Tag: covid19 vaccine

Telangana asked to rework vaccine rollout in private hospitals

HYDERABAD: Telangana is one of 15 states which were advised to rework their vaccine rollout in private vaccine centres by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. On Wednesday, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan met the State secretaries and elaborated on the issues coming up in procurement, picking up the consignments, that are adding […]

Burundi says it doesn’t need COVID-19 vaccines, at least yet

NAIROBI: Burundi has become at least the second African country to say it doesn’t need COVID-19 vaccines, even as doses finally begin to arrive on the continent that’s seeing a deadly resurgence in cases. The health minister of the East African nation, Thaddee Ndikumana, told reporters on Thursday evening that prevention is more important, and […]

Andhra Pradesh: Health department sweeper receives the first vaccine dose

As part of the nationwide mega Coronavirus vaccine drive, the program was kickstarted in Andhra Pradesh too on Saturday across 332 vaccination centers across the state. B. Pushpa Kumari who works as a sweeper in the Health Department in Andhra Pradesh received the first vaccine dose at the Vijayawada Government General Hospital(GGH). YSRCP chief and […]

Indonesia’s president to receive country’s first Covid-19 vaccine shot

JAKARTA: Indonesian President Joko Widodo said Wednesday he would be the first person in the country to be vaccinated for Covid-19 as he unveiled a campaign promising free inoculations for everyone in world’s fourth most-populous nation. Widodo’s announcement comes as Indonesia battles misinformation over the virus in order to stave off a fresh wave of […]