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Covaxin and Covishield: All you need to know about India's COVID-19 vaccines
India | Jan 16, 2021, 04:29 PM ISTAmid the rollout of the world's largest Covid-19 vaccination programme by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, here are a few things that you need to know about the two vaccines -- 'Covaxin' and 'Covishield' -- selected by the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI).
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Punjab CM Amarinder Singh writes to PM Modi for free coronavirus vaccine for poor
India | Jan 15, 2021, 09:59 PM ISTPunjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Friday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking free COVID-19 vaccination for the poor in the state.
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PM Modi to launch world's biggest Covid vaccination drive | Top Points
India | Jan 16, 2021, 08:03 AM ISTPrime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday will kick start the world's largest vaccination drive against coronavirus, almost a year after India reported the first case of the deadly infectious disease, which has claimed over 1.5 lakh lives in the country till now. It is going to be a historic moment with the commencement of the eagerly-awaited vaccination drive against the dreaded disease.
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Nepal approves use of AstraZeneca Covishield vaccine manufactured in India
World | Jan 15, 2021, 05:16 PM ISTAs country after country approves vaccine to fight coronavirus, India's neighbour Nepal has also approved use of AstraZeneca Covishield vaccine manufactured in India, Reuters reported quoting Nepal Government.
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After Chinese vaccine shows poor efficacy, Brazil sends aircraft to pick 2 million doses from India
India | Jan 15, 2021, 11:39 AM ISTBrazil is planning to send a special flight to Mumbai to lift at least two million doses of Covid-19 vaccine.
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Govt to compare COVID vaccines Covaxin, Covishield on different parameters
India | Jan 15, 2021, 10:16 AM ISTAccording to the Union Health Ministry, the comparison parameters will include vaccine platform, physical specifications, dosage, cold chain storage requirements, and minor adverse events following the immunisation.
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Vaccination centres in Delhi to scale up to 225 within a week
India | Jan 14, 2021, 09:33 PM ISTThe Delhi government is expecting to scale up the vaccination centres to 225 within a week of the Covid-19 immunisation programme launch, officials informed.
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India’s Covid-19 vaccine drive to kick off at 3,000 sites on Saturday | Watch Ground Report
News | Jan 14, 2021, 05:38 PM ISTIndia's vaccination drive against Covid-19 will be launched at around 3,000 sites on January 16 and the number of sites will be ramped up to 5,000 by the end of the month.
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Vaccine rollout plan for Delhi: List of vaccination centres, what we know
India | Jan 13, 2021, 11:23 PM ISTAs vaccines against coronavirus reaching corners of India during mass distribution drive underway ahead of January 16 launch, the robust preparations ahead of the D-day when the world's biggest immunization exercise against the Covid-19 starts, are underway at the national capital too.
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Super 100: Corona vaccine reaches major cities amid tight security
News | Jan 13, 2021, 05:40 PM ISTIndia is now geared to start its first phase of vaccination drive from January 16 with priority given to an estimated three crore healthcare workers and frontline workers.
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Do COVID19 positive patients also need the vaccine?
Lifestyle | Jan 13, 2021, 02:18 PM ISTAIIMS scientist Sanjay Rai reveals that according to the pieces of evidence gathered in the last one year, people who have tested COVID19 positive do not need the vaccine currently.
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Mumbai receives over 1.39 lakh Covishield vaccine doses: BMC
India | Jan 13, 2021, 10:41 AM ISTA minimum of 100 people will be vaccinated against COVID-19 at a single centre which will have a team of five personnel who will verify the SMS sent to the person to be inoculated, her or his identity and administer the vaccine.
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Covishield vaccine consignments arrive across various cities
India | Jan 12, 2021, 02:46 PM ISTA SpiceJet flight carrying the vaccines left for the national capital around 8 am, three hours after three trucks with the maiden consignment of the vaccines rolled out of the Serum Institute of India facility, 15 km from the airport.
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First Covishield vaccine consignment leaves Serum Institute for 13 locations
India | Jan 12, 2021, 09:53 AM ISTThree temperature-controlled trucks rolled out of the Serum Institute gates shortly before 5 am and left for Pune airport, from where the vaccines will be flown across India.
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COVID-19 vaccine race: Where they stand currently
India | Jan 09, 2021, 08:15 PM ISTAlmost a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, about 200 vaccine candidates are in the works and 10 have been either approved by several countries or are under limited emergency use.
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Covid vaccination drive in India to kick off on January 16 | Key points
India | Jan 10, 2021, 08:16 AM ISTThe vaccination drive against coronavirus will kick off on January 16, 2021. The priority will be given to the healthcare workers and the frontline workers, estimated to be around 3 crore, followed by those above 50 years and the under-50 population groups with co-morbidities numbering around 27 crore, the government said on Saturday.
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Watch how Fake News Spread Misinformation About The COVID-19 Vaccine
News | Jan 08, 2021, 06:35 PM ISTAs India gets closer to mass vaccination nation-wide rollout, it must brace up to tackle vaccine misinformation on a war footing.
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Special News: 2nd vaccination dry run across the country today
News | Jan 08, 2021, 04:18 PM ISTA second dry run to check the best way to vaccinate people against COVID-19 is taking place across 737 districts in the country today.
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UK ramps up inoculations with Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine
World | Jan 04, 2021, 02:11 PM ISTIn a shift from practices in the U.S. and elsewhere, Britain plans to give people second doses of both vaccines within 12 weeks of the first shot rather than within 21 days, to accelerate immunizations across as many people as quickly as possible.
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Is it safe for cancer, diabetic patients to take COVID-19 vaccine? Details here
India | Jan 04, 2021, 10:50 AM ISTThe Serum Institute of India, the world's largest vaccine manufacturer, has tied up with AstraZeneca to manufacture Covishield, while Covaxin has been indigenously developed by Bharat Biotech in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).