India accounts for 6.4% of global zero-dose children in 2024: UNA UN report reveals that India accounts for 6.4% of the world's zero-dose children in 2024, representing nearly half of South Asia's unvacc...
Zero-dose children in India declined from 0.11% in 2023 to 0.06% in 2024: Union Health MinistryIndia has significantly reduced the percentage of zero-dose children and achieved remarkable progress in maternal and child health. This su...
Zero-dose children in India declined from 0.11% in 2023 to 0.06% in 2024: Union Health MinistryIndia has significantly reduced the percentage of zero-dose children and achieved remarkable progress in maternal and child health. This su...
From 27.3 lakh in 2021, India's zero-dose kids drop to about 16 lakh in 2023: Unicef & WHOIndia ranked second globally in 2023 for children not receiving vaccines. Efforts needed to identify and immunize unvaccinated children. WH...
Nearly 12 pc of India's eligible children received no dose of measles vaccine, study findsResearchers from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and Banaras Hindu University in Varanasi investigated previously overlooked crit...
Worrying vaccination gaps come to notice after post-Covid measles spurt forces a data relookA relook at the survey data was necessitated by instances of repeated measles outbreaks after the COVID-19 pandemic, the report by (by Rema...
Serum Institute of India restarts manufacturing of COVID-19 vaccine CovishieldReacting to reports of COVID-19 vaccines shortage, he said manufacturers are ready but there has been no demand. "Just as a precaution, at ...
Mumbai sees seven fresh cases of measles, 15 hospitalisationsWith this, the city has recorded 527 cases and nine deaths due to the viral disease so far this year. As per a release issued by the civic ...
Protection dose coverage still low, but we have done well: NTAGI ChairmanChairman of India's Covid-19 working group of National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI) NK Arora, on Wednesday, played down...
With nil active cases, Puducherry becomes Covid-freeNo fresh COVID-19 case was reported during the last 24 hours ending 10 AM Thursday from any of the four regions of Puducherry, Karaikal, Ma...
Covaxin single-dose for survivor may be as effective as both for uninfectedAccording to a pilot study by ICMR (Indian Council for Medical Research) a single dose of Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin in people who have been ...
If previously COVID-19 infected, single Covaxin dose draws same antibody response as two doses"If our preliminary findings are confirmed in large population studies, a single dose of BBV152 vaccine may be recommended to previously co...
Oxford COVID vaccine produces strong immune response from booster shot: StudyThe Oxford University study found that a third dose of the vaccine increases antibody and T-cell immune responses, while the second dose ca...
Covid vaccine wastage will negatively impact allocation of stocks from Centre’s kitty to states from May 1The measure is intended to encourage better use of vaccinations as the demand will need to be more carefully managed once 50% of vaccine pr...
Only .02-.04% got infected after vaccination, shows official COVID data“This means four persons in 10,000 who were vaccinated have got Covid,” said Bhargava. Even after the second dose, this percentage remained...
Over 21,000 tested positive for COVID after taking first dose of either Covishield or Covaxin: GovtAddressing a press conference, ICMR Director General Balram Bhargava said 0.04 per cent of 17,37,178 individuals, who received the second d...
Kerala govt urges Centre to release more COVID-19 vaccine dosesState Health Minister K K Shailaja shot off a letter to her counterpart at the Centre, Harsh Vardhan in this regard. Though most of the hea...