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Topic: Vaccination

Who all will get vaccines free? When will they hit stores? 4 Covid questions on every mind

PM Modi has stated the provision of free vaccine to 3 crore priority beneficiaries. But that has left the question open for the other 27 crore.

US officials ask residents to use party-invite sites to sign up for Covid vaccine

The effort to inoculate Americans has overwhelmed US government websites. Many local governments are consigning patient appointments to web-based services.

Covid vaccination drive based on election process, planned to poll booth level, says govt

Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan has said that over 96,000 vaccinators have been trained for the Covid immunisation drive so far.

40 minutes, 3 centres, medical teams on standby — How Delhi held its Covid vaccine dry run

Dry run was conducted across the country, primarily to test the CoWin portal, which will be used to register beneficiaries during the actual drive. 

Sanitation workers were at forefront of Covid fight. But are missing from vaccination plan

India's solid waste management workers had no choice but to enter containment zones and handle bio-medical waste. Hundreds of them are Covid infected.

Covid-19 vaccination drive to be done through mobile technology, says PM Modi

Speaking at the India Mobile Congress, PM Modi said mobile technology has enabled benefits worth billions of dollars to reach the deserving during the pandemic.

India will get Covid vaccine at less than Rs 730 per dose, health secretary says

Health secretary briefs opposition leaders at all-party meeting. Leaders express concerns over infrastructure and resources in place to roll out Covid vaccine in India.

Airlines face ‘mission of the century’ in shipping Covid vaccines

Laid low by a Covid outbreak that’s decimated passenger demand, airlines will be the workhorses of the attempt to eradicate it, hauling billions of vials of vaccine across the globe.

More good news on Covid vaccine – Moderna shot found to be 94.5% effective in large study

The highly positive Moderna readout comes just a week after Pfizer's Covid vaccine was found to be more than 90% effective in an interim analysis.

Philippines expects to approve Covid vaccine starting 2021 second quarter

This is a 'practical and realistic timeline' as vaccines will go through registration then clinical trials for a number of months, says Maria Rosario Vergeire, Health Undersecretar.

On Camera

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

During Operation Sindoor, Pakistan likely used NATO-style aerial tactics taught by China

The Chinese are said to have hired ex-fighter pilots & air force operators from NATO countries over the past several years to help them fine-tune their operational & flying capabilities.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.