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Mumbai airport begins vaccine transportation; 2,400 vials airlifted to Goa

Covid-19 vaccine transportation from Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) commenced on Wednesday with budget carrier GoAir airlifting 2,400 vials of Covishield to Goa

Covid-19 likely to bring a sharper focus on health care in upcoming Budget

CII has also called for tax incentives for new health care projects and import duty relief for lifesaving equipment.

LIVE: Covid-19 vaccine recipients won't get to choose from two options

Coronavirus live updates: Just 12,448 fresh Covid-19 cases recorded in India in the last 24 hours took the tally to 10,479,879. Globally, 91.2 million people have been infected by the virus

Four more Covid-19 vaccines are in pipeline, says health ministry

Four more COVID-19 vaccines are in the pipeline and their manufacturers may approach the drug controller for emergency use authorisation, the Health Ministry said on Tuesday.

Govt outlines vaccine schedule, says effect begins 14 days after first jab

India will launch its Covid-19 vaccination drive from January 16 with priority to be given to nearly three crore healthcare and frontline workers

DATA STORY: India reports lowest single-day Covid tally spike since June 17

India on Monday conducted 897,056 coronavirus tests, taking the total count of tests conducted so far in the country to 182,652,887. The test positivity rate recorded was 1.4%

Vaccine movement begins, 4 airlines to fly 5.6 mn doses from Pune: Puri

Four airlines will operate nine flights to transport 56.5 lakh doses of COVID-19 vaccine from Pune to 13 cities across the country on Tuesday, said Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri. Vaccine movement has started, he said on Twitter, adding that first two flights operated by "SpiceJet and GoAir from Pune to Delhi and Chennai have taken off". "Today @airindiain @flyspicejet @goairlinesindia & @IndiGo6E will operate 9 flights from Pune with 56.5 lakh doses to Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Guwahati, Shillong, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Bhubaneswar, Patna, Bengaluru, Lucknow & Chandigarh," he said on Twitter.

Coronavirus LIVE: Aim to vaccinate 300 mn people in next few mnths, says PM

Coronavirus live updates: With 16,085 fresh Covid-19 cases, India's caseload now stands at 10,467,431. Death toll has mounted to 151,198

People shouldn't hesitate to get vaccinated, says Delhi's 1st Covid patient

Days ahead of the nationwide Covid-19 vaccination roll-out, Delhi's first coronavirus patient urged people to get immunised without hesitation and listen to the scientific community

DATA STORY: India sees lowest rise in Covid tally since June 24, fewest deaths since May 26

India on Sunday conducted 659,209 coronavirus tests, taking the total count of tests conducted so far in the country to 181,755,831. The test positivity rate recorded was 2.5%

India registers 16,311 coronavirus cases, 161 additional fatalities

India added 16,311 new cases to its COVID-19 tally in the last 24 hours, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Monday

Beyond Budget Headlines: Health & education deserve more outlay, attention

CoWIN app shall form foundation of Covid-19 vaccination drive: Centre

The Centre said Co-WIN, an online platform for monitoring vaccine delivery, shall form the foundation for the anti-coronavirus inoculation drive

India reports 18,444 new Covid-19 cases, 201 more deaths due to infection

India on Sunday reported 18,444 new cases of Covid-19 while 201 people succumbed to to the deadly virus in the last 24 hours

Coronavirus LIVE: 73.63% of new fatalities came from just seven states

Coronavirus live updates: India will launch its Covid-19 vaccination drive on January 16 and priority will be given to nearly three crore healthcare and frontline workers

89 hospitals finalised for Covid-19 vaccination: Delhi Health Minister

Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain on Sunday said that 89 hospitals were finalised in the national capital for the inoculation programme in the first phase

450,000 health workers to be vaccinated in 1st phase: Rajasthan Health min

Preparations for rolling out Covid-19 vaccination programme in Rajasthan have been made and around 450,000 health workers will be vaccinated in the first phase, Health Minister Raghu Sharma said

DATA STORY: Kerala, Maharashtra account for over 53% of India's active Covid cases

India on Saturday conducted 843,307 coronavirus tests, taking the total count of tests conducted so far in the country to 181,096,622. The test positivity rate recorded was 2.2%

DATA STORY: Andhra, Odisha among states with best Covid recovery rate; Kerala, Maharashtra among worst

India on Friday conducted 916,951 coronavirus tests, taking the total count of tests conducted so far in the country to 180,253,315. The test positivity rate recorded was 2.0%

The campaign for Covid-19 vaccine requires a 360-degree approach

Some lessons can be drawn from the two-decade-long pulse polio mass immunisation campaign that was memorably captured by an iconic phrase: "Do boond zindagi ki (Two drops of life)."