As much as 74.44 per cent were covered with the second dose with 4,63,494 people receiving the vaccines during the mass exercise, the Minister for Health and Family Welfare said.
For the second dose, these districts have recorded an immunisation percentage of 65, while the state's average is 72-73 per cent, he said.
In a statement, WHO said its expert group concluded that immunization with authorized COVID-19 vaccines provide high levels of protection against severe disease and death amid the continuing spread of the hugely contagious...
Following a joint meeting with petroleum dealers’ association, the administration has commenced the drive across the district, the official said.
According to the ministry, more than 2.09 crore (2,09,37,264) precaution doses for the identified categories of beneficiaries (HCWs, FLWs and people over 60 years) for Covid vaccination have been administered so far.
Ten more people recuperated from the disease on Tuesday, taking the total number of recoveries to 64,129, the official said.
Members of America’s influential Congressional Hispanic Caucus have urged US President Joe Biden to champion vaccine collaboration with India to bring an end to the COVID-19 pandemic.
As much as 73.46 per cent were covered with the second dose as 5,54,088 people received the vaccines during the mass campaign, the Minister for Health and Family Welfare said in a press release.
The Drugs Controller General Of India (DCGI) has already approved Covovax for restricted use in emergency situations in adults on December 28.
Doses of oral polio, BCG, Hepatitis B, rota virus, PCV, IPV, penra, measles, rubella and DPT vaccines are being given to children, he said.
The ministry said so far over 2.04 crore (2,04,78,473) precaution doses have been administered to healthcare workers, frontline workers and those aged 60 and...
Director-Government and Regulatory Affairs at Serum Institute of India (SII) Prakash Kumar Singh had submitted an application to the DCGI on February 21,...
The researchers from National University of Singapore analysed the results of 82 observational studies comparing the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines in...
Only about 43% of the country's 12.6 million inhabitants over age 11 are fully vaccinated, in a country whose total population is 17 million.
More than 710 COVID-19 patients were in critical or serious conditions, up from 200-300 in mid-February, while nearly half of the country's intensive care...
The Drugs Controller General Of India (DCGI) had approved Covovax for restricted use in emergency situations in adults on December 28. The vaccine is yet to be...
Three more people were cured of the disease, taking the total number of recoveries to 9,875, the bulletin said, adding that the toll remained unchanged at...
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 1.00 per cent while the weekly positivity rate was recorded at 1.26 per cent, according to the ministry.
The minister, who launched the National Polio Immunisation Drive for 2022 by administering polio drops to children below five years of age in the Ministry of...
The state health minister said that the last case of polio in the state came to light in November 2009. Since then, not a single case has been reported.
Canadian regulators said Thursday Medicago's two-dose vaccine can be given to adults ages 18 to 64, but said there's too little data on the shots in people 65...
CDC officials said that they were reacting to research showing that the longer interval can provide more enduring protection against the coronavirus.
After vaccinating adults and older children, Cambodia approved shots for ages 6-11 in September last year as part of reopening its schools.
The research, recently published in the journal Allergy, found that only individuals vaccinated with a third or booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine form...
The Pfizer shot is already used for children aged 5 to 11 in more than 60 countries, including the United States and in the European Union.
