HEALTH

Biden to boost world vaccine sharing commitment to 80M doses

11:23 pm May 17, 2021

Washington: President Joe Biden will announce Monday that the US will share an additional 20 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines with the world in the coming six weeks, the White House said. The doses would come from existing US production of Pfizer, Moderna or Johnson & Johnson vaccine stocks, according White House press secretary Jen Psaki, who said more details would be released in the coming days. It comes […]

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Delhi has just 3 days’ stock of vaccines for 18-44 age group: Sisodia

7:19 pm May 17, 2021

New Delhi: Delhi has limited vaccine doses for citizens between 18-44 years, which will only last for three more days, said Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Monday, adding that the Delhi government may have to shut its centres if Centre is unable to provide adequate doses for this age group. Addressing a digital press […]

Delhi has less than a day’s stock of Covaxin for 45-plus age group: Atishi

6:51 pm May 17, 2021

New Delhi: AAP MLA Atishi said on Monday that Delhi has less than a day’s stock of Covaxin left for the 45 plus age group and they will have to temporarily shut down centres administering it. The centres administering Covaxin to the 18-44 age group have been closed. While issuing the vaccination bulletin, Atishi said […]

COVID: AstraZeneca pledges USD 250,000 as humanitarian aid to India

11:59 pm May 11, 2021

New Delhi: Drug major AstraZeneca on Tuesday said it has pledged USD 250,000 (over Rs 1.8 crore) in humanitarian aid to India to support relief activities amid the second wave of COVID-19 sweeping across the country. The aid to India is part of the USD 1 million which the British-Swedish multinational has earmarked for relief initiatives across communities which have been […]

Virus-hit Russia reports 25% death increase in January-March

10:40 pm May 1, 2021

MOSCOW: Russia’s state statistical service says the number of deaths nationwide in the first three months of 2021 was more than 25% higher than the same period a year ago, and it reported thousands more deaths due to COVID-19 in March than tallied by the country’s coronavirus task force. More than 583,000 people died in […]