- BBMP identifies 760 COVID-19 vaccination sitesCivic agency Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has identified 760 Covid-19 vaccination sites to inoculate 150,000 healthcare workers who have registered on the Co-Win portal and the city administration hopes to complete the immunisation of health personnel in a week.
- Covid-19: Vaccinations in Delhi to start at 89 booths“The first batch of 254,500 doses of Covishield and 20,000 doses of Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin have reached Delhi so far,” a government official said. “More batches will follow.”
- Karnataka receives first consignment of COVID-19 vaccinesAccording to official sources, the flight carrying the vaccines landed at the Kempegowda international airport here.
- COVID-19 vaccine race: Where they stand currentlyDeveloped by Bharat Biotech in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research and the National Institute of Virology, the indigenous vaccine was granted emergency use authorisation in 'clinical trial mode' by the Indian government this week.
- Denmark developing digital COVID-19 "vaccine passport""It is expected that there may be requirements from other countries to present vaccine documentation upon entry. A Danish vaccine passport can be used here," the Health Ministry said in an emailed statement on Friday.
- Covid-19 vaccination to be voluntary in nature: Health MinistryThere had been internal discussions within the ministry previously on whether a consent form would need to be signed by those who get the vaccine. Chhattisgarh health minister TS Singh Deo confirmed the vaccine would be voluntary.
- Conspiracy theories slow down Covid-19 vaccination drive in IndiaWhile Facebook has banned anti-vaccine groups, other platforms such as Twitter and WhatsApp are fuelling vaccine rumours and fear mongering. One of the bizarre conspiracy theories doing the rounds is that billionaire Bill Gates is funding some vaccine manufacturers because he wants to reduce population growth!
- UAE lowers age requirement for COVID-19 vaccines to 16The UAE, made of up seven emirates, is offering all residents and citizens free of charge a vaccine manufactured by Chinese state-backed pharmaceutical giant Sinopharm.
- WHO welcomes India's COVID-19 vaccine approvalAccording to Khetrapal, the use of vaccine in "priortised population" as well as implementation of other public health measures will be important in reducing the impact of the pandemic.
- Mayawati welcomes approval for COVID-19 vaccineRegulator on Sunday approved Oxford COVID-19 vaccine Covishield, manufactured by the Serum Institute, and indigenously developed Covaxin of Bharat Biotech for restricted emergency use in the country, paving the way for a massive inoculation drive.
- Covid-19 vaccination drive: CoWIN app troubles on day oneHealth workers faced some technical glitches while uploading data on the app about beneficiaries receiving the vaccine in some sites, as the application was reported to have slowed down.
- Dry run for COVID-19 vaccination held in KeralaIn the first phase, government and private sector health workers, medical students and Asha and Anganwadi workers would be among those who would receive the vaccine and so far, 3.13 lakh people have registered for the same, health department sources here said.
- Dry run for COVID-19 vaccination begins in Delhi"Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, Shahdara, Urban Primary Health Centre, Daryaganj, and Venkateshwar Hospital, Dwarka, are the three sites in Delhi which have been selected for the dry run of the roll out of COVID-19 vaccine in the national capital," a senior official said here on Saturday.
- Haryana: Agitating farmers try to disrupt COVID-19 vaccination driveHaryana: Agitating farmers try to disrupt COVID-19 vaccination driveHaryana: Agitating farmers try to disrupt COVID-19 vaccination drive
- Delhi: AIIMS Director Dr. Randeep Guleria receives Covid-19 vaccineWATCH | AIIMS Director Dr Randeep Guleria receives COVID-19 vaccine shot at AIIMS, Delhi.Delhi: AIIMS Director Dr. Randeep Guleria receives Covid-19 vaccine
- Mahindra Group registers interest to seek COVID-19 vaccines for employees"We have registered our interest to seek vaccines for our employees, in accordance with the priorities and sequence to be specified by the government," a Mahindra Group spokesperson said in a statement.
