Ashish Jha has been appointed the new White House Covid-19 Response Coordinator. Dr Jha who replaces Jeff Zeints is a physician of Indian origin who lives in the US.   He is an infectious disease expert and the Dean of Brown University’s School of Public ...

Canada on Thursday approved the use of Covifenz, the world’s first plant-derived Covid-19 vaccine jointly developed by Medicago Inc. and GlaxoSmithKline Plc. The vaccine has been cleared for people aged 18 to 64 since its safety and effectiveness, according to Health Canada, have not been ...

Mansukh Mandaviya, Union Health Minister, celebrated the one-year anniversary of India's immunization drive on January 16, 2022, by launching a postal stamp on India's achievement in developing an indigenous covid-19 vaccine. The stamp depicts a health worker inoculating a senior citizen ...

The Asian Development Bank has approved a USD 1.5 billion (around Rs 11,185 crore) loan to India for COVID-19 vaccine procurement. The loan from ADB will fund at least 66.7 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses for an estimated 31.7 crore people, it added. It will support India’s National ...

Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Sunday launched Covid-19 Affected Livelihood Support Scheme to provide assistance to those who had been severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in the State. Under the scheme, Govt has received a total of 22,336 applications so far. 7,943 applications ...