Vaccine Updates

Maharashtra, UP, Delhi among 18 states showing decline in daily new COVID-19 cases, says Centre

During a press briefing on the pandemic situation, the Centre said that an "early trend of decline" in daily new COVID-19 cases and deaths have been noted in the country

Third wave of COVID-19 'inevitable', says top govt adviser; virus kills record 3,780 in 24 hrs

The ministry also said that a rise in the number of daily COVID-19 cases and mortality has been observed in Assam, West Bengal, Odisha, Bihar and Jharkhand, indicating the pandemic is moving eastwards

Judiciary raps Centre, state govts as COVID-19 cases cross 2 cr; ICMR revises testing advisory

The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday night criticised the management of coronavirus in Uttar Pradesh, saying that the deaths of patients due to oxygen shortage in hospitals is nothing less than genocide, and is a criminal act

COVID-19 news: Centre claims no shortage of oxygen, warns against hoarding cylinders; India's tally at 1.99 crore

India on Monday registered 3,68,147 new coronavirus cases, taking the tally in the country to 1,99,25,604 since the pandemic broke out in January 2020. This is the second consecutive day when the daily infection count dropped after crossing the 4-lakh mark

COVID-19 Vaccine: All above age 18 eligible for inoculation from 1 May, announces Centre as coronavirus cases surge

This comes as India's total tally of COVID-19 cases crossed the 1.50-crore mark on Monday, with around 25 lakh cases being added in just 15 days

COVID-19: PM calls for four-day 'vaccination festival', asks states to curb virus spread on war footing

Narendra Modi emphasised 'test, track, treat', COVID-appropriate behaviour and COVID management to contain the pandemic. He called for the vaccine festival to be held between 11 to 14 April

'Utterly baseless': Harsh Vardhan slams Maharashtra govt's COVID-19 vaccine shortage claim

The Union health minister also accused the Shiv Sena-led Maharashtra govt of trying to cover its 'failures' by spreading panic on vaccines

Maharashtra likely to run out of COVID-19 vaccine in three days, says health minister Rajesh Tope

The minister urged the Centre to give priority to Maharashtra since the coronavirus cases were more in the state and the overall toll was over 50,000

Narendra Modi to hold COVID-19 review meet with chief ministers of all states on 8 April

Modi's last interaction with chief ministers was on 17 March during which he had expressed concern over the rise in COVID-19 cases and called for "quick and decisive" steps to check the "emerging second peak"

Coronavirus News: Maharashtra announces weekend lockdown; Modi reviews situation across India, sends teams to 3 states

Maharashtra, which is the worst affected state, announced a weekend lockdown from 8 pm on Friday and imposed a night curfew across the state between 8 pm and 7 am from Monday