- Celebi Aviation operationally ready to handle COVID-19 vaccines: CompanyThe company has the infrastructure and capabilities to handle as many charters as required, at its facility and ensure a quick 'turnaround time', it said in a release.
- India to treat homegrown COVID-19 vaccine same as AstraZeneca'sAdministering Bharat Biotech's COVAXIN, a move cheered by nationalist politicians, has worried some health experts who consider it rushed, as the vaccine has only limited, "clinical-trial mode" approval. In addition to efficacy concerns, the close monitoring required for its use will be a massive challenge in a country of 1.35 billion people.
- Government funding for Covid-19 vaccine questioned“At this stage in India, when ‘R0’ has come down to below one in all states then the epidemic in India is self-limiting in that sense...so, if it is self-limiting, then should we be financing it (Covid-19 vaccine)?” Indu Bhushan, CEO of Ayushman Bharat scheme, said at a webinar on Tuesday.
- Will COVID-19 vaccines work on the new coronavirus variant?Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top U.S. infectious disease expert, said data coming from Britain indicates the vaccines still will block the virus. But the U.S. also will do tests to be sure.
- British broadcaster David Attenborough gets his shot of Covid-19 vaccineA new variant of the virus which is highly transmissible is surging across UK.
- Several Indian cities get covid-19 vaccine loads, more on the waySerum Institute vaccines were being transported to Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai, Guwahati, Shillong, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Vijayawada, Bhubaneswar, Patna, Bengaluru, Lucknow and Chandigarh, Union aviation minister Hardeep Singh Puri tweeted.
- Four more COVID-19 vaccines are in pipeline: Health MinistryAddressing a press briefing, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said Zydus Cadila, Sputnik V, Biological E and Gennova are other vaccines also in the pipeline which are in advanced clinical trials in India.
- Swiss drugs regulator approves Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccineSwitzerland has been a second-wave coronavirus hotspot, with infections totalling some 500,000 and deaths rising by dozens daily to more than 7,500.
- Government will administer COVID-19 vaccine free of cost to people: Puducherry CMIn the second phase, field staff engaged in carrying out Covid control programme would be vaccinated and it would cover those from police, revenue and local administration departments.
- First flight with COVID-19 vaccines lands in Delhi from PuneCivil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said four airlines will operate nine flights to transport 56.5 lakh doses of COVID-19 vaccine from Pune to 13 cities across the country on Tuesday.
- COVID-19 vaccination sessions held in only six states today, 2.24 lakh received jab so far says Health MinistryCOVID-19 vaccination drive: In 553 sessions, a total of 17,072 beneficiaries were vaccinated today. A total of 2,24,301 beneficiaries vaccinated so far: Health MinistryCOVID-19 vaccination sessions held in only six states today, 2.24 lakh received jab so far says Health Ministry
- First lot of COVID-19 vaccine vials to arrive in Kolkata on TuesdayThe first consignment of over 10.5 lakh vials of COVID-19 vaccines will be reaching Kolkata from Pune on Tuesday, a senior official of the state health department said.
- Explained: Where are we in the COVID-19 vaccine race?The European Union gave approval on Dec. 21 for the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE, the latest regulatory go-ahead for the shot, while the United States authorised Moderna Inc's vaccine on Dec. 19, the second for the country and the first for the company worldwide.
- Dr. Harsh Vardhan answers all queries as India kicks off world's largest COVID-19 vaccination driveNew Delhi: As India commences the world’s largest COVID-19 vaccination drive on Saturday (January 16), the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) took to Twitter to quell people’s doubts and concerns regarding the vaccination program, vaccine rollout, eligibility etc.Dr. Harsh Vardhan answers all queries as India kicks off world's largest COVID-19 vaccination drive
- COVID-19 vaccine race: Main candidates and where they standCo-developed by the University of Oxford and British-Swedish company AstraZeneca and known as Covishield in India, the vaccine was the first on which a scientific study was published based on Phase 3 clinical trials.
- China to provide COVID-19 vaccines free of charge: Government officialChina in late December approved its first vaccine for general public use. Three vaccines had already been given to limited groups at high risk of infection, including medical workers, through an emergency-use program.
