Vaccination

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PM Modi to review vaccine drive in 40 low-coverage districts

The meeting will include districts with less than 50 per cent coverage of the first dose and low coverage of the second dose

01 Nov 2021 7:30 AM

The study covers vaccination with the Pfizer/BioNtech, Moderna and AstraZeneca jabs. (Representational image: AFP)

Vaccines prevent severe Covid, even from Delta: study

The researchers compared the outcomes of 11 million vaccinated people with 11 million unvaccinated subjects

11 Oct 2021 11:34 AM

A health worker administers the Covishield vaccine during a special vaccination drive against COVID-19 in Hyderabad. (Photo:AP)

Kerala facing severe vaccine shortage, says Health Minister

Health Minister Veena George said the state requires 60 lakh doses of vaccine for August

27 Jul 2021 12:32 AM

In this file photo a man receives a dose of the Moderna coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine. (Photo:AFP)

Many now have immunity against COVID-19

Yet, don't lower guard, say experts; Third Wave likely anytime now

26 Jul 2021 12:22 AM

Karan Thapar | Mind the gap: Covishield’s 2nd jab sets off controversy

Paradoxically, three days after India’s May decision, and because of the threat of the Delta variant, the UK reduced the gap to eight weeks

25 Jun 2021 12:40 AM

Chairing a high-level meeting, Modi said states should be encouraged to report their COVID-19 numbers transparently without any pressure of high numbers showing adversely on their efforts. (Photo: PTI)

PM Modi reviews COVID situation, says localised containment strategies need of hour

Modi sought empowering ASHA and anganwadi workers with all necessary tools

16 May 2021 12:32 AM

Vaccine manufacturers have been asked to supply 50 per cent of their stock to the Centre, and split the rest 50 per cent between state governments and the open market. (Photo: AP)

Over 18-yr-olds can get Covid shot from May 1

In another major shift in vaccine policy, the Centre also allowed states to directly procure vaccine doses from manufacturers

20 Apr 2021 12:46 AM

Even as government health advisories tell ordinary people to observe social distancing, avoid big crowds and wear masks at all times, there is ample evidence of many politicians on the campaign trail doing just the opposite. (Representational Photo: AP)

Patralekha Chatterjee | As Covid-19 spikes, the season of fear is back…

We got here because of complacency, by ignoring early alerts by health experts

08 Apr 2021 4:21 AM

The Union government must use technology to the optimum to ensure that vaccine wastage is brought to a minimum. (Photo: AFP)

AA Edit | Rural surge scary, act now to stop second Covid wave

While the first phase of Covid wave was in the metros and big cities of the country, the recent surge is reported from rural areas, too

19 Mar 2021 4:56 AM

About 400 million Indians have no access to the Internet. Far fewer women have access to cellphones and Internet services. (Photo: AFP)

Patralekha Chatterjee | All must get vaccine: Say no to class, digital divide

The euphoria about getting the jab seems to be confined so far to the better-off sections of society

12 Mar 2021 12:13 AM

Anita Katyal | On Azad, Cong misfired twice; how’s Tomar for new MP CM?

It may appear far-fetched but there is a connection between the West Bengal election and Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s future

07 Mar 2021 4:28 AM

If you have taken the shot before anybody else in your circle -- your bhav goes up instantly! (Representational Photo: AFP)

Shobhaa De | I’ve vaxxed… Have you? ‘Jab’ as a status symbol

Meanwhile, Bollywood is all a-flutter dealing with the income tax raids on handpicked filmwallahs

06 Mar 2021 4:58 AM

Human rights groups call this a form of discrimination in favour of the wealthy. There is also the ethical question of those who for one reason or another refuse to be vaccinated. (Photo: AFP)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | ‘Vaccine passports’: Key to safe travels is flawed

Vaccine passports will prevent travel by people from countries that will not get vaccines for months, or even years

18 Feb 2021 4:16 AM

Kishwar Desai | Darcy zest adds zing to V-week; Suella’s baby may lead to reforms

Darcy, in the novel, turned out to be a perfect lover — and so perhaps we can hope for warmer days as the sun now is beginning to shine

15 Feb 2021 4:52 AM

The deniers of vaccination who pose a puzzle are those who have no such complete theory of the universe. What they have instead is the Internet through which the most abject nonsense is spread. (Representational Photo:AFP)

Farrukh Dhondy | Time for all to get Covid jabs; don’t listen to ‘anti-vaccers’

There are millions of idiots around the world who are anti-vaccers

16 Jan 2021 12:00 AM

Russia's ambassador to Britain Andrei Kelin rejects virus vaccine hacking claims. (Photo- BBC Interview)

Russia's UK ambassador rejects coronavirus vaccine hacking allegations

Andrei Kelin said that there was no sense in the allegations made last week by the United States, Britain and Canada

19 Jul 2020 3:33 PM

India’s Zydus Cadila plans to complete late-stage trials for its novel coronavirus vaccine candidate by February or March 2021. (AP Photo)

Zydus Cadila to end COVID-19 vaccine trial in 2021

Cadila’s vaccine candidate, known as ZyCov-D, is one of dozens being developed around the world to fight the coronavirus pandemic

17 Jul 2020 3:24 PM

FMD control programme envisages 100 per cent vaccination coverage of cattle, buffaloes, sheep, goats, and pigs at six months interval in the entire country. (Photo: ANI)

Rs 13,343 cr budget approved for vaccination of animals by Cabinet

The amount of Rs 2683 crore is proposed for the Financial Year 2019-20.

25 Jun 2019 8:20 PM

Measles is a highly contagious disease that can kill and cause blindness, deafness or brain damage. (Photo:AP)

Europe hit with measles dilemma; close to 34,000 affected

More than 34,000 people across Europe caught measles in the first two months of 2019, with the vast cases in Ukraine, warned WHO.

07 May 2019 4:01 PM

Measles can cause severe complications or death. So far, no US fatalities have been reported. (Photo:AP)

Donald Trump demands Americans take their measles vaccination

US President Donald Trump on Friday urged Americans to protect themselves with the measles vaccination.

29 Apr 2019 12:31 PM

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