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Telangana govt must see that the gap between Covishield doses is reduced to enable students to plan their travel

The process for getting approvals for the indigenous vaccine needs to be expedited to avoid hardships for millions of people

From stealing personal data to fraud messages promising vaccine appointments, conmen are working overtime amid pandemic

Earlier in the day, Delhi Police sent a notice to Twitter, seeking an explanation from the microblogging site on what grounds it tagged BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra's tweet on the alleged Congress toolkit designed to target the Central government as 'manipulated media'.

It is time for reforms in the global health body to reflect the changing realities and improve preparedness for future pandemics

Fully vaccinated persons must continue taking precautions as there is chances of reinfections and transmission

In India, more than 350,000 infections were reported within 24 hours on Monday, more than any country has reported in that timespan.

Strong leadership and decentralised strategies is what we need until we can get more vaccines into people’s arms

The positive impact of soothing artwork on one's life is invaluable as we discover this World Art Day on April 15

Looking at the past, enabled by the Black Death, resulted in the revival of all that was good

Move to amend a 50-year-old Act to allow abortion beyond 20 weeks in special cases is progressive

In a statement on Friday, the WHO said that based on available data the review team found no increased risk of blood clotting conditions in people who received the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine.

Scientists collected leaves from a variety of hedges beside busy roads in Reading to measure the amount of particles they had extracted from the surrounding air.

Germany, France, Italy and Spain joined the growing list of mostly European countries — starting with Denmark last week — that temporarily halted use of the AstraZeneca vaccine.

CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a blog post Monday that labels will contain “credible information” about the vaccines and they will be in English and five other languages, with more languages added in coming weeks

"WHO is aware that some countries have suspended the use of AstraZeneca vaccines, based on reports of blood clots in some people who received doses of the vaccine from two batches. This measure was taken as a precaution while a full investigation is finalized," Tedros

Apart from Denmark, Norway and Iceland have also temporarily suspended the use of AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine.

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I had a constructive call with Mihail Murashko (Mikhail Murashko), Russia's Health Minister, about the Covid19 response globally & in Russia, as well as about the Sputnik V vaccine & the WHO Emergency Use Listing process for vaccines.

“We can’t afford people dying on vaccine preventable diseases because we were too focused on Covid. We need excellent communication which is 100 per cent transparent," said Dr Soumya Swaminathan, WHO scientist