Delhi issues fresh guidelines: Passengers from Maharashtra will have to show negative RT-PCR report not older than 72 hours while entering Delhi

Punjab is, however, not the only state to report shortage of coronavirus vaccines. Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Odisha have also reported massive shortages

\"On April 10, vaccination will take place in government and civic centres between noon and 6am, and it will be between 9am and 5pm on April 11,\" the BMC said

Communicating that India is facing \"vaccine starvation\", Congress leader Rahul Gandhi stated that over 6 crore doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been exported

Dr Vardhan says over 89 lakh healthcare workers have got the first dose and over 54 lakhs have got the second dose. As far as frontline or field level workers are concerned, over 98 lakhs got the first dose and over 45 lakhs have got the second dose, he adds

People, who came to take the COVID-19 jab on Friday, waited outside the vaccination facilities, including Mumbai's Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) jumbo vaccination centre after the vaccines ran out of stock

Centre's clarification comes amid an ongoing debate over the export of vaccines with some states, mostly non-BJP ruled, flagging the issue of shortage of vaccines

India coronavirus update: Active cases have continued to scale up to 9,79,608 which comprise 7.5 per cent of the total infections. Likewise, coronavirus-related deaths are also accelerating as hospitals get overwhelmed

Over the last three days, as many as 39 doctors including the vice chancellor Lieutenant General (Retired) Dr Bipin Puri and medical superintendent Professor D Himanshu have tested positive for the infection

\"Don't be under any kind of pressure that your performance is bad because your numbers are high. You just focus on testing, I'm telling you even now. There is no reason to think you are doing badly if your numbers are high,\" says PM Modi

The state currently has just three lakh doses of the vaccine while on an average 1.4 lakh people were being inoculated per day, health department officials told Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy during a review meeting here on Thursday

India had administered 9,01,98,673 vaccine doses till today morning, of which eight states accounted for 60 per cent of the total doses. Maharashtra was leading with 89,49,560 doses, accounting for 9.92 per cent of total doses

\"Where does question of shortages arise? We're continuously monitoring & enhancing supply,\" said Dr Harsh Vardhan

These hospitals have resorted to pasting notices at their gates that say that they have run out of COVID-19 vaccine doses. Hospitals have even asked people to call them before they show up to get their shot

States impose night curfew: Mostly, Twitterati seems to be wondering how will night curfew help in curbing the spread, when most people go about their business during the day hours

The set of recommendations submitted by NATHEALTH to Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and NITI Aayog include setting up of vaccination centres in malls, schools, airports, resident welfare association centres

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman talks about equitable access and widespread distribution of coronavirus vaccines; elaborates on India's immunisation programme

The prime minister's last meeting with the CMs was on March 17, where he had expressed concern over the surging COVID-19 cases in parts of the country

According to Lok Sabha MP Supriya Sule, Maharashtra's Pune district had to shut 109 covid vaccination centres because the vaccines ran out of stock on Wednesday. The Odisha government halted the vaccination drive in 700 centres due to the lack of COVID-19 vaccines

Vardhan says as long as supply of vaccines remains limited, there is no option but to prioritise. Maharashtra has vaccinated only 86 per cent of health workers with first dose; just 41 per cent healthcare workers with the second dose, he adds