Pfizer, AstraZeneca vaccines protect against Delta variant: Lancet study
World | June 15, 2021 13:52 ISTPfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines provide good protection against Delta variant, says a study published in The Lancet journal.
Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines provide good protection against Delta variant, says a study published in The Lancet journal.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday urged everyone to follow safety rules and get vaccinated saying no one is safe till the time everyone is.
A group of the transgender community was vaccinated on Monday after a special vaccination drive was launched for the community by Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC).
The Delhi government on Monday started a special vaccination centre in the city for students, athletes and people who have to travel abroad for work.
To combat the spread of COVID-19, vaccination drive is in full swing in the zero line border areas of J-K. Approx 99% people have taken the shots.
Delhi's first drive-through COVID-19 vaccination facility, which opened with much fanfare two weeks ago, is being shut as the Centre's price cap for vaccines has made operation unviable.
Officials said so far, 15,69,758 Covid tests have been conducted in Gurugram, of which 13,85,057 have come negative. In the last 24 hours, around 4,243 tests were conducted in the district.
A special campaign for free anti-coronavirus vaccination for street-side vendors would begin in Noida from June 14, officials said on Friday.
The high court was informed by the Centre’s counsel that the government is seized of the issue and will take a decision on the same.
Meanwhile, India reported 94,052 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours. This is the third consecutive day when less than 1 lakh cases were reported in the country.
Vaccines will be allocated to the states by the Centre based on several factors like population, disease burden or number of cases, and progress of vaccination.
Indian Army's Northern Command conducted a vaccination drive for ex-servicemen at a stadium in Udhampur's Ramnagar on June 07.
The Prime Minister said the Centre will procure 75 per cent of the total production of the vaccine doses and provide them free to the states. No state government would be spending anything on vaccines.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday and apprised him of the COVID-19 situation in the state.
Johnson is expected to stress the importance of a global vaccination drive when he meets with fellow world leaders on Friday in Cornwall, on the coast of southwestern England, for the first face-to-face G-7 summit since the pandemic hit.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday slammed the Centre for allegedly "fighting for blue ticks" on Twitter.
More than 1.63 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses are still available with the states and UTs to be administered, the Union Health Ministry said on Sunday.
The U.S. will give Taiwan 750,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines, three senators said Sunday.
The special vaccination drive, which focuses on students who have to leave for foreign countries for their studies in the next two months, is being held under the supervision of the Institute of Preventive Medicine in Hyderabad.
For the 'Delta variant' of the coronavirus, there needs to be shorter gap between two doses of anti-Covid vaccines, says a Lancet study, as the contagious virus continues to evolve, infect people.
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