Both COVID-19 vaccines being administered in India's extensive vaccination programme - Serum-Oxford-AstraZeneca's Covishield and Bharat Biotech's Covaxin - have a very short shelf life of just six months

In a survey conducted by New Delhi-based online platform LocalCircles, 62% of 17,000 respondents were hesitant to get vaccinated immediately, mainly due to worries over possible adverse reactions

Known as the 'pharmacy of the world', India produces 60 per cent of vaccines globally. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had said that India's vaccine production and delivery capacity would be used for the benefit of all humanity in fighting the coronavirus crisis

Need to raise rural incomes and multiply opportunities for enhancing livelihoods

Countries including Bhutan, Maldives, Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar and Seychelles will be the first recipients of the COVID-19 vaccine shipments out of India

Key to the success of the pan-India COVID-19 vaccination drive, scheduled to be launched by PM Narendra Modi on January 16, will be the cybersecurity framework India has readied, experts say

Vaccination will be held at 311 places in all the 75 districts of the state on January 16. The drive will start at 9 am and will continue till 5 pm, said Additional Chief Secretary of Health Amit Mohan Prasad

The decision to procure the fleet was taken at a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said

Several states have made all necessary preparations for the first phase of the exercise comprising identifying vaccination sites and registration of healthcare and other frontline workers

First phase of COVID-19 vaccination will cover 30 crore people from priority groups, including 3 crore healthcare and frontline workers, along with 27 crore people above 50 years of age and those with co-morbiditiesa

Private sector willing to support govt in coronavirus vaccine roll-out, says FICCI The private sector is willing to support and augment government's capacity across the value chain of COVID-19 vaccine distribution and administration, industry body FICCI on Thursday said. The FICCI-EY paper, that was developed in consultation with various stakeholders states that India would need 1.3-1.4 lakh vaccination centres, 1 lakh healthcare professionals and 2.0 lakh support staff/ volunteers to suppo...

The Indian Air Force will also use its exclusive military airfields and advanced landing grounds to transport the vaccine to the remotest parts of the country, including places like Arunachal Pradesh and Ladakh, the officials added

Private healthcare sector, responsible for almost 70 per cent of healthcare delivery in the country, can adequately supplement the physical and human infrastructure supply in key capacity constrained regions, specifically in urban and semi-urban areas, FICCI noted

The government's CoWIN app is still under development or the pre-production stage and will soon be available to Android and iOS users to download for free and will be \"adequately publicised\" on launch, noted the Ministry of Health.

The ministry underlined that all public health facilities in the country had only around 16,000 ventilators from the Independence till pre-COVID times

India Stock Market Highlights Today: Global equities were bearish today as coronavirus infections increased in parts of North Asia, such as Japan and South Korea, and weighed on investor sentiment. European countries have banned flights from the UK as the British government began emergency lockdown on Sunday, over fear of new virus strain.

Coronavirus vaccine update: Apart from setting up cold storage inside aircraft, the government has started working on setting up cold storage chain at the point of disembarkation and embarkation

Coronavrus vaccine supply: The role of the supply chain is to ensure effective vaccine storage, handling, and stock management; rigorous temperature control in the cold chain; and maintenance of adequate logistics management information systems

Coronavrus vaccine supply: The role of the supply chain is to ensure effective vaccine storage, handling, and stock management; rigorous temperature control in the cold chain; and maintenance of adequate logistics management information systems

Pfizer and BioNTech vaccine: The UK has already ordered 40 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine to vaccinate its 20 million population, of which around 10 million doses will be available soon