India's cumulative COVID-19 vaccination coverage has crossed 30.72 crore as per a provisional report till 7 pm on Thursday, the Union Health Ministry said here.
The Gurugram health department has announced a price cap for the administration of Covid-19 vaccines in private hospitals.
Universities in Hyderabad have stepped up the vaccination of students, non-teaching staff and faculty, ahead of reopening on July 1.
Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Wednesday inaugurated two oxygen plants and said another one will be functional soon.
India began providing free coronavirus vaccine to states for inoculation of all above the age of 18 from Monday, June 21. The decision was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a national address on June 7. The Centre had decided to buy 75 per cent of jabs from vaccine makers, including 25 per cent of the state quota, and give it for free to state governments.
A number of reports have claimed that homeless people were "barred and conspicuously left out" from registering for COVID-19 vaccination due to unavailability of technical requirements.
Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu said it was heartening to note that three out of five people vaccinated as part of the COVID-19 inoculation drive on June 21 were from rural areas.
The delta variant, first identified in India, in the last two weeks has come to represent more than 20% of coronavirus infections in the U.S.
The court said the state or municipal authorities must be a part of, or have information of all such private vaccination camps being organised by housing societies and offices to ensure citizens do not suffer.
Once cabinet approves, 12-15-year-olds will become eligible for vaccination towards the end of the year, after older groups have had their turn.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said the "record-breaking" vaccination numbers were "gladdening" as the country suceeded in administering more than 80 lakh vaccine doses on the first day of the revised guidelines. It is the highest number of doses given in a day since the vaccination drive started on January 16.
Even as claims were galore that getting Covid-19 vaccine could cause infertility in men and women, the Union Health Ministry on Monday said that there was no scientific evidence to support them. It said that getting inoculated was safe and effective.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said the "record-breaking" vaccination numbers were "gladdening" as the country suceeded in administering more than 80 lakh vaccine doses on the first day of the revised guidelines.
When India started its COVID-19 vaccination drive in January, not many would have imagined that a jab could not just protect them against the deadly disease but also get them a discount on their favourite food, ensure extra savings on groceries and even a higher rate of interest on bank deposits.
After taking the first dose, the man was under observation for 30 minutes during which a nurse erroneously administered another dose of the vaccine to him.
The PM had taken an important decision that the Centre will provide free of cost vaccination to those aged 18 and above, Shah said.
The DMRC is already conducting an awareness campaign at various project sites to tell the benefits of vaccination to workers.
India will provide free coronavirus vaccine to states for inoculation of all above the age of 18 from Monday, June 21. The decision was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a national address on June 7.
The Assam government has set a target of administering COVID-19 vaccines to three lakh people daily from Monday for the next 10 days, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Saturday.
The study, published on Thursday in the journal JAMA, recruited 45 healthy male volunteers aged 18 to 50 years scheduled for mRNA COVID-19 vaccination by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna.
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