Explore Business Standard
Coronavirus live updates: India has rolled out two coronavirus vaccines - Covishield and Covaxin. Globally, more than 94 million people have been infected, of which, 10,542,068 are in India
 "Coronavirus LIVE: No case of post-vaccine hospitalisation today, says govt")
2 min read Last Updated : Jan 16 2021 | 10:57 PM IST
10:57 PM
8:53 PM
Nepal reported 240 new Covid-19 cases on Saturday including six deaths taking the total count of cases to 267,056 and the death toll to 1,954. Citing data from the Ministry of Health and Population, Kathmandu Post reported that a total of 261,044 infected people have recovered from the disease and 477 recovered in the past 24 hours.
Kathmandu Valley recorded 131 new infections in the past 24 hours including 115 in Kathmandu, 12 in Lalitpur, and four in Bhaktapur. Meanwhile, six new infections were reported in Province 1, three in Province 2 and 180 in Bagmati Province in the past 24 hours. The total count of cases in the Kathmandu Valley has reached 124,621.
8:52 PM
8:12 PM
8:05 PM
With 109 fresh cases detected in a span of 24 hours, Jammu and Kashmir's Covid-19 tally went up to 1,23,217 on Saturday, while one more fatality pushed the death toll due to the disease to 1,921 in the Union Territory, officials said. Of the fresh cases, 55 were reported from Jammu division while the remaining 54were registered in Kashmir division, they added. Jammu district recorded the highest number of 47 cases, followed by 20 in Srinagar district, the officials said.
While five districts -- Bandipora, Doda, Rajouri, Reasi and Kishtwar -- did not report any fresh case, 13 other districts recorded fresh cases in single-digit figures, they added. The number of active COVID-19 cases has dropped to 1,280 in the Union Territory, while 1,20,016 patients have recovered so far, the officials said. The only death due to COVID-19 in the said period was reported from Kashmir division.
7:36 PM
7:18 PM
7:17 PM
7:06 PM
6:54 PM
6:54 PM
6:39 PM
6:06 PM
5:51 PM
5:47 PM
As many as 660 beneficiaries have received vaccine shot against Covid-19 in Pune, till 1 pm on Saturday, according to District Administration, Pune. As many as 32 people at District Hospital Sindh have been vaccinated for Covaxin while the rest all were vaccinated for Covishield here.
There are 39 vaccination centers in Pune and the district has received 111,000 Covid vaccine doses.
5:27 PM
5:25 PM
5:24 PM
5:23 PM
5:22 PM
5:22 PM
5:21 PM
4:54 PM
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday asked the people to remain alert for rumours regarding Covid-19 vaccines and wait for their turn to get themselves vaccinated. Healthcare workers at the frontline of India's Covid-19 battle got their first jabs on Saturday with Prime Minister Narendra Modi launching the world's largest vaccination drive against the pandemic.
Chief Minister Adityanath took a round of the Balrampur Hospital here and met the health workers who were administered vaccines to enquire about their well-being. "Today is a day of immense happiness and excitement. India is the first country which has launched two vaccines," the chief minister said. "I have just now met the health workers who have got vaccinated and they are all fine," he told the media.
"I congratulate Prime Minister Narendra Modi for this achievement and thank the scientists of the country. At this point of time, when the country is moving ahead in this battle against a pandemic, we have also to remain alert for the people who are spreading rumours," the chief minister said.
4:44 PM
Manish Kumar, a 34-year-old machine operator at AIIMS who became the first person in Delhi to get the Covid-19 vaccine, said he had himself asked the hospital authorities to be vaccinated first as his colleagues chosen for the exercise were "scared" to get the jab. Kumar, whose mother Laxmi Rani also works at the hospital, said he was not at all nervous, had a good sleep and was "proud of getting the vaccine".
He was administered a Covid-19 vaccine during the launch of the nationwide vaccination programme at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in the presence of Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Saturday. "I did not know that I am the first person to receive the vaccine. I had a good sleep last night, came here (hospital) in the morning and talked to the other staff who were to get the shot," he said.
"Many of them were scared. So, I went to my seniors and said I should be given the vaccine first. I wanted to prove to my colleagues that there is no need to be scared," Kumar told PTI.
4:11 PM
4:09 PM
4:08 PM
4:07 PM
4:06 PM
4:05 PM
Topics :CoronavirusWorld Health OrganizationCoronavirus VaccineHealth Ministry
First Published: Jan 16 2021 | 6:55 AM IST
