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Covishield to cost Rs 600/dose for private hospitals, Rs 400/dose for state govts

In a statement posted on its Twitter handle, Serum Institute of India said it will address the limited capacity by scaling up the vaccine production over the next two months.

Covid-19 pandemic: Immigrants can’t get vaccine in Greece, breathalyser tests in Singapore

As the Covid-19 pandemic shows no signs of letting up, ThePrint highlights the most important stories on the crisis from across the globe.

Why Gen Z and millennials are going to be the next Covid vaccine challenge

If we want to have a shot at halting Covid transmission, everybody needs their jabs. But as nations begin offering vaccinations to younger cohorts, they may hit a challenge.

How Modi’s mantra of ‘cooperative federalism’ has unravelled under 2nd Covid wave strain

Central and state officials say ‘tsunami was staring us in the face’ before cases started spiking, and Modi govt did not map data with action required on the ground.

India registers nearly 3 lakh new Covid cases, 2,023 deaths in last 24 hours

The active cases have increased to 21,57,538, comprising 13.82 per cent of the total infections, while the national Covid recovery rate has dropped to 85.01 per cent.

Fresh supply of medical oxygen sent to govt, private hospitals in Delhi amid Covid crisis

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal had Tuesday urged the Centre to provide medical oxygen to Delhi and Deputy CM Manish Sisodia said there will be chaos if the stocks are not replenished.

UP’s unprepared district hospitals now frontline as Lucknow turns away Covid patients

Lack of hospital beds in Lucknow is seeing patients flock to nearby districts, where hospitals are equally burdened, if not worse off due to insufficient facilities.

Delhi’s cumulative death rate doesn’t give you the full picture of the second wave. Here’s why

As Delhi faces its worst Covid outbreak, percentage of deaths reported shows a sharp rise that is higher than the cumulative fatality rate. In Maharashtra, though, the trend dips.

Kashmir’s Covid numbers ’cause of concern’ but don’t need lockdown yet, senior official says

Kashmir Divisional Commissioner said the number of active coronavirus cases is expected to rise and asked people to observe Covid-appropriate behaviour.

Price of West Bengal poll campaign: Covid cases rise 1500% in a month

ThePrint looks at some of the worst-affected districts from different phases of West Bengal elections to see which events may have led to the steepening of the Covid curve.

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Don’t let anti-vaxxers weaponise AstraZeneca furore. Vaccines are safe—and we are the proof

Vaccines have eliminated two diseases—smallpox in humans and rinderpest in cattle. If they were killing one in 50,000 people, we wouldn’t be rolling them out across the globe for decades.

Strong showing by north, improved compliance — how GST revenue rose to record Rs 2.1 lakh cr in April

While April typically sees highest collections in a financial year, analysts say a host of reasons came together this time to lift total figures.

Army Dental Centre of Research & Referral celebrates silver jubilee

The ADC R&R is dedicated to providing high-quality dental care to soldiers, their families, and veterans.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.