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A health worker sorts vials at a COVID-19 testing site amid concern over a third wave of the coronavirus pandemic in India, in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Take measures to avoid mixing-up of vaccines: Health ministry on...

The vaccine option for those in the 15-18 age group would only be Covaxin

2 Jan 2022 4:40 PM IST

CoWIN registration for the age group began yesterday. (ANI Photo)

COVID vaccination for 15-18 age group to begin tomorrow

Those with the birth year of 2007 or before will be eligible for vaccination under this category

2 Jan 2022 11:57 AM IST

Nurses prepare a COVID-19 vaccination ward for children in the age group of 15 to 18 years, at Thane Civil Hospital on Saturday. (PTI)

Government asks states to set up makeshift hospitals

Mansukh Mandaviya requested people to register eligible children in their families for vaccination for children that...

2 Jan 2022 8:41 AM IST

A health worker collects swab samples of passengers to conduct COVID-19 test, amid concern over rise in Omicron virus variant cases, at the Anand Vihar railway station near New Delhi, Friday, Dec. 31, 2021. (PTI Photo/Ravi Choudhary)

'Precaution dose' vaccine: NTAGI to decide next week

Around 80 million eligible children can register on the CoWIN app for their first vaccine dose from Saturday

1 Jan 2022 8:32 AM IST

A disguised worker of the Public Health Ministry prepares a Sinovac vaccine againsgt COVID-19 to inoculate a child at the Maria Montessori Initial Education Center, in Quito. (Photo: AFP)

Study finds limited efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines against Omicron

The research found that only individuals vaccinated with a third or booster dose form antibodies that can partially...

23 Feb 2022 1:11 PM IST

A health worker carries vials of the Covaxin vaccine against the Covid-19 coronavirus at a health centre in New Dehi. (Photo: AFP)

Bill Gates applauds Indian vaccine manufacturers for supplying...

Gates was addressing a virtual roundtable on India-US Health Partnership organised by the Indian embassy on Tuesday

23 Feb 2022 11:24 AM IST

In this file photo taken on August 05, 2021, vials and syringes of the Johnson and Johnson Janssen Covid-19 vaccine are displayed for a photograph at a Culver City Fire Department vaccination clinic in Culver City, California. (Photo: AFP)

Quality of antibodies improves for months after COVID-19 vaccination:...

The research added that the antibodies were noticeably better than they had been in the beginning after six months of...

16 Feb 2022 1:12 PM IST

A health worker inoculates a dose of the Covaxin vaccine to a student during a vaccination drive for people in the 15-18 age group, at Mount Carmel High School in Ahmedabad. (Sam PANTHAKY / AFP)

Views of experts to be taken on vaccination for children below 15...

The expert group meets regularly and gives suggestions based on which the government takes action, he added

8 Feb 2022 2:34 PM IST

A health worker inoculates a student with a dose of the Covishield vaccine against the Covid-19 coronavirus during a vaccination drive organised students aged above 18 years of age, at a Government Degree College in Bangalore. (Photo: AFP)

Aadhaar not mandatory on CoWIN portal for Covid vaccination, Centre to...

The plea claimed that Aadhaar card was being mandatorily insisted upon for administering vaccination on CoWIN portal

7 Feb 2022 1:49 PM IST

A health worker inoculates a dose of the Covaxin vaccine to a student during a vaccination drive for people in the 15-18 age group, at Mount Carmel High School in Ahmedabad. (Sam PANTHAKY / AFP)

Over 34 lakh eligible adolescents given second dose of COVID-19...

With the administration of more than 55 lakh vaccine doses in last 24 hours, India's COVID vaccination coverage has...

4 Feb 2022 11:17 AM IST

Nurse Lydia Holly prepares a childs COVID-19 vaccine dose at Childrens National Hospital in Washington. (AP/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Pfizer asks FDA to allow COVID-19 vaccine for kids under 5

Pfizer aims to give children as young as 6 months shots that contain one-tenth of the dose given to adults

2 Feb 2022 10:36 AM IST

A healthcare worker administers a dose of the Covid-19 preventive vaccine to a student at Lions Public School, in Gurugram, Wednesday, March 16, 2022. Vaccination for children in the age group of 12 to 14 years began on Wednesday. (PTI Photo)

Over 3 lakh doses of Covid vaccine given to children aged 12-14 yrs on...

As of March 1, 2021, there were 4.7 crore children aged 12 and 13 years in the country

17 March 2022 11:24 AM IST