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The National Centre for Disease Informatics and Research, ICMR, released a document titled "Guidance for appropriate recording of COVID-19 related deaths in India". [2] In March 2020, the first two COVID-19 infected people to die in India officially died due to their co-morbidities and not COVID-19. [3]
This is a list of the States of India ranked in order of percentage of children between 12–23 months of age who received all recommended vaccines, including all required doses of the BCG vaccine, Hepatitis B vaccine, polio vaccine, DPT vaccine, and the MMR vaccine. This information was compiled from National Family Health Survey - 4 and 5 ...
On 20 August 2021, India granted emergency authorization to Zydus Cadila's vaccine ZyCoV-D, the world's first DNA plasmid-based COVID-19 vaccine, for patients 12 and older. India granted emergency use approval to the world's first DNA based COVID-19 vaccine, manufactured by for adults and children aged 12 years and above. The vaccine is ...
A 2018 study into Cambodia's national immunization program found wastage rates of 0% to 60% depending on location and vaccination type. [3]A study from India which collected Universal Immunisation Programme data from two different locations (Kangra and Pune districts) between January 2016 to December 2017 found wastage rates that differed according to vaccine type, reuse type, vial size ...
Somehow India's population does not demand vaccines, which could be a result of lack of public health education. [13] India also has pseudoscience activists promoting vaccine hesitancy. [13] Some research has suggested that community engagement (CE) may be especially important to consider in supporting vaccination in India.
India surpassed 13 million total cases as the country recorded another record daily case count, 131,968, and 780 new deaths. [15] Many states, including Maharashtra, Odisha and Punjab reported vaccine shortages, and many districts in Maharashtra were forced to suspend vaccine drives.
As of 24 January 2025, according to Indian government figures, India has the second-highest number of confirmed cases in the world (after the United States of America) with 45,044,573 [4] reported cases of COVID-19 infection and the third-highest number of COVID-19 deaths (after the United States and Brazil) at 533,661 [4] deaths.
Vaccine Maitri ("Vaccine Friendship") [1] is a humanitarian initiative undertaken by the Indian government to provide COVID-19 vaccines to countries around the world. [2] The government started providing vaccines from 20 January 2021. As of 21 February 2022, India had delivered around 16.29 crore (162.9 million) doses of vaccines to 96 ...