New Delhi: Bharat Biotech announced reduction in the price of Covaxin, the Covid-19 vaccine, for states to Rs 400 per dose from Rs 600. Shortly after the price of Serum Institute’s Covishield was reduced, Bharat Biotech also made the new announcement regarding this. The company stated in a release that they are concerned with the critical pandemic […]
Thiruvananthapuram: Online registration will not be compulsory for getting the second dose of COVID vaccine. The state health department has directed the officials in charge of vaccination to administer the second dose through spot allotment. There are widespread complaints that people who took the first dose are unable to book for the second dose through […]
Thiruvananthapuram: Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said that the online registration for Covid vaccination was interrupted due to shortage of vaccine in the state. Currently, there are only 3,68,840 doses of vaccine available in the state, he added. ‘We requested the Centre for 50 lakh doses of vaccine due to the shortage. This was asked before […]
New Delhi: The Delhi government will provide free COVID-19 vaccines to all those above 18 years of age in the city for which purchase of 1.34 crore doses has been approved, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Monday. The government will make efforts to speed up vaccine purchase and administering it to the people, he […]
Thiruvananthapuram: The state government will face liability of crores as the central government changed its policy and decided to charge a high price for COVID vaccine. The Kerala government had decided to administer the COVID vaccine free of cost irrespective of the price charged by the companies. It is observed that the new government which […]
Thiruvananthapuram: The state health department has informed that all arrangements for administering the COVID vaccine to people above 45 years have been completed. The next phase of vaccination will commence from April 1. Central, state government hospitals, selected private hospitals and public buildings have been converted to vaccination centres. The government directed everyone above 45 years […]
New Delhi: The central government on Tuesday announced that the Covid vaccine will be available for anyone above 45 years of age from April 1. Speaking to reporters, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar said, “It has been decided that from 1st April, the vaccine will open for everybody above 45 years of age. We request that all eligible […]
Thiruvananthapuram: The registration for second phase of COVID vaccination in the state will commence from March 1 onwards, the health department informed. The registration is allowed for all citizens aged above 60 years and those aged between 45 and 59 years with comorbidities. According to the guidelines issued by the Union Ministry of Health, vaccination […]
Thiruvananthapuram: The distribution of COVID-19 vaccine to various centres in the state has started, Health Minister K. K. Shailaja said.The first consignment of Covishield vaccine from Pune-based Serum Institute of India arrived at Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram international airports on Wednesday.Special refrigerated vans were arranged to transport the vaccine safely to the respective centres. Transfer of […]
Thiruvananthapuram: All arrangements have been completed in for the Covid vaccinemock drill on Saturday, Health minister K K Shailaja said. The dry run will be held in four districts – Thiruvananthapuram, Idukki, Wayanad and Palakkad from 9 am to 11 am. In each centre, 25 health workers will participate in the dry run. Kerala is […]