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Susheela, hailing from Kasipet mandal, had complained shortness of breath and giddiness for which she was admitted to Medlife Hospitals at Mancherial on January 29.

Vaccinators from the office of the local District Medical and Health Officer (DM&HO) will be deployed at private hospitals to administer the vaccine.

Amaravati: Several leaders of Andhra Pradesh State Government employees’ associations have urged the government and also the State Election Commission to postpone the panchayat elections in the state till their frontline personnel were administered the two doses of COVID vaccine. Their Joint Action Committee president Bopparaju and general secretary YV Rao said it was not […]

This is India's first and only phase-3 efficacy study for a Covid-19 vaccine, and the largest phase-3 efficacy trial ever conducted for any vaccine in the country.

Health Minister Rajesh Tope and Pune Mayor Murlidhar Mohol announced that five persons, including one woman, had perished in the blaze and their bodies were found during the cooling operations.

No case of severe AEFI was reported anywhere,” Director of Public Health (DPH), Dr G Srinivasa Rao said.

Out of the 16, 750 beneficiaries planned, 82 per cent i.e. 13, 666 healthcare workers received the vaccine at 324 vaccination centres across all the 33 districts in Telangana.

Hyderabad: The first doses of the Covid vaccine were administered to the South Central Railway (SCR) frontline medical staff at Central Railway Hospital, Lallaguda, on Monday in the presence of General Manager, SCR, Gajanan Mallya. The first vaccine shots were given to healthcare staff such as doctors, nurses, and housekeeping staff. During the Covid pandemic, […]

Unlike some other States, where a few beneficiaries reported severe Adverse Events Following Immunisation (AEFI), no such complications were reported in Telangana.

Krishnamma, a sanitation worker at Gandhi Hospital was the first person to receive the Covid vaccine in Telangana.

"I am happy and excited that I received the much-awaited vaccine. I am feeling well," said Biranchi Nayak, the sanitary worker.

AP Medical and Health Commissioner Katamaneni Bhaskar said 332 vaccination centres were set up all over the state and each centre would have six medical personnel

Govt must make public a clear set of rules on ‘how, where and who’ of getting the jabs to ensure there is no preferential treatment

Warangal: All arrangements have been made for the administration of Covid vaccine at 21 identified government hospitals in the erstwhile Warangal district from January 16, said Minister for Panchayat Raj and Rural Development Errabelli Dayakar Rao. In a press release, the Minister said 2,640 doses (264 vials) have been distributed to Warangal Urban district, while […]

The list of AEFI for Covishield include injection site tenderness, injection site pain, headache fatigue, myalgia, malaise, pyrexia, chills and arthralgia nausea

Doctors, medical staff, health workers, pharmacists, ANMs, Anganwadi staff, and ASHA workers would be given vaccine in the first phase, informed Minister Gangula Kamalakar

For the first day, 139 public and private vaccine sites including 126 in the districts, have been identified with each site administering the vaccine to 30 healthcare workers

The Minister wrote to all the Members of Legislative Assembly appealing them to take part in the vaccine administrative drive enthusiastically

Collectors review arrangements; 11,200 registered for first shot in Khammam

Hyderabad: District Collectors are set to play a vital role in coordinating and managing the roll out of Covid vaccine across the State for healthcare workers from January 16. The Principal Secretary, Health, Medical and Family Welfare, S.A.M. Rizvi on Tuesday in a memo urged District Collectors across the State to coordinate with various stake […]