Covid-19 Vaccine

April 15, 2021

Two to a bed in Delhi hospital as India's COVID crisis spirals

Many Indian hospitals were scrambling for beds and oxygen as COVID-19 infections surged to a new daily record on Thursday, with a second wave of infections centred on the rich western state of Maharashtra.

April 15, 2021
Ensure availability of essential supplies, stop panic buying: Centre tells states

To maintain smooth supplies, the states have been asked to keep operations of grocery stores/warehouses and chemist shops outside the restrictions under Section 144.
April 15, 2021
BPCL to supply medical oxygen to Kerala from Kochi Refinery

Last year, the company had supplied around 25 tonnes of medical oxygen when the average daily cases had risen in October-November.
April 15, 2021
Regular exercise can improve chances of beating Covid: Study

The results of the study showed that inactivity is strongly associated with poor COVID-19 outcomes and suggested a 30 minute-walk, five days a week to prevent it.
April 15, 2021
Virus variants inciting India's second surge, epidemiologists say

India's daily infections skyrocketed more than 20-fold to more than 2,00,000 on Thursday since a multi-month-low in early February, though the government has played down the role of mutants in the latest rise, the worst anywhere this month.
April 15, 2021
Regulatory pathways for foreign-produced vaccines issued by Centre

The decision is aimed at facilitating quicker access to foreign vaccines by India to encourage imports, optimal utilization of domestic fill and finish capacity.
April 13, 2021
Surplus AstraZeneca vaccines in rich nations must go to poor countries: WHO

WHO said there is an acute shortage of vaccines and most countries did not have any doses to cover frontline workers such as healthcare staff and police personnel at high risk.

Covid-19 Vaccine

Two to a bed in Delhi hospital as India's COVID crisis spirals

Ensure availability of essential supplies, stop panic buying: Centre tells states

BPCL to supply medical oxygen to Kerala from Kochi Refinery

Regular exercise can improve chances of beating Covid: Study

Virus variants inciting India's second surge, epidemiologists say

Regulatory pathways for foreign-produced vaccines issued by Centre

Surplus AstraZeneca vaccines in rich nations must go to poor countries: WHO

Overwhelmed by COVID surge, India fast-tracks approval for foreign vaccines

Kerala seeks 50 lakh additional doses of Covid vaccine

India approves Russia's Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine