The BMC will start the inoculation drive with 35 centres across Mumbai.

The Centre aims to inoculate all of the country's estimated 944 million adults by December, a target health experts have said is ambitious, as only 8 percent of that number is currently vaccinated with the mandatory two doses.

On the capacity front in 2021, Moderna expects to produce 800 million to 1 billion doses, and 2022 it plans to triple that capacity.

Patel said the company is targeting to supply 4 crore doses of ZyCoV-D by end of December, and possibly 5 crore by end of January. Zydus has capacity to manufacture 10-12 crore doses of ZyCoV-D annually.

Justice P B Suresh Kumar said that if the central and state governments can permit persons traveling abroad to choose between early and better protection from COVID-19, there is no reason why the same privilege cannot be extended to those here who want early…

According to RDIF, the single-dose Sputnik Light vaccine demonstrated 79.4 percent efficacy

India is nearing a level where there is sufficient stock to sustain the vaccination drive, according to Poonawalla.

On the 257th day of the COVID-19 vaccination drive, 34.53 lakh individuals received their first shot and 30.81 lakh their second dose.

Mandaviya visits hometown Palitana in Gujarat and goes door to door as part of the government's 'Har Ghar Dastak' campaign.

This means booster doses will be needed for those looking to travel to the bloc after the completion of nine months since their inoculations (second dose).