India begins vaccinating teens as Omicron fears rise
India extended COVID vaccinations to teens aged 15-18 on Monday, after officials tightened restrictions in big cities to avoid a repeat of last year's devastating outbreak.
Jan 3, 2022
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India extended COVID vaccinations to teens aged 15-18 on Monday, after officials tightened restrictions in big cities to avoid a repeat of last year's devastating outbreak.
Jan 3, 2022
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A mobile app could help turn the tide of a rise in breast cancer in women as young as 30 in India, according to new research.
Oct 14, 2021
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India currently has no plans to give booster doses as some nations have begun doing, the government's chief COVID-19 advisor said Wednesday as the country nears the milestone of one billion vaccine injections.
Oct 13, 2021
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India has dramatically increased COVID-19 vaccination rates in its vast rural hinterland, where around 65% of the country's nearly 1.4 billion people live. But supply constraints remain for the world's largest maker of vaccines ...
Sep 1, 2021
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India has given more than 10 million COVID-19 jabs in a single day for the first time, authorities said Saturday, as the South Asian giant bolsters its defences for a predicted new surge.
Aug 28, 2021
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India on Friday authorised the emergency use of a second homegrown COVID-19 vaccine, which is also the first approved for children older than 12 in the country.
Aug 20, 2021
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Nepal on Monday rolled out second COVID-19 vaccine jabs for nearly 1.4 million elderly people, following a months-long delay after neighbouring India halted exports over a massive surge in infections.
Aug 9, 2021
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India gave emergency approval to Johnson and Johnson's single-shot coronavirus vaccine Saturday to ramp up its flailing immunisation campaign as fears grow of a new wave of infections.
Aug 7, 2021
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New COVID-19 infections have been on the rise across the world since late June, topping half a million on Tuesday and Wednesday, increases not seen since May 28, according to an AFP tally.
Jul 15, 2021
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Russia's sovereign fund on Tuesday announced a deal with a top Indian vaccine manufacturer to produce the Russia-designed Sputnik V vaccine.
Jul 13, 2021
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