The vaccines which are listed in World Health Organization's (WHO) emergency use listing will also be granted emergency use approval in India.

People were seen queuing overnight outside some clothing stores and also some pubs and restaurants, which are now allowed to serve customers outdoors. Social mixing indoors remains heavily restricted and people are still expected to work from home

Union Health Secreatry Rajesh Bhushan said states have been asked to ramp up testing, with focus on RT-PCR tests.

Chancellor Angela Merkel announced the measures early Tuesday after a lengthy video call with the country's 16 state governors, nearly three weeks after the two sides last agreed on a plan paving the way to relax some rules

The moves by some of Europe's largest and most populous countries will deepen concerns about the slow rollout of vaccines in the region, which has been plagued by shortages due to problems producing vaccines, including AstraZeneca's

Several European countries such as Denmark, Norway and Iceland have temporarily suspended the use of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine after reports of blood clot formation in some people who had received the vaccine surfaced

Meanwhile, consulting and processing services provider Accenture also said that it will cover the cost for employees and dependents eligible for vaccination.

The real-world study involved around 1.2 million people in Israel. Pfizer vaccine has also proved to be effective against B.1.1.7 variant, also known as the UK variant of coronavirus

Data analysed by Public Health England (PHE) showed the Pfizer provided high levels of protection against infection and symptomatic disease from a single dose

India's ambitious vaccination campaign which has already covered over 1 crore healthcare workers, aims to cover 30 crore people by August

The UK health department said 100,162 people have died after testing positive, including 1,631 new deaths reported Tuesday

Fauci's remarks came during an online discussion of the pandemic with California Governor Gavin Newsom, who announced at the outset that a highly infectious coronavirus variant originally found in Britain has been detected in his state

COVID-19 surveillance, containment guidelines to persist until Jan 31 Despite the declining trend in new COVID-19 cases, Centre on Monday issued an order to extend the 'Guidelines for Surveillance' until January 31 next year. The surveillance guidelines mandate states and union territories (UTs) to follow containment measures, as well as to maintain surveillance. The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) issued the new order, justifying the need for surveillance despite a decline in the rate of po...

The woman, Edith Kwoizalla, received the first shot of Pfizer-BioNTech, a day ahead of the official start of the country's vaccination campaign

Post an expert meeting on Monday, the EMA declared their recommendation that the shot be licensed for use in people over the age of 16 years, barring some exceptions

Sputnik V in India: India's Dr Reddy's Laboratories and Hetero Drugs have a license to sell 100 million doses of the vaccine in India and limited trials are also being done in the country, as part of the approval process

The 76-year-old former New York mayor has traveled extensively to battleground states in recent days and weeks in an effort to help Trump subvert his election loss

Patients aged 80 and above who are already attending hospital as an outpatient, and those who are being discharged home after a hospital stay, will be among the first to receive the \"life-saving jab\"

Frontline healthcare staff, people over the age of 80 and care home workers will be among the first to get the vaccine as part of Phase 1 of the programme from Tuesday, which was approved for rollout by the UK's independent regulator

Coronavirus vaccine news update: Pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca has also said that coronavirus might require annual vaccination. CEO Pascal Soriot said that the virus is 'very unpredictable'