- AIBEA demands inclusion of bankers in priority category for COVID-19 vaccinationLast month, all four bank officer unions demanded for inclusion of bankers as frontline COVID-19 warriors so that they can be administered the vaccine on a priority basis, given their importance in keeping wheels of the economy running.
- EU doubles COVID-19 vaccines order with Pfizer-BioNTechThe EU commission later detailed in a statement that the Commission has offered to member states to purchase an additional 200 million doses of the vaccine, with the option to acquire another 100 million doses.
- COVID-19 vaccine developed by German research group fails in early trialFurther testing has been suspended until the cause for the weak immunogenicity in the Hamburg trial involving 30 volunteers has been established, UKE said in a statement, adding that the vaccine was well tolerated.
- UAE cycling team of Tour champ Pogačar gets COVID-19 vaccineUAE Team Emirates said Friday that 27 riders and 32 staff members have had a vaccine developed by Sinopharm CNBG out of China and approved by the United Arab Emirates' Ministry of Health & Prevention.
- IMA asks its members to participate in COVID-19 vaccination drive"With the vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 at our doorsteps, it is worth remembering that indigenous vaccines have been developed after the tireless efforts of Indian scientists in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and the National Institute of Virology (NIV)," the doctors' body said.
- Seek Centre's help for free COVID-19 vaccine in Maharashtra: Devendra FadnavisThe Leader of Opposition in the assembly said the MVA government should seek the Centre's help to provide free doses to the poor and middle-class families in the state.
- WHO Europe urges safe flexibility on timing of COVID-19 vaccine dosesThe WHO's Hans Kluge's comments come as some countries including Britain are seeking to counter low vaccine supplies by extending the gap between first and second doses to up to 12 weeks, and by considering lower volume doses of some shots.
- COVID-19 vaccine contender CureVac links up with BayerCureVac, based in the German city of Tuebingen, said last month that it expects first results by the end of March from its phase 3 clinical study of the mRNA-based vaccine candidate called CVnCoV.
- Unicef launches Covid-19 vaccine market dashboardThe dashboard provides a regularly updated overview of the global research and development pipeline, the projected production capacity, publicly announced bilateral and multilateral supply agreements, as well as reported price points, Xinhua news agency quoted the Unicef as saying in a statement on Monday.
- How safe is it to switch and space COVID-19 vaccine doses?Faced with surging pandemic and new, more transmissible coronavirus variants, some countries are hoping to broaden immunisation by giving some protection to as many people as possible with a first dose, and delaying second doses.
- EU agency ponders approval for Moderna's COVID-19 vaccineThe meeting of the European Medicines Agency's human medicines committee (CHMP) comes amid high rates of infections in many EU countries and strong criticism of the slow pace of vaccinations across the region of some 450 million people.
- EU seeks more Moderna COVID-19 vaccines, eyes deals with Valneva, NovavaxThe bloc, with a population of nearly 450 million, has already booked a total of almost 2.3 billion doses from six vaccine makers. Most vaccines require two doses, and only two vaccines have so far been authorised for use in the EU. U.S. biotech firm Moderna produces one of the two shots approved by the EU - the other being from U.S. drugmaker Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech - and has already signed a contract with the bloc to supply 160 million doses.
- India wants Serum Institute to lower price of AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccineSenior officials have been discussing the terms of the deal with the Serum Institute for weeks, hoping to bring down prices below $3 per shot, one of the sources said. Serum chief executive Adar Poonawalla had said in November the vaccine would be priced at about Rs 1,000 per dose for the private market in India and would cost the government about Rs 250 per dose.
- India readies roll-out of COVID-19 vaccines for 300 million peopleAuthorities have readied some 29,000 cold storage facilities across the country and large scale vaccination dry-runs have been conducted in 125 districts encompassing all states, federal health secretary Rajesh Bhushan said on Tuesday.
