Watch All India report of COVID vaccination drive
News | May 05, 2021, 01:46 PM ISTWatch All India report of COVID vaccination drive
Watch All India report of COVID vaccination drive
The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Union of India (UOI) to explain the basis and rationale adopted with respect to the pricing of Covid-19 vaccines and other necessary items.
With the vaccination process for persons aged above 18 years beginning from May 1 onwards, the government has placed an order for 45 lakh doses of Covishield for the first month.
Amid rising rising coronavirus cases across the country, long queue of people seen at BKC jumbo vaccination centre in Mumbai. From May 1 everyone above 18-yrs will also get eligible for the vaccination.
The Supreme Court has stepped into the case at a time six High Courts across the country are hearing related petitions involving the crisis of oxygen, beds and the anti-viral drug Remdesivir in hospitals.
Amid the surge of COVID-19 cases, artists came forward to motivate people about COVID-19 vaccination. Unique Society of Artist, Panchkula came up with the idea of making paintings of the vaccination on aprons to spread awareness.
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia along with his wife Seema Sisodia took first shot of the COVID-19 vaccine at Maulana Azad Medical College.
In past few days, surge in COVID-19 cases raised concerns for the government.
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Union Animal Husbandry and Dairying Minister Giriraj Singh received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine at Sadar Hospital in Begusarai on March 05.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah received the first shot of the COVID-19 vaccine on Monday. Shah was administered the vaccine under the supervision of a team of doctors led by Naresh Trehan. Shah has been holding public rallies and meetings in poll-bound states, including West Bengal, where elections are set to take place in March-April. The senior BJP leader had tested positive for the virus in August last year.
The firm, founded in 1966 in the western city of Pune, is producing millions of doses of the Covishield vaccine, developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University, for India and much of the developing world.
Nearly 16 lakh beneficiaries have received the COVID19 vaccination so far. India took only 6 days to roll out 1 million vaccine doses: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
A video of the District Health Officer of Tumkur and Principal of a government nursing college of the district has gone viral on social media claiming both just posed for the camera and did not take the coronavirus vaccine in real.
India will start supplying hundreds of thousands of doses of ‘Covishield’ vaccine on a grant basis to key neighbours beginning with 2,50,000 vaccine doses for Bhutan and Maldives. Other countries like Bangladesh and Nepal are likely to receive their supplies on Thursday.
While the plant produces multiple vaccines, the facility affected by fire did not have any production work on at the time of the incident, said the police.
Around 3 lakh healthcare workers will be inoculated at 2,934 sites across the country on the first day of the massive nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive which is set to begin from January 16.
A special vehicle carrying COVID-19 vaccines got held up Wednesday in West Bengal’s Purba Bardhaman district. It happened due to a blockade of the national highway led by minister Siddiqullah Chowdhury.
In an exclusive interview with IndiaTV Himachal Pradesh CM Jairam Thakur opens up on how the state govt will handle the vaccination program which is set to begin from Jan 16.
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