The mega COVID-19 vaccination drive began in India on January 16.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the drive and around 100 healthcare workers will get vaccinated at each session site on the inaugural day.
Manish Kumar, a sanitation worker, became the first person to receive COVID-19 vaccine jab at AIIMS. In the first phase of COVID-19 vaccination drive, healthcare workers will receive the vaccine.
The beneficiaries reached to their respective health centres.
Two COVID vaccines have been approved in India- Pune-based SII's 'Covishield' and Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech's 'Covaxin'.
Bharat Biotech's Covaxin has demonstrated 77.8% efficacy in phase 3 trials, reported ANI quoting sources. The Hyderabad-based firm had earlier submitted the.. IndiaTimes
Bharat Biotech's Covaxin is 77.8 per cent effective in protecting against COVID-19 according to data from Phase III trials conducted on 25,800 participants across India. The data was submitted to the DCGI over the weekend.
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Chancellor Rishi Sunak has said it is his "hope and expectation" that the government will lift all remaining Covid restrictions on July 19th, saying the UK will have got "extra jabs in more people's arms" during the four-week delay. Report by Buseld. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Dr Paul said that the third wave of the pandemic can be stopped if COVID-appropriate behaviour is followed and majority of the people get vaccinated. DNA
Mehbooba Mufti named Pakistan before PM Modi's meeting on Jammu and Kashmir. The major parties of the Gupkar Alliance have agreed to attend the all-party meeting to be chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on June 24 regarding Jammu and Kashmir. It was decided in this meeting that all the parties would attend the meeting of the PM.
Jammu Kashmir को लेकर 24 जून को PM Modi की अध्यक्षता में होने वाली सर्वदलीय बैठक में शामिल होने के लिए Gupkar Alliance के प्रमुख दल राजी हो गए हैं. इस बैठक में तय हुआ कि सभी दल पीएम की बैठक में शामिल होंगे.
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Today, Jammu and Kashmir's Gupkar Alliance said they will attend the all-party meeting scheduled for this Thursday with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
For previous updates watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haS0Sy_eS8M
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said the focus must be on repairing and preparing the health infrastructure as well as the economy for future challenges. With most states recording a drop in Covid cases and deaths, restrictions put in place to break the chain of transmission are being gradually lifted. Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan tweeted Wednesday that The decision to increase the gap between two doses of the Covishield vaccine was transparent and based on scientific data.
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Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan tweeted Wednesday that The decision to increase the gap between two doses of the Covishield vaccine was transparent and based on scientific data. He wrote, 'The decision to increase the gap between administering two doses of Covishield has been taken in a transparent manner based on scientific data. India has a robust mechanism to evaluate data. It is unfortunate that such an important issue is being politicised!"
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Serum Institute of India (SII) and Bharat Biotech (BB) are seeking higher prices for Covid-19 vaccines from the Centre amid concerns that the cost of Covishield.. IndiaTimes
Novavax in collaboration with Indian drug manufacturer Serum Institute of India is manufacturing these vaccines for India and low-income countries. DNA
The uncertain path to authorisation in the US for Novavax despite passing the efficacy test with an impressive score of 90.4% might see India emerge as a major.. IndiaTimes
Novavax Inc on Monday reported late-stage data from its U.S.-based clinical trial showing its vaccine is more than 90% effective against COVID-19 across a variety of variants of the virus. Emer McCarthy reports.
The Delta variant identified as B.1.617.2 of SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus detected in India is believed to be the most infectious to have emerged so far; According to the vaccination distribution plan of the Centre, it will consider a number of factors of states before allocating Coronavirus vaccines to them; The National Institute of Virology in Pune has identified yet another variant of the Covid-19 virus; A court at Durban in South Africa has sentenced a great-granddaughter of Mahatma Gandhi to seven years in jail.
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At least eight persons have died in an incident of fire reported at a private company in pune; The Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Monday sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s intervention to stop spread of misinformation on the ongoing Covid-19 crisis and attack on doctors. All this and more news at 9 PM.
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The Indian Air Force (IAF)'s C-17 aircraft airlifted two more oxygen tankers from Pune and will land in Gujarat's Jamnagar. IAF has started airlifting big oxygen tankers from their place of use to the filling stations across the country to speed up the distribution of much-needed oxygen amid the COVID-19 crisis. This comes amid oxygen shortage in various parts of the country as the number of COVID-9 cases and deaths continue to rise.
Healthcare workers across the country are working under tremendous pressure amid the second wave of COVID-19. So excruciating is the condition that a doctor in Pune continues to look after patients despite losing his father to the pandemic and his mother and brother, too, are admitted to hospital. Explaining his "difficult situation", Dr Mukund, Director of Sanjeevan Hospital, said the staff cannot rest their eyes as the workload is very extreme. Pune city has over 1 lakh active infections, and is the worst-hit city in Maharashtra.
Corbevax may hold huge potential since the vaccine being developed by Hyderabad-based Biological E may be sold at a low price of Rs 250 for two doses. DNA
Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech's pre-submission meeting has been scheduled on June 23 for evaluation of the World Health Organisation (WHO)'s Emergency Use.. IndiaTimes
Another healthcare worker in Telangana who was vaccinated against Covid-19 earlier this month has died. This is the third such incident that has come to light in the state since India commenced the..
India, which is running the world's biggest COVID-19 vaccination drive, is the fastest in vaccinating its citizens, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his address in 'Mann ki Baat'. "We are not..
India reported 13,052 new COVID-19 cases and 13,965 discharges in last 24 hours. The COVID tally of the country stood at 1,07,46,183 with 1,68,784 active cases. Over a half a million people have been..
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