- Dry run for Covid-19 vaccination across Uttar Pradesh todayDry runs to be carried out across Uttar Pradesh today in light of the DCGI approval given to 2 Covid-19 vaccines – Covishield and Covaxin. Dry run for Covid-19 vaccination across Uttar Pradesh today
- Israel's health ministry authorizes use of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccineModerna has received authorization for its COVID-19 vaccine in the United States and Canada and additional authorizations are currently under review in the European Union, Singapore, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
- COVID-19 vaccine roll out: Delhi govt finalises 89 sites, says Satyendar JainNEW DELHI:Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Sunday said the city government has finalised 89 sites to roll out the COVID-19 vaccination drive in the national capital from January 16.COVID-19 vaccine roll out: Delhi govt finalises 89 sites, says Satyendar Jain
- India's COVID-19 vaccine export ban excludes Bangladesh: MinisterIndia's drug regulator Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) on Sunday approved Oxford COVID-19 vaccine Covishield, manufactured by the Serum Institute, and indigenously developed Covaxin of Bharat Biotech for restricted emergency use in the country, paving the way for a massive inoculation drive.
- Herculean efforts paid off, Vardhan to scientists on COVID-19 vaccine approvalIndia's drugs regulator on Sunday approved Oxford COVID-19 vaccine Covishield, manufactured by the Serum Institute, and indigenously developed Covaxin of Bharat Biotech for restricted emergency use in the country, paving the way for a massive inoculation drive.
- States gear up for mass vaccination as DCGI approves Covid-19 vaccinesState health ministers are holding review meetings and onsite inspections of vaccination centres as they expect the vaccine doses to arrive over the next week and the vaccination drive to begin around January 14.
- Experts raise concerns over approval to Covid-19 vaccinesA number of medical experts and public health activists have raised concerns over grant of emergency approval to Covid-19 vaccines of Bharat Biotech and Serum Institute of India without proper efficacy data, and demanded to know on what basis these
- Pfizer applies for COVID-19 vaccine approval in JapanDrugmaker Pfizer Inc said on Friday it had applied for approval in Japan for its COVID-19 vaccine, which is already being administered in the United Kingdom and the United States.
- Kerala government will use COVID-19 vaccine as instructed by Centre: Health Minister"The Covaxin has not yet had Phase 3 trials. Approval was premature and could be dangerous. @drharshvardhanshould please clarify. Its use should be avoided till full trials are over. India can start with the AstraZeneca vaccine in the meantime," Tharoor tweeted.
- COVID-19 vaccine dry run held across Jammu & KashmirA dry run for COVID-19 vaccine administration was conducted at Urban Health Training Centre, Srinagar on Saturday. A total of 25 beneficiaries selected from Co-WIN platform participated during the mock drive. According to Union Health Ministry, the objective of the dry run for COVID-19 vaccine introduction is to assess operational feasibility in the use of COVID Vaccine Intelligence Network (Co-WIN) application in the field environment, to test the linkages between planning and implementation and to identify the challenges and guide the way forward prior to actual implementation. This is also expected to give confidence to program managers at various levels, it said. (Text: ANI)COVID-19 vaccine dry run held across Jammu & Kashmir
- Meghalaya conducts dry run for COVID-19 vaccination driveThe dry run was conducted in Ganesh Das MCH Hospital, NEIGRIHMS Hospital, Rynjah State Dispensary, Nazareth Hospital and Holy Cross Hospital where a total of 129 persons were mobilized for the dry run.
- Maharashtra: COVID-19 vaccine dry run carried out in four districtsSpecific teams were formed for various tasks by the district administrations and activities like uploading of dummy beneficiary data, session site creation, vaccine allocation, communicating vaccination details to beneficiaries and vaccinators, and beneficiary mobilisation etc are being carried out.
- Scientists outline steps for safely receiving COVID-19 vaccineAfter closer review of the data related to allergic reactions, the US FDA recommended that the mRNA vaccines, based on the genetic material of the novel coronavirus, be withheld only from individuals with a history of severe allergic reactions to any component of the COVID-19 vaccine.
