CoWIN glitches again slow down inoculation drive in Mumbai
Technology | January 19, 2021 22:38 ISTOn the second day of COVID-19 inoculation drive in the city, the civic body managed to administer vaccines to only 50 per cent of the targeted number.
On the second day of COVID-19 inoculation drive in the city, the civic body managed to administer vaccines to only 50 per cent of the targeted number.
India on Tuesday announced it would supply COVID-19 vaccines under grant assistance to Bhutan, Maldives, Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar and Seychelles, from Wednesday, January 20.
The Union Health Ministry on Tuesday said that a nasal vaccine candidate has been identified and it could be a "game-changer". The ministry also called upon people to end vaccine hesitancy as India was in a comfortable situation, assuring that both the vaccines against COVID-19 were safe.
Over 3.8 lakh people have been inoculated for coronavirus in the country so far. More than 500 adverse events following immunisation were reported, accorrding to Union Health Ministry's latest data provided Monday night.
The head of the World Health Organization says it’s “not right” that younger, healthier adults in rich countries get vaccinated against COVID-19 before older people in poorer countries.
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Several Trinamool Congress leaders, including two MLAs, were among the people who received the Covid-19 vaccine in West Bengal's Purba Bardhaman district on Saturday.
As many as 2,24,301 people have been inoculated with COVID-19 vaccine so far, the Union Health Ministry said on Day two of the nationwide vaccination drive on Sunday.
In yet another controversy over COVID vaccine rollout, many healthcare workers alleged that they could not get the jab as several TMC netas got it first.
The health department official, who is also a prominent doctor, said the experts are examining her condition as of now, and the analysis might take some time.
Earlier, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) stated that COVID-19 vaccination was temporarily suspended till January 18 due to technical issues with Co-WIN App.
The SII has partnered with Novavax Inc to manufacture its potential Covid-19 vaccine for India and other countries.
As Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched India's COVID-19 vaccination drive, many from the Indian film industry took to social media to recognise the efforts of scientists, doctors and healthcare workers.
Adar Poonawalla took to Twitter and shared a video on his account of taking the Covishield vaccine himself which has been manufactured by his company.
BJP Lok Sabha MP from Gautam Buddha Nagar and former Union minister Mahesh Sharma on Saturday became the first public representative to get the Covid vaccine shot as a medical practitioner in Noida at Kailash Hospital.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday urged people not to believe in rumours and listen to experts who say COVID-19 vaccines are safe, as the world's largest immunisation programme against the disease began in the country.
A government hospital sweeper and nurses were among the first recipients of COVID-19 vaccine in Andhra Pradesh as the programme was launched in the state on Saturday by Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy.
As the nationwide vaccination drive against coronavirus begins, 20 ITBP personnel posted in Leh received the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine on Saturday.
In world's biggest vaccination drive, a sanitation worker, Manish Kumar, became first person to receive COVID-19 vaccine jab at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi.
A hospital worker became the first person in Goa to receive the coronavirus vaccine on Saturday, health officials said.
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