Senior advocate Anil Sakhare, who appeared for BMC, informed a bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Girish Kulkarni that over 82 lakh persons had received the first dose of the COVID vaccination and over 42 lakh had received the second dosage.
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These improvements will enable the scheme's effective implementation and will be made in the Transaction Management System to ensure portability is not hampered.
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The company has already received the emergency use authorization (EUA) from the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) for ZyCoV-D to be administered in three doses on 20th August.
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The Sputnik V shot, widely used in Russia and approved for use in over 70 countries, is undergoing a review by the WHO and the European Medicines Agency (EMA). Their approval could open up new markets for the shot, especially in Europe.
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In a new policy note, the World Bank's Education team has noted that the experiences from countries around the world where schools have reopened suggest that with adequate mitigation strategies, schools pose low risks for disease transmission among students, staff and communities.
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The government had on Thursday said that the indigenously-developed, world's first DNA-based needle-free COVID-19 vaccine by Zydus Cadila will be introduced in the nationwide anti-Coronavirus vaccination drive shortly.
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Daily case count had dropped to 17 on September 13, with no death being recorded, while the positivity rate stood at 0.04 per cent, according to official figures.
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The European Medicines Agency also recommended immune thrombocytopenia (ITP), a bleeding disorder caused by the body mistakenly attacking platelets, be added as an adverse reaction with an unknown frequency to the J&J vaccine product information and to AstraZeneca's vaccine.
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