vaccine

Sisodia, his family receive first dose of COVID-19 vaccine

10:08 pm April 3, 2021

New Delhi: Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, along with his family, got the COVID-19 vaccine on Saturday here at the Azad Medical College. They received a dose of Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin. Thanking Corona Warriors after receiving his first shot of the vaccine, Sisodia said, “The whole nation today is thankful to our scientists and […]

India tells overseas vaccine buyers it has to prioritise local needs

11:07 pm March 26, 2021

New Delhi: India, the world’s biggest vaccine maker, said on Friday it would make domestic COVID-19 inoculations a priority as infections surge and had told international buyers of its decision. Reports that India will delay deliveries of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine to a global programme to inoculate poorer countries triggered alarm on Thursday, with the head […]

Nagaland CM gets COVID-19 vaccine

11:01 pm March 3, 2021

Kohima: Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio, his wife Kaisa Rio and Deputy Chief Minister Y Patton on Wednesday received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine. “I am feeling normal”, said Rio while speaking to reporters after taking the vaccine at Naga Hospital Authority Kohima (NHAK), a government facility for vaccination. In his message to the […]

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Hungary mulls tightening of lockdown measures as infections rise: PM Orban

2:26 pm February 26, 2021

Budapest: Hungary could consider tightening some lockdown restrictions as coronavirus infections are expected to rise “drastically” in the next two weeks, Prime Minister Viktor Orban told state radio on Friday. Orban also said all the 2.5 million to 2.6 million Hungarians who have registered for COVID-19 vaccinations so far would receive at least one dose […]

Three month gap between Oxford vaccine jabs provides better efficacy: Study

2:39 pm February 20, 2021

New Delhi: A three-month interval between doses of the Oxford COVID-19 vaccine results in higher vaccine efficacy than a six-week gap, according to a new study which says the first dose can offer up to 76 percent protection in the months between the two jabs. The results of the analysis from a phase 3 randomized controlled […]