vaccination

Accelerate inoculation drive in India first before sending COVID-19 vaccines outside: AAP

7:54 pm April 5, 2021

New Delhi: The AAP questioned the Centre for sending COVID-19 vaccines across the world instead of further accelerating the inoculation drive within the country, claiming it will take at least 15 years to vaccinate the entire population of India at this rate. Addressing a press conference here, AAP spokesperson Raghav Chadha questioned the reason for […]

Mumbai senior citizen dies after COVID-19 vaccination

9:00 pm March 9, 2021

Mumbai: A 65-year-old man died some time after he was given the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in a private hospital in Andheri in Mumbai on Tuesday, a health official said. The senior citizen was inoculated at 3:50pm, after which he fainted and was rushed to the ICU in the same facility, and was […]

India plans two-day halt in vaccinations for software upgrade to widen campaign

2:20 pm February 26, 2021

New Delhi: India will halt coronavirus vaccinations this weekend to upgrade software used to coordinate its campaign, the health ministry said on Friday, preparing to expand the program after infections surged in some states. With the world’s highest tally of infections after the United States, India began its vaccination drive on Jan. 16, covering nearly […]

Adityanath launches pulse polio programme in UP

7:15 pm January 31, 2021

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday launched the pulse polio programme in the state by administering drops to children at a healthcare facility here and said over 1.10 lakh booths have been set up for the vaccination drive. All the newborns should be taken to booths and administered polio drops so that […]

COVID-19 vaccination: 5,942 people receive shots on day 4 in Delhi; 24 cases of AEFI

10:45 pm January 21, 2021

New Delhi: Over 5,900 healthcare workers received the COVID-19 vaccine shots in Delhi on Thursday, the fourth scheduled day of the immunisation exercise in the national capital, according to data shared by officials. The number of people vaccinated on Thursday accounted for 73 per cent of the targeted figure of 8,100, according to the data, a marked […]