Amid Covid surge, the reality: Fewer vaccination centres

Serum Institute of India (SII) and Bharat Biotech have also stopped producing the Covishield and Covaxin vaccines respectively. IMAGE: A healthcare worker collects a swab sample for Covid-19 test,......

'None of the existing vaccines can prevent emerging variants of Omicron'

'We seem to be in a situation where we can do little, and nothing needs to be done anyway.' Photograph: ANI Photo   As India's COVID-19 daily case count dips below the 100-mark, approvals for......

Coming Soon, New Ways To Vaccinate

'Just put a patch on your arm and the vaccine can be absorbed by the body.' IMAGE: Administering vaccines through the oral and nasal route are also likely to gain popularity over the traditional......

'Around 100 million doses will definitely be wasted'

'We are trying to salvage 50-100 million doses of Covishield with the latest drive on booster doses.' IMAGE: A Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation worker administers the precautionary booster dose......

'I'm willing to give more than Rs 35,000 crores for vaccines'

'I'll give it to the vaccine manufacturers without guarantees, take the payment in advance and give me the supplies.''The moment you give me one lot of supply, I'll give you more.' IMAGE: A......