9.41 am : India on Tuesday registers 12,584 new coronavirus cases , taking the overall count to 1,04,79,179. The toll rises by 167 to 1,51,...
9.41 am: India on Tuesday registers 12,584 new coronavirus cases, taking the overall count to 1,04,79,179. The toll rises by 167 to 1,51,327. The active cases remained below 3 lakh at 2,16,558 for the 22nd consecutive day, while the number of recoveries reached 1,01,11,294.
9.32 am: Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri says that the Serum Institute of India’s vaccines will be sent to Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Guwahati, Shillong, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Bhubaneswar, Patna, Bengaluru, Lucknow and Chandigarh today. “Vaccine movement starts,” the minister says in a tweet.
Today @airindiain @flyspicejet @goairlinesindia & @IndiGo6E will operate 9 flights from Pune with 56.5 lakh doses to Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Guwahati, Shillong, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Bhubaneswar, Patna, Bengaluru, Lucknow & Chandigarh.
— Hardeep Singh Puri (@HardeepSPuri) January 12, 2021
9.25 am: American pharmaceutical company Pfizer, whose coronavirus vaccine is yet be approved in India, told NDTV on Monday it had been “unable to participate in previous meetings” to present safety and efficacy data to an expert panel, due to “extremely short notice” and time zone differences.
The company, however, said it was “committed to working with the government [to] provide equitable access to our vaccine”.
9.21 am: Immunity from Moderna Covid-19 vaccine should last at least a year, the company said on Monday, reports Reuters. The drugmaker said it was confident that the messenger RNA...
