United Nations, October 26 (IANS): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for equal distribution of Covid-19 vaccines worldwide during a speech at the World Health Summit in Berlin.
"The trium
London, September 21 (IANS): People with cancer have an appropriate, protective immune response to COVID-19 vaccines without experiencing any more side-effects than the general population, researchers said on T
New Delhi, September 6 (IANS) A total of 72 per cent respondents of a survey think that Indian Covid vaccines are safe & effective against the coronavirus. However, 60 per cent of the respondents believe th
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Dimapur | March 3
Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio and Health and Family Welfare (H&FW) Minister, S Pangnyu Phom today joined others in taking the first jab of COVID-19 vaccine. N
New Delhi, January 17 (PTI): The health condition of a 35-year-old nurse, who fell ill in Kolkata following the administration of COVID-19 vaccine, is currently stable, and a medical board of experts has been f
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Kohima | January 16
Even as the first phase of COVID-19 vaccine was rolled out in Nagaland on Saturday, the government will have to address the daunting challenge of ‘vaccine he
New Delhi, Jauary 16 (PTI): Union health minister Harsh Vardhan on Saturday described the COVID-19 vaccines as 'Sanjivani' in the fight against the infectious disease as he urged people not to pay heed
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Kohima | January 14
With the arrival of COVID-19 vaccines in Nagaland on January 14, the State is all set to begin its vaccination programme. However, with misconceptions and rumours sur
Agartala/Imphal/Guwahati, January 14 (IANS): After Assam and Meghalaya, three more northeastern states - Tripura, Manipur and Sikkim - on Wednesday saw Covid-19 vaccines reach them for the first round of immuni
Geneva, January 9 (IANS): COVAX, an international initiative for Covid-19 vaccines led by the World Health Organization (WHO), has secured contracts of 2 billion doses, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebr
BRUSSELS, Novmber 26 (Reuters) - Europe's drugs watchdog said on Thursday it expects to receive the first application for conditional marketing approval for a COVID-19 vaccine "in the coming days"
NEW YORK, November 25 (Reuters) - Pfizer Inc with partner BioNTech SE and Moderna Inc have released trial data showing their COVID-19 vaccines to be about 95% effective at preventing the illness, while AstraZen
WASHINGTON, November 22 (Reuters): Leaders of the world's 20 biggest economies on Sunday will pledge to pay for a fair distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, drugs and tests around the world so that poorer
MOSCOW, October 14 (Reuters) - Russia has granted regulatory approval to a second COVID-19 vaccine, according to its register of authorised medicines.
A delighted President Vladimir Putin announced the news
Beijing, October 9 (IANS): China said on Friday that it has joined the World Health Organization (WHO)-led COVAX international initiative which aims to ensure equitable global access to vaccines against the nov
LONDON, October 2 (Reuters): A major non-profit health emergencies group has set up a global laboratory network to assess data from potential COVID-19 vaccines, allowing scientists and drugmakers to compar
BEIJING, September 25 (Reuters): The World Health Organization gave China its support and understanding to start administering experimental coronavirus vaccines to people while clinical trials were still u
GENEVA/LONDON, September 21 (Reuters): A total of 156 countries have joined the global COVAX scheme intended to ensure fair distribution of supplies of future vaccines against COVID-19, an alliance led by
New York, September 15 (IANS): Even as the world is rushing for solutions to fight Covid-19, developing and manufacturing vaccines will not end the pandemic quickly unless they are delivered equitably, warn Bil
HARARE, September 10 (Reuters): International donors have raised $700 million - less than half the target - to purchase future coronavirus vaccines for poor countries in a global initiative to ensure