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UP to conduct final dry run for Covid-19 vaccination at 1,500 centres today

Gearing up for the Covid-19 vaccine rollout in the country, Uttar Pradesh will conduct the third dry run of vaccination at 1,500 centres across the state on Monday

CoWIN app shall form foundation of Covid-19 vaccination drive: Centre

The Centre said Co-WIN, an online platform for monitoring vaccine delivery, shall form the foundation for the anti-coronavirus inoculation drive

India reports 18,444 new Covid-19 cases, 201 more deaths due to infection

India on Sunday reported 18,444 new cases of Covid-19 while 201 people succumbed to to the deadly virus in the last 24 hours

89 hospitals finalised for Covid-19 vaccination: Delhi Health Minister

Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain on Sunday said that 89 hospitals were finalised in the national capital for the inoculation programme in the first phase

82 people have tested positive for new variant of Covid in India: Govt

The number of people who have tested positive for the new UK variant of SARS-CoV-2 has climbed to 82 in India, the health ministry said on Friday

We should be able to give Covid-19 vaccines to our countrymen soon: Vardhan

In the next few days, we should be able to give Covid-19 vaccines to our countrymen, said Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan

Bharat Biotech concludes recruitment for Covaxin's phase 3 study

Bharat Biotech has concluded the recruitment of volunteers for the phase III trials of its Covid vaccine, Covaxin, on Thursday after achieving the sample size it had promised to the ethics committee

India detects total 71 cases of the new Covid-19 strain first seen in UK

The number of people who have tested positive for the new UK variant of SARS-CoV-2 in the country has climbed to 71, the Union Health Ministry said on Wednesday

Covid-19 vaccine mock drill in 21 Chhattisgarh districts on Jan 7, 8

A dry run to assess the readiness for the Covid-19 vaccination drive will be held in 21 districts of Chhattisgarh over the next two days, a senior state health official said on Wednesday

India reports 18,088 fresh coronavirus cases, tally at over 10.3 million

India's Covid-19 caseload rose to 1,03,74,932 with18,088 infections being reported in a day, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday

Coronavirus vaccine dry run scheduled at 8 centres in Delhi today

A dry run for the Covid vaccine will be conducted at 8 sites in the national capital on Wednesday, officials said

20 more cases with new coronavirus strain found in India, total touches 58

The central government said on Tuesday that 20 more cases of mutant strain of coronavirus reported from UK have been detected in India, taking the total such cases in the country to 58

India records lowest daily coronavirus cases in more than six months

India recorded 16,375 new cases of coronavirus, the lowest in over six months, taking the country's Covid-19 caseload to 10,356,844, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday

WHO chief lauds India's decisive action, resolve to end coronavirus

Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Tuesday lauded India's action and its resolve to end the COVID-19 pandemic as the largest vaccine producer of the world."#India continues to take decisive action & demonstrate its resolve to end #COVID19 pandemic. As the world's largest vaccine producer it's well placed to do so," tweeted Tedros.Lauding the efforts of PM Modi in the fight against the pandemic, he wrote, "If we #ACTogether, we can ensure effective & safe vaccines are used to protect the most vulnerable everywhere @narendramodi".India has one of the largest vaccine manufacturing capacities in the world (including the largest vaccine producer - Serum Institute of India) and has secured authorisation to mass-produce the AstraZeneca, Novavax and Gamaleya Research Institute vaccines.With a population of 1.3 billion (and 94 million over 65-year-olds), the domestic vaccination drive will be the largest in the world.The country ...

Coronavirus vaccination dry run to be held in UP's Varanasi today

A dry run for vaccination against Covid-19 would be held in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Parliamentary constituency, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday

Three test positive for the new UK variant of coronavirus in Rajasthan

A total of three persons have tested positive for the new UK variant of coronavirus in Rajasthan's Sriganganagar district, an official said on Monday.

19 persons arriving from UK missing in Patna amid new Covid-19 strain fears

At least 19 persons, who arrived from the United Kingdom recently, are missing in Patna, officials said on Monday

Consistent fall in active caseload due to dip in daily cases: Health min

The decline in India's daily Covid-19 cases has ensured a consistent fall in the active caseload, which constitutes 2.36 per cent of the total infections, health ministry has said

India records 16,504 new Covid-19 cases, positivity rate dips to 5.89%

Daily new Covid-19 cases in the country remained below 20,000 for the third consecutive day, while higher testing has led to further decline in the cumulative positivity rate to 5.89 per cent

India on threshold of starting world's largest vaccination programme: PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said India is soon going to start the largest vaccination programme in the world