AIIMS Delhi to start screening children aged 6-12 yrs for Covaxin trials from tomorrow onwards: Sources

The screening of children aged 6 to 12 years for the clinical trials of indigenously developed Covid-19 vaccine, Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin is scheduled to start from Tuesday. According to sources, the recruitment for clinical trials of Covaxin among those aged 12 to 18 years is over. They have been given a single dose of vaccine. […]

Nagaland: Zunheboto district organises special vaccination drive for residents

District health authorities in Nagaland’s Zunheboto district are on a mission to vaccinate almost all residents of the district. A special mass vaccination drive was organised in the entire district for the 18 to 44 age group on Sunday. Multiple vaccination booths were set up in various locations of the town, sub-divisions and villages. People […]

India reports 70,421 new COVID-19 cases, lowest single-day spike in 74 days

With 70,421 new COVID-19 infections in the last 24 hours, India maintained its declining trend of cases and reported the lowest single-day COVID-19 rise in 74 days, informed the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Monday. With this, the total cases have reached 2,95,10,410, and the daily positivity rate stands at 4.72 […]

Assam govt forms 2,000 teams to vaccinate 3 lakh people daily

Assam Health Minister Keshab Mahanta on Saturday said that the state government has formed 2,000 teams to vaccinate three lakh people every day provided an adequate number of doses are available. He said the state administration has an adequate stock of Covaxin for administering the second dose to people in the 18-44 years age group. […]

India reports 84,332 new COVID-19 cases in last 24 hours, lowest in 70 days

With 84,332 COVID-19 infections in the last 24 hours India maintained its declining trend of new cases and reported the lowest-single day cases in 70 days, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Saturday. With the new cases, the COVID case tally in India reached 2,93,59,155. India has been witnessing a continuous […]

Mizoram: Lockdown extended in Aizawl for another one week

The COVID-related lockdown was extended in Aizawl by another one week to break the chain of coronavirus transmission in the state especially in capital Aizawl, an official said on Friday. The meeting of various departments, which deal with COVID- 19 and representatives of churches, NGOs and local task forces presided over by health minister Dr. […]

COVID-19: Manipur govt extends curfew in seven districts till June 30

Amid rise in COVID-19 cases, the Manipur government on Friday decided to extend the ongoing curfew in seven districts till June 30. On account of the high positivity rate, curfew was first imposed on May 8 in the districts of Imphal West, Imphal East, Thoubal, Kakching, Ukhrul, Churachandpur, and Bishnupur, and later extended till June […]

India reports 91,702 new COVID-19 cases, 3,403 deaths

India’s COVID-19 cases have continued to show a downward trend and remained below one lakh mark for the fourth consecutive day as the country recorded 91,702 new cases during the last 24 hours, said the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Friday. With the new cases, the COVID case tally in India reached 2,92,74,823. […]

After Centre announces free vaccines to states, Meghalaya to ramp up inoculation drive

With the Centre’s decision to provide free COVID-19 vaccines to all adults from June 21, the Meghalaya government has decided to ramp up vaccination drive in the state. Chief Minister Conrad Sangma on Thursday said that the Centre has agreed to supply vaccines for the 18+ category and based on the fresh arrival of vaccines, […]