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Nearly 810 mn Covid-19 vaccine doses administered in India so far

India has administered over 80.85 crore vaccine doses under the ongoing nationwide Covid-19 vaccination drive, according to a press release from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.At 0.95 per cent, the active Covid-19 cases are the lowest in the country since March 2020. India's active case stands at 3,18,181, which is the lowest in 183 days. The country recorded 30,256 new cases in the last 24 hours.As many as 43,938 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours, taking the tally to 3,27,15,105.For the last 87 days, the weekly positivity rate (2.07%) is less than 3 per cent, while the daily positivity rate is less than 3 per cent for the past 21 days.Over 55.36 crore tests have been conducted so far.

'Event over': Rahul takes dig at govt over record Covid-19 vaccinations

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday took a swipe at the government over the record COVID-19 vaccinations in a single day, and said the "event" is over now. He also shared a graph of the vaccination trend in the last 10 days as per data from the Cowin website to show the decline in inoculations after the record. India vaccinated 2.5 crore people in a single day in Friday to mark Prime Minister Narendra Modi's birthday. Using the hashtag vaccination, Gandhi said in a tweet, "Event over". Gandhi on Saturday had hoped more such record vaccinations happened in the country. "Looking forward to many more days of 2.1 crore vaccinations.This pace is what our country needs," he had said on Twitter.

Over 800 million coronavirus vaccine doses administered in India

With the ongoing Nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive, India has administered over 80 crore vaccine doses so far, the official government data said in a statement

UK govt eases rules for vaccinated travellers, India to benefit

The UK government on Friday announced a major relaxation of international travel rules for vaccinated people coming in and out of England, with long-haul routes between India and the UK set to benefit

Covid-19 vax export curbs may ease in two months: Adar Poonawalla

Poonawalla said easing the export restrictions is a government of India's decision, and he will go by what the Centre feels is appropriate

Covid-19 jabs cross 22-million mark on PM Narendra Modi's birthday

Business Standard's analysis showed that of the 20 million doses on Friday, nearly 40 per cent were second and remaining 60 per cent were first doses

First dose administered to 81.9% of targeted population: Kerala Health Min

Kerala has administered the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine to 81.9 per cent of the targeted population till September 17 while 33.4 per cent received the second dose also, State Health Minister said

India records 34,403 fresh Covid-19 cases, 320 additional deaths

India's overall infection tally has increased to 3,33,81,728, while the count of active cases has dipped to 3,39,056, according to Union health ministry data updated on Friday

Kerala administers 500,000 people with Covid-19 vaccines in past 24 hours

Kerala has inoculated more than five lakh people with COVID-19 vaccine doses in the past 24 hours, the state Health Minister, Veena George said in a press release on Thursday.A total of 5,19,484 people have been administered the covid vaccine in the state.The press release stated that this was the sixth day on which Kerala has crossed this benchmark of vaccinating more than five lakh people in a single day.Earlier, the state has inoculated a total of 5,15,244 people on July 30, around 5,60,515 were vaccinated on August 13, 5,28,321 people on August 14, 7,78,626 people on September 7 and 6,66,936 persons on September 10.Around 81.46 per cent of the population were given one dose of vaccine and 33.06 per cent were given two doses of vaccine, the press release said.There are 1908 vaccination centres, including 1553 government centres and 355 private centres in the state.

20% of India's adult population fully vaccinated: Health ministry

The government has also condemned the report by the New York Times that said that the ICMR suppressed data showing the risks of a second wave

Biological E gets approval to manufacture J&J Covid-19 vaccine in India

According to sources, discussions are on between J&J and the Centre on the matter of indemnity against any serious adverse effect after vaccination

Over 770 million Covid-19 vaccines doses administered so far: Govt

The cumulative Covid-19 vaccine doses administered in the country exceeded 770 million on Thursday, the Union Health Ministry said

Russia's Vladimir Putin self-isolates after Covid-19 infects inner circle

"It's a natural experiment. Let's see how Sputnik V works in practice," Putin said

Over 761.1 mn Covid-19 vaccine doses provided to states, UTs: Centre

More than 76.11 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses have been provided to states and UTs so far, the Union Health Ministry said on Thursday. Further, more than 1.65 crore doses are in the pipeline. Over 5.33 crore balance and unutilised COVID vaccine doses are still available with the states and UTs to be administered, the ministry said. As part of the nationwide vaccination drive, the government has been supporting the states and UTs by providing them COVID vaccines free of cost, the ministry said.

India records 30,570 fresh coronavirus cases, 431 more deaths

India's overall infection tally has risen to 3,33,47,325, while the count of active cases has dipped to 3,42,923, according to the Union Health Ministry on Thursday

As many remain unvaccinated, debate grows over need for booster Covid shots

Experts say to prevent the coronavirus from morphing into even more dangerous forms than the Delta variant, the more urgent need is to protect the unvaccinated.

European Union pledges 200 million more Covid-19 vaccine doses to Africa

The European Union is committing 200 million more coronavirus vaccine doses to Africa to help curb the COVID-19 pandemic on a global scale.

Ensure continuous administration of vaccines to prisoners: HC to Kerala

The Kerala High Court has directed the state government to "continuously" administer vaccines to the prisoners and others in central prisons and other jails to prevent spread of COVID-19 there. The high court also directed the Director General of Prisons and Correctional Services to monitor the administration of vaccines. With the directions, the court disposed of a plea initiated by it on its own based on a prisoner's letter claiming that no vaccination was being carried out in prisons in the state. The court's order came after the state government informed it that there were only 4,808 prisoners in the prisons in Kerala and that majority of them have been given the first dose of vaccination and special initiatives have been taken to vaccinate the prisoners in different age groups. The state government also told the court that vaccination was being done for the remand prisoners and others periodically. Recording the submission of the state, the court directed, "We order that the

Over 10 mn people in MP fully vaccinated against Covid-19: Official

More than one crore people are now fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in Madhya Pradesh out of the eligible population of 5.40 crore, health officials said on Wednesday

Sputnik's single-dose vax gets DCGI nod for Phase-III trials in India

The Sputnik Light is a single-dose Covid-19 vaccine of the Russian vaccine Sputnik