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Earlier last year, SII CEO Adar Poonawala had advocated for indemnity for all vaccine manufacturers. (PTI file photo)

After Pfizer, Serum Institute seeks indemnity over COVID-19 vaccine:...

NITI Aayog Member Dr VK Paul had said that the government is still examining the American pharma company's request for...

3 Jun 2021 11:25 AM IST

Biological-E will run a clinical trial of Providences vaccine in India and seek emergency use approval. (Representational image: ANI)

Centre signs deal with Biological-E for 300 million COVID vaccine...

The vaccine, which is currently undergoing phase-3 clinical trials, is likely to be available in the next few months

3 Jun 2021 10:10 AM IST

In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on April 16, the CM asked the Centre to make Covid-19 vaccines available in the open market for citizens willing to buy them. By arrangement

Naveen Patnaik writes to CMs seeking consensus on centralised...

The CM also stressed execution of vaccination has to be decentralised and states allowed the flexibility to determine...

3 Jun 2021 7:32 AM IST

Medical workers takes nasal samples from residents for coronavirus tests at a makeshift testing site in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, July 20, 2021. (AP/Ahn Young-joon)

Do I need to get tested for COVID-19 if I'm vaccinated?

People who are fully vaccinated should get tested three to five days after a potential exposure

30 July 2021 12:49 PM IST

A health worker administers the vaccine for COVID-19 at Gujarat University in Ahmedabad. (Photo: PTI)

Govt dismisses reports on missing target of vaccine administeration by...

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare issued a statement referring to recent media reports

27 July 2021 2:49 PM IST

A medical worker inoculates an elderly woman with the Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine at a primary health centre in Hyderabad. (AFP)

Home vaccination for bed-ridden people to start in Mumbai from Aug 1:...

People who are completely bed-ridden, immobile or suffering from some terminal illness shall be eligible for home...

20 July 2021 2:44 PM IST

A health worker shows a vial of the Moderna vaccine against the Covid-19 coronavirus. (Photo: AFP)

Here's why you should not skip the second dose of COVID-19 vaccine

As per a study by Stanford University School of Medicine, the second dose induces a powerful boost to broad antiviral...

20 July 2021 9:00 AM IST

An estimated 30 per cent of pregnant women report psychosocial stress from job strain or related to depression and anxiety, according to the researchers. (Photo: ANI)

Pregnant women in India now eligible for Covid vaccination

Till now, all groups except pregnant women were eligible for Covid vaccination

2 July 2021 7:14 PM IST

Police personnel instruct beneficiaries to maintain queues as they wait to receive COVID-19 vaccine during a mega vaccination drive camp organised by Health Unit, Bolpur Municipality at Bolpur Stadium in Birbhum district, West Bengal, Aug. 25, 2021. (PTI)

India vaccinates 1 crore in one day

Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed the milestone as a 'momentous feat' for the nation of 1.3 billion people

28 Aug 2021 11:28 AM IST

People wait to receive a dose of COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination centre, in Ajmer. (Photo: PTI)

India risks six lakh cases daily without more Covid-19 vaccines: Study

Daily infections could reduce to 200,000 if the government executes its 10-million-a-day vaccination plan, the report...

24 Aug 2021 11:56 AM IST

The government has ordered around 16 million doses of AstraZeneca Plc and Moderna Inc vaccines for this year but as yet only around 4 million of them have arrived. (Bloomberg)

Taiwan rolls out first domestic shots to bypass vaccine woes

President Tsai Ing-wen was among the first on Monday to get the vaccine developed by Taipei-based Medigen Vaccine...

23 Aug 2021 11:53 AM IST

A woman is tended by a nurse at a COVID-19 unit of the Honorio Delgado Hospital in Arequipa, Peru, on June 24, 2021. Due to increased cases of COVID-19 and the Delta variant of the disease, the city has been closed under a strict lockdown for 15 days beginning June 21. (AP/Guadalupe Pardo)

ICMR study in Chennai shows vaccination reduces mortality due to Delta...

The prevalence of the Delta variant or B.1.617.2 was not different between the vaccinated and un-vaccinated groups

19 Aug 2021 1:00 PM IST