Over 41.69 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses so far provided to states/UTs: Centre
India | July 17, 2021 14:49 ISTOf this, the total consumption, including wastage, is 38,94,87,442 doses, according to data available at 8 am Saturday.
Of this, the total consumption, including wastage, is 38,94,87,442 doses, according to data available at 8 am Saturday.
Lockdown or other stringent restrictions may be imposed in other parts of the state by deputy commissioners depending on the coronavirus situation.
Congress MP, Benny Behanan said the figures provided by Vijayan in his daily statement on Thursday show 15,025 Covid deaths.
The shortage is going to end soon because the United States has purchased Pfizer’s vaccine which will start to come online in August, said USAID Administrator Samantha Power.
The territorial government has extended the lockdown triggered by COVID-19 till midnight of this month.
At least 37 people were arrested in the early hours of Sunday from a five-star hotel in Kolkata for partying, defying the COVID-related restrictions.
Despite several warnings from experts about a possible third COVID-19 wave, a large number of tourists have reached Kasauli to recover from lockdown blues.
In its latest update on Saturday morning, University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering revealed that current global caseload, death toll and the total number of vaccine doses administered stood at 185,972,770, 4,017,196 and 3,387,882,504, respectively.
The risk of severe illness and death from SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is extremely low in children and teenagers, according to a comprehensive analyses of public health data in the UK.
The strain was detected during the genome sequencing exercise. His sample was collected on June 13 as a routine and sent to CSIR's Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, New Delhi that has confirmed the Kappa strain in the sample.
Body's natural immune response following Covid infection is sustained for up to seven months, but these antibodies are not sufficient against contemporary variants of the virus, finds a study suggesting the importance of vaccines against the infectious disease.
The Congress has been criticising the government's vaccination policy, alleging that it is moving at a slow pace and needs to be accelerated.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) recently announced the Lambda variant as a 'variant of concern', meaning it was something to watch out for. On June 14, the WHO designated this variant, previously known as C.37, as the seventh and newest one.
Krishna Roy was suffering from post-Covid complications for a long time. She was taken to Chennai from Kolkata sometime back.
More than 1.66 crore balance and unutilized COVID-19 vaccine doses are still available with the states, UTs and private hospitals to be administered, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday.
In a recent guideline, the government has approved the vaccination for pregnant women. Now all mothers-to-be can be protected from Covid-19. The benefits of vaccinating pregnant women seem to far outweigh any theoretical and remote risk of vaccination.
Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan, took to social media and shared a poem urging his fans and followers to take precautions against COVID-19 amid the ongoing pandemic.
Naresh,29, died of Covid on April 15. But his body was kept in the mortuary at the Lala Lajpat Rai Memorial Medical College (LLRMMC) in Meerut.
Vidya Balan, who is currently being lauded for her role in Amit Masurkar's 'Sherni' acknowledges that "the coronavirus pandemic put a tremendous amount of pressure and stress on our healthcare workers".
The Punjabi Basti and Janata market in Nangloi area of the national capital have been closed till July 6 for gross violation of Covid-appropriate behaviour.
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