- Dry run for COVID-19 vaccination underway in West Bengal"At least 75 people are participating in the programme at three centres. They have been asked to register their names for the vaccination mock drill. Their health condition will be observed for at least 30 minutes after completion of the exercise," the official said.
- India-wide COVID-19 vaccine dry run starts todayWith the objective to gear up for the roll-out of COVID-19 vaccine across the country, the dry run will be conducted by all the states and UT governments from Saturday. The activity is proposed to be conducted in all state capitals in at least 3 session sites. Some states will also include districts that are situated in difficult terrain/have poor logistical support. Maharashtra and Kerala are likely to schedule the dry run in major cities other than their capital. Watch now. (Text: ANI)India-wide COVID-19 vaccine dry run starts today
- Study offers reassurance regarding potential allergic reactions to COVID-19 vaccinesReports of possible allergic reactions to the COVID-19 vaccines produced by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna, both recently approved for emergency use by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), have raised public concern. A team of experts led by allergists at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) has now examined all relevant information to offer reassurance that the vaccines can be administered safely even to people with food or medication allergies. Watch now. (Text: ANI)Study offers reassurance regarding potential allergic reactions to COVID-19 vaccines
- Anthony Fauci calls COVID-19 vaccine rollout in US as 'disappointing'"We would have liked to have seen it run smoothly and have 20 million doses into people today by the end of 2020, which was the projection," Fauci said during an appearance on "Today", as quoted by The Hill and added, "Obviously, it didn't happen, and that's disappointing."
- Canada administers first doses of COVID-19 vaccineFive front-line workers in Ontario were among the first Canadians to receive the vaccine at one of Toronto's hospitals. Two nurses and three other workers at the Rekai Centre nursing home received the vaccine.
- UAE starts Covid-19 vaccinations in capitalThe wealthy Gulf nation is one of the first countries to start widespread inoculation, after Britain became the first to roll out a campaign using a vaccine by US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech.
- China grants conditional approval to its homegrown COVID-19 vaccineThe approval comes a day after Sinopharm said its vaccine showed 79.34 per cent efficacy and a 99.52 per cent antibody-positive conversion rate in the interim results of the Phase III clinical trials.
- How much COVID-19 vaccine will be shipped in USThe first wave of shipments is going to health care workers and nursing home residents. Officials say vaccines should be available to everyone by the middle of next year.
- Germany sees rapid EU approval of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccineGermany expects the European Union to give rapid approval to the coronavirus vaccine developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca that was cleared for use in Britain on Wednesday, its top vaccines official said.
- Bahrain approves Chinese COVID-19 vaccine for useThe Sinopharm vaccine has been approved for emergency use in a few countries and the company is still conducting late-stage clinical trials in 10 countries. Morocco is gearing up for an ambitious COVID-19 vaccination program, aiming to vaccinate 80% of its adults in an operation starting this month that's relying initially on the Sinopharm vaccine.
- Britain approves AstraZeneca/Oxford COVID-19 vaccineRegulatory endorsement is a welcome boost for AstraZeneca and the Oxford team, which have been accused of a lack of clarity about the results from late-stage trials.of the new variant but expect that their shots will be effective against it.
- Dry run of COVID-19 vaccination concludes in 2 select Punjab districtsThe districts of Ludhiana and Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar (Nawanshahr) had been selected for the dry run, aimed at testing the laid out mechanisms for the vaccination roll-out in the health system.
- Dry run for Covid-19 vaccination conducted successfully in four statesThe two-day dry run for the Covid-19 vaccination in Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Punjab and Gujarat has been successfully conducted, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Tuesday.
- Gujarat forms task force to oversee COVID-19 vaccine driveThe task force, set up by the Health and Family Welfare Department, consists of renowned pediatricians Dr Naveen Thacker and Dr Nishchal Bhatt, immunology expert Dr Sapan Pandya and Dr Bhadresh Vyas of Jamnagar Medical College and Hospital, said a government release.
