Tag: Covid vaccines

The court observed that Tamil Nadu and Puducherry had managed the second surge and the cases were now on the decline

On the same day that BKC centres suffered a stampede, Thane Municipal Corporation’s (TMC) Standing Committee asked the municipal body to set up vaccine centres inside housing societies to avoid crowding at a single centre.

Move will help production of the vaccine in developing nations thereby enabling their availability to a larger number of people

The court has directed the state to submit a requisition before the Centre to overcome the shortage

In a detailed order, the apex court inter alia dealt with vaccine policy and the rationale behind the vaccine pricing while questioning differential prices for Centre and states

State government now prioritising delivery of vaccines to various centers, even as people register on CoWIN portal and try to book appointments

The central government has been told to revisit its policy against door-to-door vaccination policy for elders

Russian-made Covid vaccine Sputnik V cleared for emergency use by the DCGI on a day that India’s reported over 1,61,736 new cases

Several different vaccines are in varying stages of trial across the world, but their efficacy and side-effects on trial participants have raised concerns