People, who came to take the Covid-19 jab waited outside Mumbai's Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) jumbo vaccination centre after the vaccines ran out of stock. Boards reading 'Vaccine out of stock' were put up outside the BKC centre.
Covaxin, India's indigeniously developmed coronavirus vaccine, will be sold at Rs 600 per dose for state hospitals and Rs 1,200 per dose for private hospitals, vaccine maker Bharat Biotech has informed.
As many as 4.09 lakh property owners given their e-property cards on this occasion, which will also mark the rolling out of the SVAMITVA scheme for implementation across the country.
Since the beginning of the coronavirus infection, we all know one thing with certainty that the virus impacts lung health. And for that very reason, doctors advise patients to start monitoring their oxygen levels with the help of oxymeter so any abnormality can be caught and treated in time.
The ongoing Covid-19 surge is taking a toll on children’s health with several hospitals reporting a sharp rise in the number of children between the age of one and five landing up in hospitals. Unlike last year, the virus is affecting infants, with some as young as one-and-a-half months old getting admitted to hospital.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he will not be going to poll-bound West Bengal on Friday due to high-level meetings to review the prevailing Covid-19 situation. According to the PMO, the Prime Minister will chair an internal meeting on Covid-19 management at 9 am on Friday. He will then virtually interact with chief ministers of states reeling under a heavy caseload at 10 am. At 12.30 pm, the Prime Minister will hold a meeting with leading manufacturers of liquid oxygen via video-conferencing
Many mosques in Mumbai and the suburbs have stepped forward to offer free oxygen cylinders to COVID-19 patients in an effort to aid the fight against coronavirus. This service is also provided for COVID-19 patients at home, whose oxygen level is very low.As cases continue to soar in the city.
Around 1,710 doses of Covishield and Covaxin were stolen by unknown burglars in the storeroom of the government civil hospital in Jind Wednesday night.
Serum Institute of India (SII) CEO Adar Poonawalla on Tuesday lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman for what he called a ‘decisive policy changes’ and ‘swift financial aid’ to help Covid-19 vaccine production and distribution in India.
India registered 1,761 Covid deaths in the last 24 hours, the biggest one-day spike, and over 2.59 lakh new cases. The total number of cases, which shows a worrying rise in the second wave of the pandemic, now stands at more than 1.53 crore.
In a significant step, the Indian government on Monday announced that all persons above 18 years of age will be eligible to get COVID-19 vaccine doses from May 1, 2021.
Such vaccines will be given emergency use approval mandating the requirement of post-approval parallel bridging clinical trial in place of conduct of local clinical trial under the provisions of the New Drugs and Clinical Trials Rules 2019, the health ministry had said.
Drawling criticism over handling of the second wave of covid-19, the union government on Monday decided to allow vaccination to everyone above 18 years of age starting 1st May.
Multiple states from Maharashtra to Uttar Pradesh and Punjab are enforcing stringent restrictions to break the chain of transmission following an unprecedented surge in new confirmed cases of Covid-19. With the central government laying emphasis on vaccination against coronavirus, school examinations across the country have either been postponed or cancelled as a second wave of the pandemic continues to infect tens of thousands each day.
The second wave of the recent pandemic that has already started in India points to the need for better quality healthcare infrastructure. watch full debate in kurushetra.
India’s corona situation is turning grimmer with each passing hour as the nation recorded over two lakh new Covid-19 infection for the second consecutive day today. 10 states comprising Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal have shown a steep rise in daily new COVID-19 cases accounting for 79.10 per cent of the new infections.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said the decision to conduct the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) exams should be reconsidered in view of the rising number of Covid-19 cases across the country......Watch other major news.
With an aim to expand the basket of COVID-19 vaccines and enhance the pace of inoculation in India, the central government on Tuesday said it has fast-tracked emergency approval for foreign-produced jabs that have been granted similar clearances in other countries.
Dr Reddy's, which has collaborated with Russia's sovereign fund RDIF, conducted the bridge trial for Sputnik V and has applied for emergency use. If approved by the DCGI, this will be the third vaccine to be available in India. India is currently using Serum Institute of India's Covishield and Bharat Biotech's Covaxin.
Amid rising COVID-19 cases, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray will hold a meeting today. 10,774 new cases and 48 deaths were reported in the national capital in the last 24 hours while Maharashtra reported around 63 thousand new coronavirus cases in last 24 hours.
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