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New Delhi: India witnessed a decline in fresh Covid cases with 1,542 infections in the last 24 hours, against the previous day’s 2,060 count, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday. In the same period, eight more Covid related deaths were logged, taking the national fatalities tally to 5,28,913. Meanwhile, the active caseload stands at […]
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New Delhi: India has reported 3,230 fresh Covid infections and 32 deaths in the last 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday. With the fresh fatalities, the death toll mounted to 5,28,562 as per the report. Meanwhile, the active caseload of the country presently stands at 42,358 cases, accounting for 0.10 per cent […]
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New Delhi: India added 5,439 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,44,21,162, while the active cases declined to 65,732, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday. The active cases comprise 0.15 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has increased to 98.66 […]
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New Delhi: A revamped CoWIN platform incorporating India’s Universal Immunisation Programme (UIP) is likely to be launched in pilot mode mid-September, with blood and organ donation features to be integrated in it in later phases. The pilot project will be implemented in two districts of each state and Union Territories for three months, official sources […]
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Hyderabad: The free Covid booster/precautionary vaccine administration drive at government healthcare facilities, focusing on vaccination of individuals between 18 years and 59 years of age, got underway on Friday. The booster Covid vaccine administration drive was launched on April 10 of this year. However, at that time the union Health Ministry had permitted booster doses […]
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London: European countries will be told to prepare a vaccination plan to tackle the spiralling monkeypox outbreak, as Denmark became the latest country to be struck down. EU authorities are set to publish a risk assessment, which will advise all member states to draw up an inoculation strategy to control the spread of the tropical […]
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Kumram Bheem Asifabad: Union Minister of State for Fisheries and Animal Husbandry L Murugan told district authorities and local public representatives to keep the district in the forefront in all fields. He convened a review meeting with MP Soyam Bapu Rao, legislators Athram Sakku, Koneru Konappa and Collector Rahul here on Sunday. Murugan stated that […]
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Bengaluru: Karnataka Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar on Monday appealed to people to complete their vaccination doses amid the outbreak of new XE variant of COVID-19 in some foreign countries. “Please ensure that all your vaccination doses are completed at the earliest,” Sudhakar said after a meeting with the COVID-19 Technical Advisory Committee (TAC). Sudhakar […]
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New Delhi: As the country is rapidly pacing its speed to fully inoculate the eligible population with both the doses of COVID-19 vaccines, sources have now learned that the decision on administering booster or precaution dose for those above 18 years of age has not been taken yet. “The Government of India targets to complete […]
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Karimnagar: Karimnagar MP Bandi Sanjay Kumar called upon government officials and public representatives to work together to take government welfare schemes into the public and develop Karimnagar parliament constituency on all fronts. He was speaking at the District Development and Monitoring Committee meeting here on Saturday. The MP expressed his willingness to work for the […]
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Chennai: The parents of a 17-year-old girl studying in the Government Girls Higher Secondary School, Sholingur in Ranipet, have said that their daughter lost her eyesight after being inoculated with a Covid-19 vaccine. The parents said that the girl was administered the vaccine on January 4, 2022, and after that she fell ill from the […]
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Hyderabad: When Bharat Biotech was looking at developing vaccines after the Covid outbreak, the highest priority was ensuring the safety in adult vaccination, Dr Krishna Ella, managing director, Bharat Biotech International noted on Thursday. Speaking at a panel session on the first day of BioAsia titled ‘Two years into the pandemic – Challenges, successes and […]
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New Delhi: India’s vaccination drive against Covid-19 achieved another milestone as it crossed 170 crore mark on Monday. As per the government CoWIN portal, India has administered over 170 crore of vaccine doses so far that includes over 95 crore of first doses, over 73 crore as second shots and over 1.45 crore precaution doses. […]
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Karimnagar: Karimnagar district secured first place in the State by completing 100 per cent vaccination. The second douse of Covid vaccination was completed by Tuesday. While the first douse was given to 104 per cent of people, 100.19 per cent of people took the second douse. Out of 7,92,923 population, the first douse was administered […]
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Hong Kong: Despite low absolute risk, there is an increased relative risk of carditis — a type of heart inflammation — associated with Covid vaccine developed by US drugmaker Pfizer and China’s CoronaVac, researchers have found. The findings, published in Annals of Internal Medicine, show a significant increased risk in adolescents after the second dose. […]
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The Centre, in an affidavit, said: "Vaccination for Covid-19 is of larger public interest in view of the ongoing pandemic situation... However, no person can be forced to be vaccinated against their wishes."
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Karimnagar: Karimnagar Mayor Y Sunil Rao stated that 95 per cent of vaccination was completed in Karimnagar town. Saying that some people have to take the second dose of Covid vaccine, he expressed confidence to achieve hundred per cent vaccination status for the town very soon. The Mayor inspected a vaccination centre at a private […]
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As announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on December 25, 2021, the vaccination for the age-group 15-18 years is scheduled to begin from January 3, 2022.
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Puducherry: A person in a village in Puducherry’s Vilianur climbed a tree to avoid being administered Covid-19 vaccine. The man, who spotted the health authorities coming towards his house, ran away and later climbed the tree to prevent him from being vaccinated. The incident happened on Tuesday. Puducherry health authorities said that the middle-aged man, […]
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Hyderabad: Telangana on Tuesday achieved an important milestone in containing the Covid pandemic by administering the first dose of Covid vaccines to 100 per cent of eligible beneficiaries. The health department on Tuesday completed administering the first dose of Covid vaccine to all the 2,77,67,000 eligible beneficiaries in Telangana. On Monday, the department had covered […]
