Vaccination
- Telangana
Telangana: Health dept to conduct MRCV vaccination drive for children
Hyderabad: Telangana Public Health Department will likely administer a special dose of Measles and Rubella Containing Vaccine (MRCV) for children between 9 months and 5 years in vulnerable regions across Telangana.The vaccine…
- World
Vaccinated people now make majority of COVID deaths in US: Report
New York: In a startling revelation, a Washington Post analysis has found that more vaccinated people are now dying of the Covid disease and 58 per cent of coronavirus deaths in August…
- Pakistan
Pakistan kicks off nationwide anti-polio vaccination campaign
Islamabad: Pakistan has kicked off a week-long nationwide anti-polio vaccination campaign in an effort to prevent more children from falling victim to the crippling disease, according to government health officials. During the…
- World
Cameroon to start fifth phase of Covid-19 vaccination
Yaounde: Cameroon will start the fifth phase of nationwide Covid-19 vaccination next month, according to the country’s Minister of Public Health Manaouda Malachie. The campaign will run from November 18 to 27…
- Delhi
India reports 2,786 fresh Covid cases, 12 deaths
Delhi: India has recorded 2,786 fresh Covid cases and 12 deaths in the last 24 hours, Union Health Ministry said on Thursday. With the fresh fatalities, the death toll mounted to 5,28,847.…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: IIL to invest Rs 700 cr for new animal vaccine facility
Hyderabad: Indian Immunologicals Limited (IIL) has announced it will open the “Vaccine Hub of the World” at a cost of Rs 700 crores here on Monday. Vaccination will be provided against economically important…
- India
Lumpy skin disease: Punjab to procure 3.3 lakh more doses of goat pox vaccine
Chandigarh: The Punjab government on Friday said it will procure 3.3 lakh more doses of goat pox vaccine to prevent the spread of lumpy skin disease among cattle. The decision was taken…
- Telangana
Telangana: Harish Rao seeks increase in vaccine supply in letter to Mandaviya
Hyderabad: Telangana health minister T Harish Rao on Tuesday wrote a letter to union health minister Dr Masukh Mandaviya seeking an increase in vaccine supply. Rao highlighted that Telangana has completed 106…
- Middle East
Israel begins vaccinating children under 5 yrs against Covid-19
Jerusalem: A nationwide vaccination campaign against Covid-19 for children aged between six months to five years was launched in Israel. The vaccination will provide children “with an important protection layer against serious…
- India
Only 11% of 69 cr beneficiaries have taken Covid precaution doses
New Delhi: Only 11 percent of the nearly 69 crore eligible beneficiaries aged 18 years and above taking the precaution dose of COVID-19 vaccine till July 25, has become a cause of…
- India
Nadda urges people to make booster vaccination drive a massive success
New Delhi: BJP chief J.P. Nadda on Wednesday visited the vaccination centre at the Lady Hardinge hospital here and took stock of the free booster dose vaccination drive started by the government…
- India
India reports 15,528 new Covid cases, 25 deaths
New Delhi: India reported 15,528 new Covid cases in the last 24 hours, which is a decline from the previous day’s count of 16,935, said the Union Health Ministry on Tuesday. In…
- India
India’s cumulative COVID-19 vaccination nears 200 crore
New Delhi: The cumulative COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country neared the 200-crore mark on Saturday, the Union health ministry said. More than 10 lakh vaccine doses were administered till 7…
- Middle East
COVID-19 active cases rising again in Saudi Arabia
Riyadh: The COVID-19 active cases in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) crossed 500-mark, recording 586 on Thursday over the past 24 hours. During the past weeks, COVID-19 cases in the Kingdom…
- India
Gap between 2nd, precaution dose of COVID-19 vaccine reduced to 6 months
New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry has reduced the gap between the second and precaution dose of COVID-19 vaccine for all beneficiaries from nine to six months following a recommendation by NTAGI.…