- Pfizer to complete supply of COVID-19 vaccines to EU by SeptemberThe protracted timetable, which was previously unknown, confirms that the bloc, with a population of 450 million, will need vaccines from other suppliers to speed up inoculations against the coronavirus.
- Skyways ties up with SpiceJet for COVID-19 vaccine transportationUnder the collaboration, Skyways will provide cold chain transportation and storage along with dedicated last-mile connectivity, while SpiceJet will provide connectivity across its pan-India network with full temperature mapping controls, a release said.
- Security team for Philippines' Duterte gets unauthorised Chinese Covid-19 vaccineChina has four vaccines, including Sinopharm, in the final stages of development and is well advanced with mass human testing in a number of countries. But, unlike vaccines being developed by Moderna, AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson, little information has been published about the safety or efficacy of the Chinese drugs.
- Gujarat: COVID-19 vaccination dry run begins in two districts"In Gujarat, the dry run is being carried out in Rajkot district, Rajkot city, Gandhinagar district and Gandhinagar city," State Immunisation Office Dr Nayan Jani told reporters.
- SpiceJet signs pact with PLUSS to supply Covid 19 vaccine boxesWhile, transporting pharmaceutical products, biological products or vaccines in particular, the need to maintain precise temperature ranges is very important and the efficacy of vaccine can be impacted if the temperature goes above or below the specified range.
- Krishna district officials conduct dry run of COVID-19 vaccination programme"We have recorded this in the Co-WIN App and sent SMSes to the chosen patients. We have monitored the time taken for different processes and the logistics involved. This will be used in real-time simulation," the Collector told reporters.
- Myanmar after Bangladesh to procure COVID-19 vaccines from IndiaIndia’s high commissioner to Myanmar, Saurabh Kumar, met Myanmar’s health minister U Myint Htwe last week to discuss the issue of purchase of vaccines from SII, said people aware of the matter.
- Indian pharma industry's Covid-19 vaccine plansSerum Institute of India (SII) - The world's largest vaccine producer will manufacture AstraZeneca Plc's Covishield and another formulation developed by U.S. rival Novavax Inc . Organizations such the GAVI vaccine group and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation are backing both candidates for large-scale distribution around the globe.
- COVID-19 vaccine dry run in Krishna district in APThe state government picked up Krishna district for the dry run, where it will be carried out in five locations, according to Health Commissioner Katamaneni Bhaskar.
- European Union nations kick off mass COVID-19 vaccinationsThe vaccines, developed by Germany's BioNTech and American drugmaker Pfizer, started arriving in EU countries on Friday. The EU has seen some of the world's earliest and hardest-hit virus hot spots, including Italy and Spain.
- Hyderabad set to emerge as global hub for Covid-19 vaccine in 2021The vaccine development process by Bharat Biotech, Biological E Ltd and Aurobindo Pharma are currently in various stages, while Dr Reddy's and Hetero have tie ups for manufacturing the vaccine.
- COVID-19 vaccine shipments arrive across EU before rolloutThe rollout marks a moment of hope for a region that includes some of the world's earliest and worst-hit virus hot spots, including Italy and Spain, and others, like the Czech Republic, that were spared the worst early on only to see their health care systems near their breaking points in the fall.
- Karnataka Covid -19 vaccination: Turnout drops on Sunday, govt to add more centres on MondayAs of Sunday evening, the government had vaccinated 17,308 persons as against the targeted 27,753 people. While Saturday saw 63% of targeted persons turning up, the turnout on Sunday was much lower at 58%.
- Indian garment exporters start getting orders again with Covid-19 vaccination roll outFashion brands have started placing fresh orders for the summer-spring season, as they expect consumption in top European and North American markets to pick up in the next few weeks with the roll out of the vaccination, said Sanjay Jain, chief executive of PDS Multinational Fashions which supplies to brands like Zara, Walmart, Mango and Superdry.
- Bayer aims to help CureVac with COVID-19 vaccine output, says CEOThough inoculation campaigns have started around the world using various COVID-19 vaccines, many countries say their ability to get shots into arms is being limited by lower than expected supplies owing to a shortage of production.
