Vaccine

NEW DELHI: The Union health ministry has asked global vaccine alliance GAVI to supply 5 crore of the allocated 10 crore doses of Covishieldto India under the COVAX facility free of cost, official sources said on Friday. Amid rising…

Expressing concern over low uptake of precautionary doses of Sputnik V vaccine, the Centre on Thursday asked states to increase it. The uptake of precaution dose of Sputnik V is only 0.5 per cent of those who are due for it. In a letter…

More than 8 lakh Coronavirus vaccine doses were administered in the country on Saturday till 7 pm, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare informed. According to the Ministry, India's cumulative Covid-19 vaccination crossed the 198.75…

NEW DELHI: India's Covid-19 case tally rose by 18,840 in a day to reach 4,36,04,394 while the number of active cases increased to 1,25,028, according to Union Health Ministrydata updated on Saturday. The death toll has climbed to…

NEW DELHI: The National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation's (NTAGI) Standing Technical Sub-Committee (STSC) has given a nod for the use of Biological E's Corbevax and Bharat Biotech's Covaxin for children aged between 5-12 years,…

The Standing Technical Sub-Committee (STSC) of the NTAGI on Friday recommended the use of Bharat Biotech's Covaxin and Corbevax vaccines for Covid-19 for children aged between five and 12 years. Data of Biological E's Corbevax and Bharat…

The National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI) is likely to review the data of Corbevax to consider allowing it to be administered to those fully vaccinated with Covishield or Covaxin, amid emergence of new sub lineage in…

NEW DELHI: India logged 18,930 new Covid infections taking the tally to 4,35,66,739, while the active cases increased to 1,19,457, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Thursday. The death toll climbed to 5,25,305 with…

The health ministry on Wednesday reduced gap for Covid-19 precautionary doses to 6 months, from existing 9 months, for the population above 18 years. The ministry attributed this change to evolving scientific evidence and global…

The BA.2.75, the new Covid-19 sublineage detected in India, may fuel fresh infections, said experts. They said it has unique mutations, which increase chances of infection in people so far protected, and that broader genomic surveillance…