covid-19 vaccination drive

More than 43 lakh (43,78,909) vaccine doses were administered till 7 pm on Thursday, it said, adding that the daily vaccination tally is expected to go up with the compilation of the final reports by late night. The cumulative number of…

“When the Covid-19 pandemic first struck, we did not know much about the virus. However, our scientists and innovators immersed themselves in developing vaccines.” he said. A year after the vaccination drive took off, India has…

The government has provided 153.90 crore vaccine doses to states/ Union Territories and 18.43 crore unutilised vaccine doses are still available with states/ UTs. The country is inching towards the 150-crore Covid-19 vaccination coverage…

SII has delivered more than what it had committed and helped the government keep the vaccination drive on track. (Photo source: IE)The country is all set to reach the 100-crore vaccination mark in the next couple of days. A majority of…

The average daily vaccination rate in the country had gone up to 74.40 lakh in September compared to 59.19 lakh in August, Bhushan said. The country has vaccinated 62% of its adult population with the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine and…

Earlier, the drive was held on specific days in a week.The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) will be holding COVID-19 inoculation drive at the city’s health clinics all seven days a week, starting Monday, chairman of the civic body’s…

BENGALURU: The administration of Covaxin for the first dose has been suspended temporarily at all government Covid-19 vaccination centres due to an overall shortage of vaccinesGiven the supply trickle, the state health and family welfare…

PUNE: The health services department has asked the Pune, Pimpri Chinchwad, and Pune rural officials to focus on completion of the second dose of Covid-19 vaccination for beneficiaries.Sanjay Deshmukh, assistant director (medical), Pune…

The government highlighted that allocation can be negatively impacted in terms of vaccine wastage.Justifying the claims of some media reports as false, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has stated that the allocation of vaccine for…

National average for the first dose coverage among the HCWs was 82% and that of the second dose was only 56%. (IE Image)By Dr Rajib DasguptaWith nearly 8.6 million COVID-19 vaccines administered on 21 June, it was quite a feat! This is…