Health

Chandigarh, Jan 16 : Punjab joined the rest of the country in the historic roll-out of the Covid-19 vaccine on Saturday with five healthcare workers getting the jab in the presence of Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, who virtually launched the process…

New Delhi, Jan 16 : Manish Kumar (34) was oozing with confidence and satisfaction, which he had not experienced before, after taking the first jab of Covaxin at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences here, becoming the first person in the countr…

Visakhapatnam, Jan 16 : As many as 40 frontline workers have been vaccinated for coronavirus at a naval hospital in Andhra Pradesh’s Visakhapatnam on Saturday.”Covishield vaccine was given to 40 frontline Covid warriors including doctors, nurses, par…

New Delhi, Jan 16 : Allaying the apprehensions associated with the safety of the vaccine developed by Bharat Biotech, S.Eswara Reddy, Joint Drugs Controller, Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO), said on Saturday that Covaxin has satis…

Jaipur, Jan 16 : A 93-year-old medical practitioner along with the principal of SMS hospital here were among the first beneficiaries to be inoculated with Covid-19 vaccine in Rajasthan on Saturday.The nonagenarian P.C.Dandiya and the principal Sudhir…

New Delhi, Jan 16 : Allaying the fears associated with the Covid-19 vaccination drive, V.K. Paul, Member (Health), NITI Aayog, emphasised on Saturday that people should accept the vaccines provided by the government and shed apprehensions associated …

Kolkata, Jan 16 : The Covid-19 vaccination drive began in West Bengal on Saturday with a doctor of a private hospital receiving the first shot, while Minister of State for Labour Nirmal Maji was administered the Covishield vaccine at the Kolkata Medi…

New Delhi, Jan 16 : Resident doctors at Delhi’s Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) Hospital on Saturday expressed reservations over taking Bharat Biotech’s ‘Covaxin’ due to its incomplete clinical trial data and requested the hospital administration to vaccinat…

New Delhi, Jan 16 : Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Saturday that the ‘Made in India’ vaccines are proof of the determination of ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’.Congratulating all the scientists following the launch of the world’s largest vaccination dri…

New Delhi, Jan 16 : The Centre on Saturday said that as many as 1.65 lakh beneficiaries were inoculated on the first day of the vaccination drive at 3,351 session sites across the country and no case of post-vaccination hospitalisation was reported….