and should be addressed by scientifically studying and addressing ...
11 Jun, 2021, 04.39 PM IST
UP awards pradhans, ropes in gurus, imams to tackle vaccine hesitancyLast week, after reports of some people in Sisoda village in Barabanki jumping into a river (and were rescued later) to escape vaccination ...
02 Jun, 2021, 10.01 AM IST
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The new wave of cases in the European Union means that a similar transition is likely to come later there, in the late second or third quar...
12 May, 2021, 11.23 PM IST
Overcoming vaccine hesitancy — the key to a successful Covid-19 inoculation driveA week into its Covid-19 vaccination drive, India needs to overcome its vaccine hesitancy that is hobbling efforts.
24 Jan, 2021, 07.32 AM IST
5 days into vaccination, India’s drive remains below capacity. Here's a look at the numbersThe reason, apart from the early troubles with processes and systems, is largely vaccine hesitancy among identified beneficiaries
21 Jan, 2021, 09.18 AM IST
Indian vaccines among the safest in the world: Government“Our vaccines are absolutely safe,” Niti Aayog member (health) V K Paul said. “Our data shows there is negligible side effects and almost n...
20 Jan, 2021, 07.45 AM IST
Government frames strategy to build public confidence in vaccinesThe government would identify traditionally-known vaccine hesitant and resistant areas, ethnic groups and communities based on prior experi...
01 Jan, 2021, 07.37 AM IST
Vaccination plan ready for naxal-hit areasThe plan includes using polling booths as vaccine administration centres and using the expertise acquired during anti-malarial and election...
13 Dec, 2020, 11.38 PM IST