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Apollo hospitals to hold nationwide Covid vaccination drive on Wednesday

A leading hospital group on Tuesday announced that it will conduct a pan-India Covid vaccination drive on June 30 spanning 50 cities, to boost the national inoculation exercise.

Centre adds over 32,000 cold chain equipment since March last year

There are 37 state vaccine stores, 114 regional vaccine stores, 723 district vaccine stores and 28,268 sub-district vaccine stores

51% of Covid-19 vaccinations in May-June have been in rural centres

In terms of total Covid vaccinations by states, Uttar Pradesh, Maharastra, Rajasthan, West Bengal have fared strongly

Covid-19 pandemic: India has 6-8 months to vaccinate everyone, says Arora

The government had said recently that the Delta variant was one of the major reasons for the surge in cases during the second wave

Covid vaccine: Sputnik V may not be available in India for another 2 weeks

Around 3 million units of the first dose of the vaccine have landed in India, while the consignment of the second dose is expected by the end of this month.

India has administered over 300 million Covid-19 vaccine doses so far

Daily number of Covid cases increase in Maharashtra and Kerala

Herd immunity is both mystical and mythical: NTAGI chairman N K Arora

Herd immunity works when immunised and unimmunised individuals are mixed in a true random process and around 80 per cent are immunised, said Arora

Day 2 of new Covid-19 vaccine policy: Jab count drops after day of high

Day two report card A look at the top states that gave the highest number of doses on Day One of the new vaccine policy, but numbers slipped drastically for most of them

Record 8.5 million vaccine doses given on day 1 of revised guidelines

Over 8.5 million vaccine doses, the highest in a single day, were administered across the country as the revised guidelines for vaccination came into effect, the Union Health Ministry said

Vaccination increase to help push growth of gems, jewellery sector: GJEPC

Curbs imposed by states to rein in the second wave of the pandemic has impacted the domestic business of the gems and jewellery sector in the current fiscal year, but it is expected to revive soon

Gurugram mall, restaurants offer discounts to vaccinated customers

Pub bar and restaurants in the Millenium city of India have rolled-out special offers for vaccinated people

Full Covid-19 vaccination of adults will take 7 months if pace doubled

There are 865 million adults who require vaccination to meet the December target

No plans to make vaccine as it requires separate infra: Sun Pharma

Sun Pharma has no immediate plans to enter into vaccine production as getting into the vertical would require an altogether different manufacturing set-up, as per a top company official.

Over 15.3 million vaccine doses still available with states, UTs

More than 15.3 million Covid-19 vaccine doses are still available with states and union territories, and over 400,000 more will be delivered to them within the next three days

Rahul Gandhi bats for walk-in vaccination, Irani says already done

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday demanded that every person walking into a COVID-19 vaccination centre should get the jab

Quicker vaccination coverage critical for regaining growth momentum: FinMin

Quickening the pace and coverage of vaccination of people is critical for regaining growth momentum as economic activities are inextricably linked to the path of pandemic, the finance ministry said

Apollo Hospitals, Thyrocare: Time to book profits in these stocks?

According to the revised policy, private hospitals will receive 25 per cent of the vaccines and can charge Rs 150 in overhead at max

Rs 35,000-crore fund enough to vaccinate 1 billion: Govt estimates

Sources in the know say that the govt has so far spent about 5,000 crore on vaccines in the current financial year (since April).

PM reviews Covid vaccination, asks states to bring down 'vaccine wastage'

PM Modi said the wastage numbers are still on a higher side and that steps need to be taken to bring them down.

Rahul alleges govt hiding Covid deaths; urges people to demand free vaccine

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Wednesday accused the Central government of "hiding" the actual coronavirus death figures, even as he urged people to raise their voice for universal free vaccination. "GOI is hiding actual Covid deaths," he said in a tweet, tagging a media report that conducted a survey on who people thought were responsible for coronavirus deaths. Gandhi also launched a campaign to pressure the government for universal free vaccination in the country. "Vaccine is the strongest protection against the corona pandemic. You should also raise your voice for providing free vaccination to the people of the country - wake up the central government," he said on Twitter, using the hashtag #SpeakUpForFreeUniversalVaccination. He also shared a video highlighting the shortage of vaccines. His sister and Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra also tweeted for universal free vaccination and slammed the government over a "confused and dithering" vaccination program. "We a