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Confusion reigns for Indian travellers even as UK recognises Covishield

There is a lack of clarity over whether Indians vaccinated with any vaccines in India - including Covishield - fall within the UK's eligibility criteria or not

Delta coronavirus variant has spread to 185 countries, says WHO

The Delta variant now accounted for 90 per cent of the sequences submitted to GISAID

UK recognises Covishield, but no quarantine relief for Indian travellers

According to a UK High Commission statement on Tuesday, its government is "working with India to expand recognition of vaccine certification."

Vaccine must not be entry barrier for nations: Bharat Biotech Co-Founder

Underlining that India has supplied billions of doses of Covid-19 vaccine the world over, Suchitra Ella tweeted, "Our vaccines will prove yet again that they are world class."

India may allow smaller gap between Covishield doses sold privately: Report

Private hospitals and clinics will give their paying patients the option to receive their second dose of the vaccine 4 weeks after the first, down from between 12 and 16 weeks currently, say sources

DATA STORY: India reports 26,964 new cases, 383 deaths added to toll

India has so far administered 826,515,754 vaccine doses. That is 2464.89 per cent of its total caseload, and 59.23 per cent of its population

Over 801.3 mn Covid-19 vaccine doses provided to states, UTs: Centre

More than 80.13 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses have been provided to states and union territories, out of which, more than 4.52 crore balance and unutilised doses are still available with them

WHO chief thanks Mandaviya for announcing resumption of vaccine shipments

WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday thanked Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya for announcing resumption of COVID-19 vaccine shipments to the COVAX global pool in October.

India logs 26,964 new Covid-19 infections, active cases lowest in 186 days

India has recorded 26,964 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry informed on Wednesday.

Bharat Biotech likely to start manufacturing Covaxin at Pune plant soon

Animal vaccine maker Hester Biosciences, on the other hand, is setting up a greenfield BSL-3 facility in Gujarat to make Covaxin

India to target children for Covid-19 vaccine from October: Report

Zydus Cadila's Covid vaccine ZyCoV-D will be given

Maharashtra: 258 new Covid-19 cases in Thane, 7 more deaths

Thane has reported 258 new cases of coronavirus, raising the infection count in the Maharashtra district to 5,56,855, an official said on Wednesday.

More Americans lost to Covid-19 than 1918 flu pandemic: Report

But the United States has borne a disproportionate 14 percent of those fatalities, despite making up only five percent of the world's population

Johnson & Johnson says Covid-19 booster shot is 94% effective

J&J said a booster given two months after the first dose increased antibody levels four to six-fold

India warns of 'reciprocal measures' if UK doesn't recognise Covishield

India on its part does not insist on vaccination and has done away with institutional quarantine for foreigners entering the country

Covid insurance makes sense if you have a comprehensive policy: Experts

Especially if sum insured is small, at say Rs 5-7 lakh for the family

India won't buy Pfizer, Moderna vaccines amid jump in local output: Report

The Indian government has also declined to meet the US companies' requests for legal protection over any side-effects from the use of their shots: Report

CDC to decide Covid-19 vaccine recognition for travel to United States

On Monday the US government eased travel restrictions and decided to allow vaccinated foreign nationals into the country from November

BS Number Wise: Does gender affect your Covid-19 vaccination odds?

A section of the population would say yes

Covid-19 pandemic: What we know about Delta variant and children

The case for immunising children is much less clear-cut than it is with adults, who are at greater risk of getting seriously ill