Health

Chandigarh, Jan 16 : Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Saturday said that the Covid-19 vaccination drive began at 77 places across the state.Khattar said that the two vaccines — Covishield of the Serum Institute of India (SII) and Covaxi…

New Delhi, Jan 16 : As India on Saturday launched a massive vaccination drive in the fight against Covid-19, beginning with healthcare workers, the staff at major private hospitals hailed the first inoculation, saying it marks the turning of the tide…

New Delhi, Jan 16 : AIIMS Director Dr Randeep Guleria on Saturday joined scores of healthcare workers across the country who were administered Covid-19 vaccine shots on the first day of the nationwide vaccination drive.Dr Guleria said mild infection …

Bengaluru, Jan 16 : Minutes after Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually launched the nationwide vaccination drive on Saturday, Karnataka rolled out its first phase of the drive at 243 sites across the state.K.Nagaratna (28), a ward attendant at Vict…

Amaravati, Jan 16 : Active coronavirus cases in Andhra Pradesh have dropped below 2,000 to 1,987 on Saturday, powered by 326 more recoveries.On adding the new recoveries, total recoveries crossed 8.76 lakh.In the past 24 hours, 114 new Covid infectio…

Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 16 : Kerala reported 5,960 new Covid cases with a test positivity rate of 9.18 per cent while 5,011 people recovered from the disease on Saturday.64,908 samples were tested in the past 24 hours.A press communique from the offi…

Guwahati/Agartala, Jan 16 : The eight northeastern states joined the nationwide Covid-19 vaccination drive on Saturday with thousands of frontline health workers across hundreds of centres getting inoculated for the infection.Chief Ministers and Heal…

Pune, Jan 16 : In a huge confidence booster, Serum Institute of India’s (SII) Chief Executive Adar Poonawalla also took a life-saving jab of the Covishield vaccine manufactured by his company, here on Saturday.Joining lakhs of people in the country w…

New Delhi, Jan 16 : Amid the rollout of the world’s largest Covid-19 vaccination programme by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, here are a few things that you need to know about the two vaccines — ‘Covaxin’ and ‘Covishield’ — selected by the Drugs Cont…

Chennai, Jan 16 : Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K. Palaniswami on Saturday said he too will get a vaccine shot against the Coronavirus.Launching the Covid-19 vaccination drive in the state at Government Rajaji Hospital in Madurai, Palaniswami told report…