COVID-19: Facebook launches in-app vaccine finder tool in India

American technology conglomerate Facebook has partnered with the Indian government to roll out a vaccine finder tool on its mobile app in India, which will help people identify places nearby to get vaccinated. According to Mashable, earlier this week, Facebook announced a USD 10 million grant for emergency response efforts for the COVID-19 situation in […]

Meghalaya to vaccinate its citizens in 18-44 age group free of cost

The Meghalaya Government has decided to vaccinate its citizens falling between the age group of 18 to 44 years, free of cost. The decision comes at a time when the State is seeing a huge spike in the number of COVID-19 cases in the past few days. Following a review meeting held at Shillong today, […]

Meghalaya: 1,049 CRPF troopers administered COVID-19 vaccine

In the wake of rising COVID-19 cases in Meghalaya, a massive vaccination drive has been carried out for the CRPF troopers in the state. A total of 1,049 CRPF personnel have been administered the vaccine on Tuesday. Commandant of 67 BN CRPF, Alok Bhattacharya informed that they have been ensuring that the vaccination process is […]

Over 4 lakh beneficiaries of age group 18-44 vaccinated so far in third phase

More than four lakh beneficiaries, belonging to the age group of 18-44 years have been vaccinated till date since the third phase of the vaccination drive commenced on Saturday, informed the government on Tuesday morning. 4,06,339 people were vaccinated across 12 states and union territories as on May 3. According to the official release by […]

Assam to launch vaccination for 18-44 age group from May 5

The COVID-19 vaccination drive for the age group of 18 to 44 years will be symbolically launched in Assam from Wednesday, May 5. The inoculation drive will be in full swing from May 7, said Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. “While we shall launch this #CovidVaccination symbolically tomorrow, it shall be in full swing from […]

Assam registers highest single-day spike of 4,489 new COVID-19 cases

Assam reported 29 more deaths due to COVID-19 on Monday, while the number of positive cases rose to 4,489. This is the highest number of confirmed Coronavirus cases registered in a single-day this year. The fresh cases have been detected out of 55,939 samples tested in the last 24 hours. Kamrup (M) alone has registered 1,645 […]

Nearly 60 lakh vaccine doses in addition will be received by states/UTs in next 3 days: Govt

An additional 60 lakh COVID-19 vaccine doses will be received by the states/union territories in the next three days, the central government informed on Monday. In a media release, the health ministry said the government of India has so far provided nearly 16.54 crore vaccine doses (16,54,93,410) to states/union territories free of cost. Of this, […]

India begins vaccination drive for 18-44 age group amid COVID-19 vaccine shortage

As India widens the scope of inoculation to include those above 18 years, only six states commenced the third phase of vaccination drive on Saturday amid a shortage of vaccines in the country. All other states and Union territories have either deferred vaccination for this age group by a few days or are uncertain about […]

COVID-19 Phase-3 vaccination: Over 2.28 cr registrations on Co-Win portal in 2 days

With Phase III of the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive set to start on May 1, the total registrations on the Co-Win portal for the new phase have crossed 2.28 crore in just two days, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Thursday. In an official release, the ministry said the total vaccination across […]