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Covid vax supplies from India have landed in at least six African nations

Millions of doses are committed for UN health workers and peacekeepers on a grant basis

Cowin registration uses Made-in-India mapping from MapmyIndia

To make the critical vaccination effort seamless, MapmyIndia has put all the vaccination centres across India on MapmyIndia's maps

Coronavirus surge in Maharashtra: Udhhav's 'majboori' & other key updates

It was the fifth consecutive day when the state's daily infection count was more than 8,000

Senior citizens line up for shot at Delhi centres amid CoWIN glitches

PM Modi sets ball rolling for third phase of vaccination, joining the long list of global leaders who have taken the jab

Not afraid of Covid, won't take jabs: Farm leaders in vulnerable age group

Protesting farmer leaders in the vulnerable age group Monday said they are not afraid of coronavirus

Top headlines: PM Modi receives Covid jab; ATF price raised by a steep 6.5%

Business Standard brings you top news of the evening

Oil prices jump on Covid-19 vaccine optimism, US stimulus package

The approval of Johnson & Johnson's Covid-19 shot also buoyed the economic outlook

MapmyIndia releases maps to help people locate corona vaccination centres

MapmyIndia on Monday announced thelaunch of maps and nearby search features, as a part of its mobile application and official website, to help people find coronavirus vaccination centres across the country. The Government of India has also integrated these features intoits official Corona vaccination registration portal cowin.gov.in, the digital mapping company said in a statement. "Since the pandemic entered India, MapmyIndia took upon the task of real-time geospatially mapping all corona related places testing, treatment and isolation centres as well as containment zones. To make the critical vaccination effort seamless, MapmyIndia has put all the vaccination centres across India on MapmyIndia's maps,"MapmyIndia's CEO & Executive Director, Rohan Verma, said.

Nitish gets Covid-19 vaccine; urges people of Bihar to follow suit

Nitish reaffirmed his government's decision to provide the jabs free of cost, including at private facilities

Venkaiah Naidu takes Covid jab, urges all eligible people to get vaccinated

The Vice President took the first jab of the Covid vaccine after Prime Minister Modi-- the first prominent leader to take a Covid vaccine shot on Monday

Third phase of vaccination sees slow start at Gujarat's private hospitals

While 600 government centres, including PHCs and CHCs have been commissioned, an additional 300 private hospitals have also been roped in

Co-Win app meant only for administrators, registration only through portal

The Union Health Ministry said on Monday that the Co-Win app on Play Store is meant for use only by administrators

UK tries to trace mystery person infected with Brazilian Covid variant

Six cases of the mutation, which originated in the Amazonian city of Manaus, have been detected in the UK, Public Health England said on Sunday

Ten private hospitals in Kolkata allowed for phase-2 of Covid vaccination

Beneficiaries can either pre-book slots on CoWin portal or walk in for vaccine; registration on upgraded CoWin portal started from 9am today and the process of vaccination from noon

Disorder, long wait on Day 1 of vaccination drive 2.0 at Bengaluru

At some hospitals, vaccination drive did not kick start even by late afternoon due to glitches

Vaccination 2.0 gets off to a slow start in Mumbai due to tech issues

Turnout is encouraging for this round, glitch resolved after one-hour delay, say facilities

AustralaSian Covid-19 vaccine trial expands to India

The trial aims to discover which existing treatments are most effective in hospitalised patients

India Coronavirus Dispatch: Three reasons for the recent surge in cases

Little done to identify people with comorbidities, mutations explained, how vaccine certificates will be issued-news relevant to India's fight against Covid-19

Countries call on drug companies to share vaccine know-how

At an industry forum last May, Pfizer's CEO Albert Bourla described the idea of sharing IP rights widely as nonsense and even dangerous

EU audits Serum's facility as AstraZeneca looks to boost supplies: Report

The EU and Britain are mainly supplied by local facilities, but production problems have cut deliveries by the British-Swedish drugmaker to the EU, forcing it to look elsewhere