Covid Vaccination

The man's hypervaccination came to light when the public prosecutor in Magdeburg launched an investigation into the matter, suspecting fraudulent activity.

50-70% of those under 19 years globally still susceptible to SARS-CoV-2: Study

It also found that worldwide seroprevalence estimates varied from 7.3 per cent in the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic to 37.6 per cent in the fifth wave and 56.6 per cent in the sixth wave.

Administering 220 crore doses of Covid vaccine in India highpoint of 2022

With Covid cases remaining comparatively low, the ministry could turn its attention to other important projects and commitments this year.

Bharat Biotech's intranasal Covid vaccine as a booster approved by govt, to be available on CO-WIN

The needle-free vaccine will be available at private hospitals as of now and can be administered as a precaution dose to adults who have been vaccinated with two doses of either Covishield or Covaxin.

Forms with RT-PCR, vaccination details could be made mandatory for air travellers from countries seeing Covid surge

The move comes following a meeting chaired by Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Wednesday to review the Covid situation in the country, in view of a sudden spurt in cases in China and some other countries.

Bharat Biotech's nasal COVID vaccine gets DCGI nod

According to the company, nasal vaccine iNCOVACC has double benefit of enabling faster development of variant specific vaccines and easy nasal delivery that enables mass immunization to protect from emerging variants of concern.

10 crore people administered precaution dose against COVID-19: Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya

The government had on July 15 launched a special 75-day special drive to administer precaution doses to all aged 18 years and above at public vaccination centres free of cost.

Total COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in India cross 200-crore mark

As of Sunday, India had administered more than 200 billion vaccine doses nationwide, officials from the health ministry report that 71% of vaccinations have been administered in Covid vaccination centres in rural areas.

Huge response to COVID-19 shots for 12-14 age group; private hospitals keep away

Private healthcare providers struggling to use up their stocks of Covishield and Covaxin shots are showing no enthusiasm for the Corbevax vaccination of children.

We should stop managing COVID-19 the way we did in 2020: Gagandeep Kang

Kang believes that the high vaccination coverage among the adult population against COVID-19 in India is a high point and hints that the infectious disease may have reached endemic stage in the country since the end of the second wave last year

India records 4,184 fresh COVID-19 cases, 104 deaths in last 24 hours

With the fresh cases, the total tally of COVID-19 cases in the country now stands at 4,29,80,067, according to the Union Health Ministry data

COVID-19 deaths in Omicron wave lesser than Delta due to higher vaccination coverage: Govt

The Centre stressed that India has seen a decline of nearly 96 percent in COVID19 cases since the peak of Omicron wave while at the global level, this fall is only about 55 percent

The trend of fall in new, active COVID-19 cases continues as India reports 13,166 cases in a day

All the states have registered fall in active infections which is now less than 0.5 per cent of the total cases. Kerala, too, has less than active 50,000 cases.

Active COVID-19 cases in India under 2 lakh second day in a row

All the states and UTs in the country continued to register a fall in active infections, except for Delhi, Lakhsadweep and Uttarakhand which recorded a marginal rise in active cases.

Why India must achieve full vaccination coverage quickly

As new age groups are added to the eligible population, it's essential to move quickly to attain full coverage and bring the pandemic to an end

India records nearly 20% fall in daily COVID-19 cases, 10% decline in active cases

All states continued to register a fall in daily fresh infections while the number of deaths due to the infectious disease also showed signs of slowdown

New guidelines for international arrivals; clause on mandatory 7-day home quarantine removed

While releasing the new guidelines, the government also made it clear that they will keep getting revised from time to time, depending on the evolving situation

Over 2/3rd of 15–17-year-olds in India now covered with one shot of COVID vaccine

The COVID vaccine for 15-17-year-olds in the country has received a thumping response since the beginning and with no dearth of supplies, youngsters are mostly lining up at government hospitals across India for their shots where the vaccines are offered free of cost.

Piles of unused COVID-19 jabs near expiry, private hospitals turn to government for bailout

As most vaccine beneficiaries prefer to line up at government hospitals, private hospitals now want the government to buy the doses. Of the nearly 175 crore vaccine doses administered, less than 5 percent have been in private hospitals

Why hasn’t the government made enough budgetary provisions to vaccinate everybody?

Is the token allocation in the Budget aimed at keeping the fiscal deficit low?

India should do away with restrictions once Delta is less than 1% of tested samples, says ICMR's JP Muliyil

"Coronavirus infections may keep causing flu-like symptoms but that should not be too much of a worry given our history of high degree of natural infection and vaccination"

Deaths in vaccinated people hospitalised due to Omicron at 10%, lower than 22% in those unvaccinated: Govt

There have been concerns that COVID vaccines may not be good enough to prevent infection but the growing body of scientific evidence continues to show their utility in preventing serious disease and deaths.

Accelerate 2nd dose COVID vaccination to 15-17-year-olds, Centre tells states

With the 15-17-year age group becoming eligible for Covid-19 vaccination in India since last one month, the focus has been to ensure their larger participation and now on completing their full vaccination schedule

Fight with official, climbing a tree: 2 men in UP try to escape Covid vaccination

COVID-19: Health workers have had to battle vaccine hesitancy in several parts of India.