The Delhi High Court on Monday directed the central government to decide "as early as possible" a representation by an NGO for priority in COVID vaccination to NRIs and students who have to go abroad for studies.
Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar on Sunday conducted an inspection at a hotel in suburban Andheri and found several Covid-19 vaccines stored in a normal fridge, in violation of the laid down norms.
Raja Krishnamoorthi said he is doing everything to get the Biden administration provide excess vaccines not used in the United States to India.
More than 1.82 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses are available with states and union territories, and over 4 lakh will be received by them within the next three days, the Union health ministry said on Saturday.
The Delhi government has floated a Global Expression of Interest (EOI) for procurement of 1 crore doses of Covid-19 vaccines on an urgent basis.
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The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has approved the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for children aged 12 to 15.
Vaccine, being a biological product, takes time for harvesting and quality testing and this cannot be done overnight to ensure a safe product, the Union Health Ministry said on Friday.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday asked the government to evolve a COVID-19 vaccine strategy for the entire population, warning of multiple waves of the virus at the current rate of vaccination.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met influential American lawmakers from both the Democratic and Republican parties on Thursday and discussed developments pertaining to Quad and the cooperation on vaccines with them.
The daily COVID-19 positivity rate has reduced and now stands at 9.54 per cent, while the single-day recoveries continue to outnumber the new cases for the 12th consecutive day, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday.
Uttarakhand's Pithoragarh town on Tuesday halted the vaccination drive for the 18-44 group citing shortage of adequate vaccines.
S Jaishankar's visit to the US is likely to focus on the whole gamut of the India-US relationship, ranging from strategic and bilateral ties to Quad and climate change, along with public health issues.
The Centre has so far provided, both through the free of cost category and through direct state procurement category, more than 21.80 crore vaccine doses to states and UTs
According to the health ministry, a total of 19,60,51,962 vaccine doses have been administered through 28,16,725 sessions, as per the provisional report till 7 am today.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has said that Pfizer and Moderna have declined to sell Covid vaccines directly to the state.
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president Mayawati on Saturday expressed serious concerns over the status of the vaccination drive against COVID-19 and asked the central and the state governments to pay attention to it.
Out of these 148 athletes, 17 have got both the doses and 131 have received their first shot, IOA president Narinder Batra said.
The International Monetary Fund has proposed a USD 50 billion global vaccination plan that would cover at least 40 percent of the global population by the end of 2021 and at least 60 percent by the first half of 2022.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will visit the US in the coming week from May 24 to May 28. The official announcement was made by Ministry of External Affairs on Friday.
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