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TopicCoronavirus vaccine

Topic: coronavirus vaccine

Apollo Hospitals expects private market for vaccines to open by March in India

Apollo Hospitals is working with the government to vaccinate front line workers. A private market could boost the efforts to inoculate 3,000 lakh people by August.

Centre asks states and UTs to ramp up pace of Covid-19 vaccination

Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan also asked the states/UTs to ensure that beneficiaries of the inaugural vaccination day on January 16 should start getting a second dose on February 13.

Pfizer, Sputnik V, or Moderna — people are ‘brand conscious’ when choosing Covid vaccine

Hong Kong residents are sceptical of China-made Sinovac while Hungary has broken ranks with EU to approve Sputnik V. But limited supplies mean not many can choose which vaccine to take.

Over 23 lakh healthcare workers vaccinated so far across country, health ministry says

Ministry says nine deaths have been reported so far but that none of them have been causally linked with Covid-19 vaccination.

Sri Lanka to procure 2-3 million doses of Oxford Covid vaccine from India

The purchasing from India will follow the arrival of the free Covishield vaccine Thursday, which will be accepted by President Rajapaksa at the Colombo airport.

Delay in administering second dose a threat to Covid vaccine efficacy, says Fauci

Any deviation from schedules that worked in clinical trials creates risks such as the rise of new coronavirus mutations, said Fauci at virtual World Economic Forum panel.

States need to address doubts & confusions to tackle vaccine hesitancy, says health ministry

The government also said that none of the post-vaccination deaths in Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka have been causally related to the Covid vaccine.

Health worker dies day after receiving Covid vaccine in UP’s Moradabad

While the family of the 46-year-old health worker, a ward boy in Moradabad govt hospital, is blaming the death on vaccination, the authorities said he suffered from a cardiac disease.

Vaccination carried forward PM Modi’s resolution of ‘Make in India’, says UP CM Yogi Adityanath

UP CM Yogi Adityanath Saturday asked people to remain alert for rumours regarding Covid vaccines and wait for their turn to get vaccinated.

On Noida’s first day of vaccine drive, 393 health workers and BJP MP get Covishield shot

While the target was to inoculate 600, only 393 workers — 221 men and 172 women — received the vaccine on the first day of the drive Saturday.

On Camera

Ahmedabad’s Calico Museum took away my phone. And then something magical happened

Without my phone, I wasn't thinking about capturing some beautiful textiles for my ‘inspiration gallery’. I was fully present, taking in the colours and patterns on display.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

2 Assam Rifles personnel killed as convoy ambushed in Manipur, on ‘same route Modi took’ fortnight ago

This is the first major attack on central security forces since last November, when a CRPF jawan was killed and four were injured in an ambush in Jiribam on Manipur-Assam border. 

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.