 | No request received from Pakistan for coronavirus vaccines: MEASo far, India has sent consignments of coronavirus vaccines under grant assistance to Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Mauritius and Seychelles. |
 | COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy 39 per cent in Delhi-NCR: SurveyThe government launched the world's biggest vaccination drive on January 16 to protect people from COVID-19. |
| Probe ordered to find out how 1,000 doses of COVID vaccine got frozen, wasted in AssamNational Health Mission Director in Assam, Dr S Lakshmanan, said that show-cause notices have been issued to those responsible for storing and supplying the vaccine. |
 | Government doctors association in Karnataka wants choice to pick COVID-19 vaccineState Health Minister K Sudhakar, meanwhile, dismissed as "far from truth" reports that there was hesitation among some sections to take the vaccine. |
 | India to export vaccines soon? Modi government meets amid increasing requests from other countries for supply of COVID-19 jabsThe issue was discussed extensively at the virtual meeting attended by representatives from various ministries and agencies, including the Department of Pharmaceuticals and MEA. |
 | Irresponsible statements of vested interests: Experts slams critics of India's approval process for COVID vaccinesIndia had recently approved two vaccines, Oxford-Astra Zeneca's Covishield being manufactured by Serum Institute of India and Bharat Biotech's Covaxin, for emergency-use authorisation. |
 | COVID-19 vaccines interchangeability not allowed, Pregnant, lactating women should not be administered shots: Centre to statesIn a letter to all states and Union territories, the Health Ministry highlighted that under the emergency use authorisation, coronavirus vaccination is indicated only for 18 years and above. |
 | Gyawali-Jaishankar summit: Vaccine, border to figure in India-Nepal talksThe Nepalese foreign minister will meet Jaishankar on Friday after which he will co-chair the meeting of the India-Nepal joint commission. |
 | Going big: US dispensing COVID-19 jabs at stadiums and fairgroundsAfter a frustratingly slow rollout involving primarily health care workers and nursing home residents, states are moving on to the next phase before the first one is complete. |
 | COVID-19 vaccine transport from SII to start on January 11 or 12: SourcesThe vaccine-laden trucks will move out from Manjari location of the SII with elaborate police security. |
 | Anti-abortion faith leaders support use of COVID-19 vaccinesOne outspoken foe of abortion based in Dallas, Southern Baptist megachurch pastor Robert Jeffress, has called the vaccines a “present from God." |
 | COVID-19: French vaccine rollout slowed by red tape, focus on elderlyElders are perhaps the toughest group to start with, because of the need for informed consent and difficulties explaining the complex science of fast-tracked vaccines. |
 | Will be able to vaccinate entire population soon against COVID-19: Harsh VardhanIndia, he said, has done extremely well in developing vaccines in the shortest possible time, and presently two vaccines have been given emergency use authorisation. |
 | COVID-19: Karnataka to receive 13.9 lakh vials of vaccine in a day or twoSo far, 6.30 lakh healthcare workers in the state have registered for the vaccine from both the private and government sector, with more than 1 lakh workers from Bengaluru alone |
 | COVID-19: US Governors scramble to speed vaccine effort after slow startWith frustration rising over the sluggish rollout of the vaccine, state leaders and other politicians around the U.S. are turning up the pressure, improvising and seeking to bend the rules. |
