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After chaos at Covid-19 vaccination centres, govt says old slots valid

CoWIN portal's been reconfigured to reflect change in Covishield dose interval

UK's revised dosage interval based on their pandemic situation: V K Paul

Single dose of Covishield reduces infection risk by 60-85 %, shows real life data from UK, says the Niti Aayog member while justifying the interval of two Covishield doses to 12-16 weeks

Centre to give 19 mn Covid-19 doses to states in 2 weeks for free

Vaccine doses acquired through PM-CARES Fund and the GAVI Covax facility were received in full and already utilised

40% of India's total Covid-19 deaths during a relentless second wave

Fatalities growing at double-digit rate, though there has been some let-up in the past few days

Covid-19 crisis: Peak will come and virus can again emerge, says govt

Dismissing allegations that the Centre was unaware of the intensity of the second wave, said Dr V K Paul said

Vaccinate 7 mn a day to help mitigate the next Covid wave: Faheem Younus

Vaccination, he emphasises, is key to protecting against the third wave

Govt increases gap between two doses of Covishield to 12-16 weeks

States told to ensure adherence to revised schedule

Russia's Sputnik V vaccine to be available in India from next week: Govt

India expecting 156 million doses of the vaccine from August to September

Avoid unrealistic Covid-19 vaccine expectations: Harsh Vardhan to states

The health minister was holding a meeting with eight states that have been showing a higher number of daily cases, positivity rate and mortality

Coronavirus-related death rate in 20 states lower than national average

Deaths per million were higher than the national average of 176 in 16 states and highest in Delhi, which has reported 1,019 deaths per million

Third Covid-19 wave may not happen if strong steps taken, says govt

On Wednesday, Raghavan had said third wave was 'inevitable'

India could see 1 million Covid-19 deaths by August 1, says Lancet

The editorial in the medical journal has quoted Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation data

Coronavirus second wave: How oxygen for medical use is extracted

There has been a lot of conversation lately around liquid oxygen, medical oxygen, oxygen concentrators and so on. The govt has explained what each of these is and the methods to extract oxygen

Ensure that restrictions do not slow the pace of vaccination: PM Modi

Around 31 per cent of the eligible population over the age of 45 has been given at least one dose of the vaccine so far

Ken-Betwa interlinking project likely to have disastrous consequences

Project is a part of PM's development package for drought-prone Bundelkhand region

Boosting oxygen, medical equipment capacity for Covid eligible as CSR: MCA

Contribution to the PM Cares Fund was also declared as an eligible activity under Corporate Social Responsibility of companies

Third Covid-19 wave inevitable and we must be prepared, says govt

'A phase three is inevitable, given the higher levels of circulating virus but it is not clear on what time scale this phase three will occur,' says Vijayraghavan

Second Covid-19 wave's decline may be as rapid as its rise: Gagandeep Kang

India could see the beginning of decline by middle to end of May, said Gagandeep Kang

Eight asiatic lions found infected with Covid-19 in Hyderabad zoo

All the eight lions have responded well to the treatment and are recovering well, a statement by the environment ministry said

Early signs of Covid-19 surge cooling in 13 states and Union Territories

Govt ropes in final-year MBBS students, medical interns to handle crisis