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Mauritius to receive consignment of Indian-made coronavirus vaccine Covaxin

Mauritius will receive a consignment of Covaxin, India's indigenously developed COVID-19 vaccine, on Friday, announced the High Commission of India in Port Louis on Thursday.Taking to Twitter, the High Commission said that India stands strong with Mauritius in the tough times, describing it as 'a time-tested and enduring partnership'."Mauritius arms itself with COVAXIN, India's indigenously developed vaccine, in its fight against COVID19. India stands strong with Mauritius in these tough times. Consignment to arrive tomorrow. A time-tested and enduring partnership," tweeted India in Mauritius.The Indian High Commission in Mauritius also said that Covaxin is effective against the UK variant and other heterologous strains."Developed & manufactured by @BharatBiotech, COVAXIN has demonstrated 81% interim efficacy in preventing COVID19. COVAXIN is effective against UK variant strain & other heterologous strains. EUA received in 8 countries till date, 20 more to follow," it said

US to meet goal of injecting 100 mn Covid-19 vaccines on Friday: Joe Biden

With the US closing in on Biden's goal of injecting 100 million vaccinations weeks ahead of his target date, the White House announced the nation is now in position to help neighbours

Nearly 440,000 vaccinated against coronavirus so far in Jammu and Kashmir

The Jammu and Kashmir administration said nearly 440,000 people have so far been vaccinated against Covid-19 in the Union Territory with no reported case of extreme adverse events

J-K ramping up capacity to administer 300,000 Covid-19 vaccine doses daily

Jammu and Kashmir is ramping up capacity to administer three lakh Covid vaccine doses per day and store 5 million in cold chain

Britain to slow coronavirus vaccine rollout due to supply crunch in India

Britain will have to slow its vaccine rollout next month due to a supply crunch caused by a delay in a shipment of AstraZeneca shots from India and the need to test the stability of 1.7 million doses

Maharashtra ranks second in Covid-19 vaccination in India: State Health min

Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Thursday said the state is at the second position in Covid-19 vaccination, next only to Rajasthan

Oil hits skids, drops 7% on worsening outlook for coronavirus in Europe

Several large European economies have had to reimpose lockdowns as caseloads rise, while vaccination programs are slowing due to concerns about side effects of the AstraZeneca vaccine

AstraZeneca shipment from India behind UK vaccine delay, says report

The delay has to do with the Indian government allowing the export of the doses to the UK

Daily vaccinations in Delhi will be raised from 40,000 to 125,000: Kejriwal

In the last three days, the number of daily Covid-19 cases in Delhi has increased to over 500

Supreme Court stays hearings in high courts on Covid-19 vaccines

The bench also transferred to itself the vaccine-related case going on in the Delhi High Court.

Imran Khan receives Covid jab; urges nation to apply norms against virus

Imran Khan received the first shot of vaccination against COVID-19 and urged the citizens of his country to ensure the full implementation of norms to prevent the surge in cases of coronavirus

UK PM Johnson says Indian government not behind Covid vaccine supply delay

Boris Johnson said on Thursday that a delay in the supply of COVID-19 vaccine from the SII in India to Britain was due to technical issues and not because of any intervention by the Indian government

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Govt must act swiftly to contain the Covid surge

India has administered over 38.9 million coronavirus vaccine doses: Govt

In its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, India has administered over 3.89 crore vaccine doses, the Union Health Ministry said on Thursday

AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine safe, will add clot warning: EU agency

Germany, France and others had said they wanted to wait for the European Medicines Agency's determination before deciding whether to resume using the vaccine

Oil falls over 3% as dollar rises and coronavirus vaccine rollout stalls

Brent futures fell $2.65, or 3.9%, to $65.35 a barrel

Pakistan backtracks on uncapped prices for privately imported Covid shots

Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), responsible for marketing the Sputnik V vaccine abroad, confirmed to Reuters that a batch had been delivered to Pakistan.

Metro Cash & Carry to cover coronavirus vaccination cost for staffers

Leading wholesaler Metro Cash & Carry on Thursday said it would cover the COVID-19 vaccination cost for its entire workforce in India. The company has decided to cover the COVID-19 inoculation cost of over 14,000 direct and indirect employees, including contractual staff, security personnel, porters and loaders, working across its 28 stores in the country, Metro Cash & Carry said in a statement. The company is partnering with industry bodies and other authorities to conduct the immunisation program. Metro Cash & Carry MD and CEO Arvind Mediratta said, "At METRO, we prioritize the health, safety and well- being of our entire employee ecosystem. During the pandemic, our employees have braved odds and shown tremendous courage to report to work, and have been working diligently to ensure uninterrupted supplies to all our business customers, especially the kiranas." "Covering their vaccination cost is a small way to express our gratitude to them for their resilience and ...

Delay in Serum Institute vaccines contributing to supply squeeze: Britain

Britain is using vaccines made by Pfizer and AstraZeneca, with 10 million doses of the 100 million ordered from AstraZeneca coming from the Serum Institute.

Coronavirus LIVE: 25,833 new cases in Maharashtra, highest since outbreak

Coronavirus live updates: Covid-19 positive cases rise unabated across the globe with 121,987,124