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Reports on expired vaccines being used in India false, misleading: Govt

The Union health ministry on Monday dismissed media reports alleging that expired vaccines are being administered in the country under its COVID-19 vaccination programme as "false and misleading". "There have been some media reports alleging that expired vaccines are being administered in India under its national COVID-19 vaccination programme. This is false and misleading and based on incomplete information," the ministry said in a statement. On October 25, 2021, in response to Bharat Biotech International Limited's letter, the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) approved the extension of the shelf life of Covaxin (Whole Virion, Inactivated Coronavirus Vaccine) from nine months to 12 months, the ministry said. Similarly, the shelf life of Covishield was extended by the drug regulator from six months to 9 months on February 22, 2021. The shelf life of vaccines is extended by the CDSCO on the basis of a comprehensive analysis and examination of the stability study da

How India is vaccinating teenagers against Covid amid Omicron spread

On January 1, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya had requested people to register eligible children in their families

Television producer Ekta Kapoor tests positive for Covid-19

The 46-year-old filmmaker took to Instagram to share her diagnosis

Goa shuts schools, colleges amid Covid surge; night curfew to be imposed

Goa reported 10.7 per cent Covid-19 positivity rate on Sunday

Maharashtra: Several spirited kids aged 15-18 queue up for vaccination

As state stands on threshold of a 'third wave' of Covid, lakhs of school and junior college children in the 15-18 age enthusiastically thronged vaccination centres to get their jabs in Maharashtra

84% of Covid cases in past 2 days are of Omicron variant: Delhi minister

According to the health bulletin to be issued later on Monday, the capital has recorded around 4,000 new cases of coronavirus and the positivity rate has increased to 6.5 per cent

Omicron common viral fever, but exercising caution important: Adityanath

CM Adityanath said eight Omicron cases have so far been reported in Uttar Pradesh and of the patients, three have recovered and the others are in home isolation

Twitter suspends US Congresswoman's account for Covid misinformation

Twitter has permanently suspended an account of US Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, Republican Representative from Georgia, for "repeated violations" of Covid-19 misinformation policies.

India's Omicron tally reaches 1,700; Maharashtra, Delhi worst-hit

Of the total, 639 people have been discharged

No shortage of medical staff in Delhi hospital, says Satyendar Jain

Health Minister Satyendar Jain informed Delhi Assembly that there was no shortage of medical staff in state-run hospitals and clinics at a time when capital is seeing an uptick in coronavirus cases.

2,000 on board Mumbai-Goa cruise ship stuck after crew tests Covid positive

The crew member was isolated in the ship itself and the RT-PCR tests of 1,471 passengers and 595 crew members were done

Covid-19: India supplies 500,000 more Covaxin doses to Afghanistan

Bharat Biotech on Monday informed that India has supplied another batch of humanitarian assistance consisting of 5,00,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine, Covaxin to Afghanistan.Taking to Twitter, Bharat Biotech said, "Today, India supplied the next batch of humanitarian assistance consisting of 5,00,000 doses of COVID vaccine (COVAXIN) to Afghanistan. The same was handed over to Indira Gandhi Hospital, Kabul."It also informed that another batch of additional 5,00,000 doses would be supplied in the coming weeks.The last batch of humanitarian assistance consisting of 5,00,000 doses of Covaxin was supplied to Afghanistan on January 1.India has committed to provide to Afghan people humanitarian assistance consisting of food grains, one million doses of COVID-19 vaccine and essential life-saving drugs.Earlier last month, India delivered 1.6 tons of medical assistance to Afghanistan through the World Health Organization (WHO).The Taliban took over control of Kabul on August 15 and following this

Covid-19: Tamil Nadu aims to fully vaccinate teenagers by January end

Tamil Nadu Health Minister said that there are 33.45 lakh children in the age group of 15 to 18 in the State and 100 per cent vaccination in this age group will be achieved by January end

DATA STORY: 129,549 cases added in 7 days; daily positivity rate at 3.8%

India has so far administered 1,456,889,306 vaccine doses. That is 4171.73 per cent of its total caseload, and 104.15 per cent of its population

Covid-19: Vaccination starts for younger population in 15-18 age group

Vaccination of children in the 15-18 age group against COVID-19 began on Monday as inoculation centres across the country started administering the shots to the younger population. The process to vaccinate children has commenced amid a scare of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus. In Delhi, where daily cases have registered a record surge in the last few days, vaccination centres at Fortis hospital, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, and other facilities began administering the jabs to younger population, officials said. The vaccine option for this age group would only be Covaxin, according to guidelines issued by the Union health ministry on December 27. The Drugs Controller General of India granted emergency use authorisation to indigenously-developed Bharat Biotech's Covaxin for children above 12 years with certain conditions on December 24. The CoWIN platform had till Sunday evening recorded over six lakh registrations in the age group of 15-18. Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviy

Israel approves 4th Covid vaccine shot for people over 60, says PM Bennett

Israel has approved a fourth COVID-19 vaccine dose for people over 60 years old and medical staff, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said

Top headlines: Vaccination for teens starts, Tata firms beat PSUs in m-cap

Tata group companies jump ahead of CPSUs in market capitalisation race; Valuation question holds up SPV for land, asset monetisation of PSUs. Read more on today's top headlines

India to start vaccinating children aged 15-18 against Covid from today

India will start administering its indigenous Covid vaccine Covaxin to the 15 to 18 age group from today

Covid-19: Air travel sees turbulent start to 2022 over Omicron worries

New York shatters the record for daily Covid numbers with over 85,000 cases

Delhi records 3,194 new Covid cases, positivity rate jumps to 4.59%

The national capital reported 3,194 fresh Covid cases, the highest single-day rise since May 20, and one death while the positivity rate rose to 4.59%