Health Minister Harsh Vardhan launched Intensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI) 3.0 with a focus on children and pregnant women who missed their vaccine doses during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The polio vaccination was delayed due to the pandemic
Israel has vaccinated 82 per cent of its population and is targeting at least 95 per cent at the earliest, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday
While mass airlifting of vaccines is yet to begin, global deal-making shows many interesting trends
SII Chief Executive Officer Adar Poonawalla earlier indicated legal indemnity was required to ensure that the vaccination drive could be completed smoothly
India may start vaccine exports as soon as today
R S Sharma, who chairs the empowered committee on technology for Covid vaccine, spoke to Nivedita Mookerji on what went wrong with Co-Win during the first few days, the scale-up exercise, and more
Issue of public trust in the vaccines must be addressed
Under the emergency use authorisation, the vaccine is only for those above 18 years of age
India has about 29,000 cold chain points, 1.6 million shipper boxes, 76,000 cold chain equipment, 700 reefer vans and 55,000 cold chain handlers
Also wait for instructions from the Centre on the second phase of the drive
The National Polio immunisation programme, as part of which children in the age group of 0-5 years are administered polio drops, has been rescheduled
With SII dispatching the Covishield vaccine to 13 cities on Tuesday, the countdown to the vaccination day has begun, and hospitals are getting ready to administer the first shots.
Govt unlikely to take a shot at Covid-19 vaccine liability, say legal experts
Some lessons can be drawn from the two-decade-long pulse polio mass immunisation campaign that was memorably captured by an iconic phrase: "Do boond zindagi ki (Two drops of life)."
Government has asked airlines to get ready to transport 30 tonnes of vaccines immediately
First a scientist and then a businessman, founder chairman Krishna Ella quit his faculty position at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, United States, in 1996 to return to India
It took a chance by ramping up capacity on vaccines when they were yet to be approved and is set to emerge a global winner
The relations with its allies in Europe have also been strained. Joe Biden is likely to reverse the process.