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Hopeful that all 18-plus beneficiaries will be vaccinated by Dec: Govt

It is expected that all beneficiaries aged 18 years and above will be vaccinated by December 2021

Covid vaccines in India required to be stored within 2-8 deg C range: Govt

COVID-19 vaccines, currently being used in the country, are required to be stored within the temperature range of two to eight degrees Celsius

There has been no shortage of vaccines, govt providing free jabs: Lok Sabha

There has been no shortage of vaccines and the Government of India has been supplying the jabs to states and Union Territories for free, Minister of State for Health Bharati Pravin Pawar informed

Those who are fully vaccinated should be allowed to go out: Ajit Pawar

Maharashtra deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar said on Wednesday that he was of the view that those who have received both the jabs of coronavirus vaccines should be allowed to "go out".

Maharashtra, WB told to take action to stop fraudulent vaccine camps: Govt

Fraudulent vaccination camps in Maharashtra and West Bengal have come to the notice of the Centre and both the state governments have been directed to probe these

No shortage of Covid-19 vaccines, no delay in placing orders: Govt

There has been no shortage of Covid vaccines and the government has been providing free supply of vaccines to states and union territories for inoculating prioritised beneficiaries

48 million vaccine jabs given in tribal districts till July 15: Govt

A total of 4.81 crore doses of Covid vaccine have been administered in 176 identified tribal districts across 25 states till July 15, the government has informed Lok Sabha. The Centre, however, said it does not maintain "centralised data on COVID-19 mortality with urban, rural, tribal breakup". Replying to a question, Minister of State for Tribal Affairs Renuka Singh Saruta said, "The COVID-19 vaccination drive does not make any discrimination on the basis of gender, socio-economic class or residence, etc." However, all efforts have been made to ensure vaccination of people in tribal areas, including options of registration at common service centres, 'walk-in registration' at Covid vaccination centre and 'near-to-home vaccination centres' for elderly people and people with disabilities, she said on Monday. "The CoWIN portal does not maintain records of religion or caste of the beneficiaries. However, in the 176 identified tribal districts, as on July 15, a total of 4.81 crore doses

Expected to vaccinate 60% population within two-three months: Kerala to SC

Kerala government has told the Supreme Court that it is vigorously vaccinating people against COVID-19 and is expected to inoculate at least 60 per cent of its population within two or three months.

Over 21.1 mn Covid-19 vaccine doses available with states, UTs: Govt

More than 21.1 million Covid-19 vaccine doses are still available with states and union territories, and private hospitals, the Union health ministry said on Tuesday

Covid-19 vaccine doses administered in country surpasses 410 million

The cumulative Covid-19 vaccine doses administered in the country has surpassed 41 crore, the Union health ministry said on Monday.

Statsguru: Six months on, India's Covid-19 vaccination drive is lagging

Orders for 786 million doses have been placed to date - less than the probable need of 950 million

Victims of vaccination fraud will be inoculated soon, BMC tells HC

A separate drive will be undertaken to inoculate more than 2,000 persons in Mumbai who became the victims of bogus COVID-19 vaccination camps, the BMC told the Bombay HC

CM Yediyurappa urges PM to provide 15 mn doses of Covid vaccine every month

Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa on Friday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to provide at least 1.5 crore doses of Covid vaccine to the state every month.

Status of vaccine procurement by pvt vaccination centres worrying: Centre

Union Health Ministry on Wednesday reviewed the status and the progress of vaccine procurement by private COVID vaccination centres.

Congress alleges shortage of vaccines, says third wave may hit 'very badly'

The Congress on Wednesday attacked the Centre over the "shortage" of COVID-19 vaccines and said the third wave of the pandemic may hit the country very badly

Covid vaccine shortage in Delhi, 500 vaccination centres closed: Minister

Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain said the Aam Aadmi Party government has the capacity to vaccinate all the eligible population but enough vaccines are not being made available to them.

Taking measures to promptly vaccinate people in tea garden areas: Assam CM

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday told Prime Minister Narendra Modi that his government is making efforts to urgently vaccinate people in the tea garden areas of the state

Over 76% of eligible population vaccinated in Tripura, 25% with both doses

Over 76 per cent of the eligible population of Tripura have been inoculated against Covid-19 and around 25 per cent got both doses of the vaccine, an official said on Tuesday. The positivity rate of coronavirus in the state currently is 4.3 per cent and it is likely to decline after two weeks. Of the 26.24 lakh people who are eligible for inoculation, over 20 lakh (76.22 per cent) have received the vaccine while 6.47 lakh (24.64 per cent) have taken both doses, National Health Mission (NHM) director in Tripura, Dr Siddhartha Shiv Jaiswal, said. Tripura has a population of 40.19 lakh in March. "As many as 16.3 lakh people fall in the 18-44 age group (62.1 per cent) and 9.94 lakh are in the category of 45+ (37.9 per cent)," Jaiswal said. The state NHM director said that 57.98 per cent of all frontline workers have already received both the vaccine doses. State Surveillance Officer (SSO) for COVID 19, Deep Debbarma, said that the positivity rate of Covid-19 is likely

India administers 4.39 million Covid-19 vaccine doses in last 24 hrs

After 4,399,298 vaccine doses were administered in the last 24 hours, India's cumulative vaccination coverage increased to 344.6 million, according to the Union Health Ministry on Saturday

India in talks with Johnson & Johnson for single-dose Covid-19 vaccine

New Delhi [India], July 2 (ANI): NITI Aayog member (Health) Dr VK Paul on Friday confirmed that India is in talks with US pharma giant Johnson & Johnson for their single-dose COVID-19 vaccine named Janssen.Speaking exclusively to ANI, Dr Paul said, "We are in talks with Johnson & Johnson regarding their single-dose vaccine."He said that "as per the plan, this vaccine will also be produced in Hyderabad's Bio E."Johnson & Johnson said late on Thursday that its COVID-19 vaccine showed strong promise against the Delta variant and other emerging strains and also provided durable protection against the infection more broadly. The healthcare company in a statement said that its vaccine was 85 per cent effective and could also help prevent hospitalisation and death.Presently, in India Delta plus has been reported in 12 states. This variant is a sub-lineage of delta variant and has been declared as 'Variant of Concern' by the government.According to Dr Paul, India reported 56