coronavirus vaccine

17.14 lakh more doses given; 18.22 cr jabs so far

11:55 pm May 15, 2021

New Delhi: A total of 17.14 lakh coronavirus vaccine doses were administered on Saturday and the number of jabs given in the country so far rose to 18.22 crore, the Health Ministry said. According to the ministry, 5.58 lakh beneficiaries in the 18-44 age group received their first dose and 48.22 lakh such people got the shot across the […]

UP: Vaccine for all above 18 from May 1

11:41 pm April 20, 2021

Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday decided to administer COVID-19 vaccine free of cost to all those above 18 years of age from May 1. The decision was taken at a Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. The Cabinet also thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for allowing administering of coronavirus vaccine to […]

COVID-19: Noida extends night curfew till April 30

11:14 pm April 19, 2021

Noida (UP): The administration on Monday extended the night curfew in Noida and Greater Noida till April 30 in a bid to check the spread of COVID-19 infection. Gautam Buddh Nagar District Magistrate Suhas L Y said in a order, “The curfew which was earlier imposed till April 17 will be in force from 8 […]

Delhi records 3,594 fresh cases of COVID; 14 deaths

9:53 pm April 2, 2021

New Delhi: Delhi recorded 3,594 fresh COVID-19 cases on Friday, the highest daily count this year, while 14 more people died due to the infection, taking the death toll to 11,050, according to the city health department. The positivity rate also mounted to 4.11 from 3.57 per cent a day before, amid a massive surge […]

Tensions over vaccine equity pit rural against urban America

10:41 pm March 1, 2021

Nashville: Rita Fentress was worried she might get lost as she traveled down the unfamiliar forested, one-lane road in rural Tennessee in search of a coronavirus vaccine. Then the trees cleared and the Hickman County Agricultural Pavilion appeared. The 74-year-old woman wasn’t eligible to be vaccinated in Nashville, where she lives, because there were so many health care workers to […]

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