- Uttar Pradesh: Highest number of COVID-19 vaccines administered on first day of inoculationPrime Minister Narendra Modi launched the vaccination drive while reassuring the country that emergency use authorisation was given to two Made in India vaccines only after scientists were convinced of their safety and effectiveness, and urged people to beware of propaganda and rumours.
- Covid-19 vaccination drive: 1,91,181 people vaccinated; no post-vaccine hospitalisation, says Health MinistryIndia on Saturday successfully rolled out the first phase of nationwide Covid-19 vaccination drive, inoculating around 1,91,181 people across the country with the first dose. The Health Ministry stated that not a single case of post-vaccination hospitalisation has been reported so far. SII-produced Covidshield was supplied to all States/UTs, while Bharat Biotech's Covaxin was sent to 12 States.Covid-19 vaccination drive: 1,91,181 people vaccinated; no post-vaccine hospitalisation, says Health Ministry
- 4 states part of dry run for COVID-19 vaccination drivePunjab health minister Balbir Singh said that the United Nations Development Programme and the World Health Organization will be supporting this activity.
- COVID-19 vaccination drive: Assam CM attends the session site at Assam Medical College and HospitalSonowal while handling over a freezer box containing vaccines urged upon the administering officials to maintain a humane approach, educate the recipients of the vaccines to make the drive fruitful.
- Want to see Covid-19 vaccination underway in every country in next 100 days: Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHOAs the world yet again grapples with huge number cases of coronavirus due to the new mutated variants of the deadly Covid-19 virus, several countries have initiated massive vaccination drives to fight back the microscopic enemy. In light of these developments, World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus urged fairness to the access of Covid-19 vaccines, and said he would like to see “vaccination underway in every country in the next 100 days”.Want to see Covid-19 vaccination underway in every country in next 100 days: Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO
- COVID-19 vaccine: BJP leaders take dig at Rahul Gandhi for no word of appreciation for scientistsBJP I-T department head Amit Malviya tweeted, "Rahul Gandhi raised doubts on govt's effort to roll out Covid vaccine. But on a day when India undertakes the largest vaccine drive, after Modi admin approved two Made in India vaccines, not a single tweet! Not a word of appreciation for Indian scientists and health workers too?"
- Healthcare workers at Delhi hospital treated with chocolates, cakes, juices after COVID-19 vaccine shotsDr Ajeet Jain, nodal officer of COVID-19 and cardio surgeon at the hospital, said, "The gift hampers were not pre-planned. It just happened and we are happy that they brought smiles on the faces of volunteers. We will think about whether to continue or not."
- Covid-19 vaccination drive: Safety proven without doubt, says NITI Aayog member VK PaulNITI Aayog Member (Health) Dr VK Paul said that phase 3 trial of Pfizer, Moderna is still going on but the benefits are overwhelming compared to risk. “World has decided to move forward, take benefit and ensure what's needed in this stage,” he said. “Safety proven without doubt on thousands and thousands of individuals. We should respect the scientific processes that unfolded in extremely different, difficult and unusual circumstances. Today, 2 great vaccines are available. Whatever vaccine you're allotted, please take it,” he added. Covid-19 vaccination drive: Safety proven without doubt, says NITI Aayog member VK Paul
- PM Modi cautions against 'propaganda' as he launches India's COVID-19 vaccination drivePM Narendra Modi Saturday launched India's COVID-19 vaccination campaign and asserted that the 'made-in-India' vaccines being rolled out will ensure a 'decisive victory' for the country over the pandemic and cautioned citizens against falling prey to any 'propaganda' and rumours. He reminded people that two doses of vaccine are very important and asked them to maintain wearing masks and social distancing even after receiving the jabs. During his speech, the Prime Minister turned emotional as he spoke of the disruption the pandemic caused to people's lives and also referred to sacrifices made by healthcare and frontline workers. Watch highlights from PM Modi's address. (Text: PTI)PM Modi cautions against 'propaganda' as he launches India's COVID-19 vaccination drive
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