Page 19 - Vaccination

India records 25,404 fresh coronavirus cases, 339 additional deaths

India saw a single-day rise of 25,404 new COVID cases, taking the infection tally in the country to 3,32,89,579, while the count of active cases declined to 3,62,207, according to health ministry data

Schools are reopening. Should parents worry about Covid-19 outbreaks?

Research shows that children are not the main source of transmission of Covid-19 in the community, school reopening is unlikely to lead to a third wave

Over 50 million people of eligible population vaccinated in Rajasthan

Over 5 crore people of the eligible populations have been vaccinated until 4 pm on Monday, said a press release from the state health ministry.State Health Minister Dr Raghu Sharma complimenting all medical and other personnel said that under the leadership of Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, after corona management, the State has set an example in vaccination too.He said, "All personnel of the health department did the work diligently and this is the reason more than 5 crore population could be vaccinated in a very short span of time."Dr Sharma said that till Monday evening, out of the targeted population of 5,14,95,402 - the first dose has been administered to 3.73 crore people and the second dose to 1.27 crore people thus a total of 5,00,78,073 people have been inoculated with the corona vaccine.The Health Minister said that although coronavirus infection has come down by administering one dose to half of the population, the danger of corona still persists.He said according to the ...

UK medical officers give nod for coronavirus vaccines for children

The move means around 3 million children could be eligible for the jab, which is expected to be given through schools

Delta breaches China less than a month after previous outbreak

The virus quickly took off in Fujian's scho­ols and factories

Covishield vaccdose gap relaxed for certain categories in Haryana

The Haryana government on Monday relaxed the mandatory 84-day gap required between first and second doses of Covishield vaccine for certain categories of people

YRF conducts second phase of vaccination for film industry workers

Yash Raj Films has initiated the second phase of the vaccination drive that will have thousands of workers from the Hindi film fraternity get their first and second jabs of the Covid-19 vaccine

Over 49 mn unutilised Covid-19 vaccine doses available with states, UTs

Over 4.90 crore balance and unutilised COVID-19 vaccine doses are still available with the states and union territories to be administered, informed Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Monday.The ministry said that 72,70,48,325 vaccine doses have been provided to states and union territories so far through free of cost channel and through the direct state procurement category.Of the total vaccine provided, 4,90,36,525 balance and unutilised COVID vaccine doses are still available with the states/UTs to be administered. Further, more than 8 lakh doses (8,25,000) are in the pipeline.The Union Government is committed to accelerating the pace and expanding the scope of COVID-19 vaccination throughout the country.The new phase of universalisation of COVID-19 vaccination commenced from June 21.The vaccination drive has been ramped up through the availability of more vaccines, advanced visibility of vaccine availability to states and UTs for enabling better planning by them and ...

India registers 27,254 coronavirus cases, 219 additional deaths

India saw a single-day rise of 27,254 new COVID-19 cases, taking the infection tally in the country to 3,32,64,175, while the count of active cases declined to 3,74,269, Health ministry data showed

Covid vax for kids under 12 could be out in US by end of next month: Report

Amid surging Delta variant cases in the US, COVID-19 vaccines for children younger than 12 years could be available by the end of next month, a media report has said.

In few years, Covid-19 will be 'just another virus' in our lives

The calls from some quarters to stop publishing daily case totals may be premature for a disease that's still killing thousands of people a day

Planning for Covid-19

Vaccination has picked up pace but much more needs to be done

India's cumulative Covid-19 vaccination coverage surpasses 738.2 mn

India's cumulative COVID-19 vaccination coverage surpassed 73.82 crores, (73,82,07,378) as per provisional reports, informed the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Sunday

Japan passes 50% vaccination rate, may ease limits in November

Japan's government says more than 50 per cent of the population has been fully vaccinated. Japan's vaccine rollouts began in mid-February, months behind many wealthy countries due to its lengthy clinical testing requirement and approval process. Inoculations for elderly patients, which started in April, were also slowed by supply shortages of imported vaccines, but the pace picked up in late May and has since achieved 1 million doses per day. Economy Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura, who is in charge of COVID-19 measures, told NHK public television's weekly talk show Sunday that about 60 per cent of the population is expected to be fully vaccinated by the end of September, on par with current levels in Europe. The government is studying a roadmap for easing restrictions around November when a large majority of the population is expected to be fully vaccinated. That would allow fully vaccinated people and those who test negative to travel, gather for parties or attend mass events. The

BioNTech to seek approval soon for vaccine for 5-11 year old children

BioNTech has said it expected to file its regulatory dossier on the five to 11 year olds in September.

Guj records 21 Covid-19 cases, no deaths; over 0.55 mn get vaccine shots

Gujarat reported 21 COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking its infection tally to 8,25,584, a health department official said on Friday evening. The state did not record any death on account of the pandemic during this period. The death toll thus remained unchanged at 10,082. Discharge of 13 persons took the recovery count to 8,15,344, leaving the state with 158 active cases of which five patients are on ventilator support. An official release said 5.18 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered in the state till now, including over 5.05 lakh on Friday. In neighbouring Dadra Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu, the COVID-19 infection tally rose by one to reach 10,642, while the recovery count remained unchanged at 10,631, leaving the Union Territory, which has seen four deaths so far, with seven active cases. Gujarat's COVID-19 figures are as follows: Total cases 8,25,584, New cases 21, Total deaths 10,082, Discharged so far 8,15,344, Active cases 158 and people tested so .

South Africa vaccinates some kids in test of Chinese Covid-19 vaccine

South Africa on Friday started vaccinating children and adolescents as part of the global Phase 3 clinical trials of China's Sinovac Biotech vaccine for children aged between 6 months and 17 years

First dose of Covid vaccine is 96.6% effective in preventing death: Govt

India has vaccinated 58% of its adult population with the first dose of Covid vaccine, while around 18% have been fully vaccinated with both doses

Govt develops Covid-19 vaccine tracker to give vaccination-related info

The Centre has developed a Covid-19 vaccine tracker by synergising data from three platforms to give information on various aspects of vaccination like effectiveness post inoculation

Maha vaccinates over 1.5 million people against Covid-19 in single day

Maharashtra had on Wednesday administered Covid-19 vaccine doses to over 1.5 million beneficiaries, highest in a single day, a senior official said on Thursday