Only 1 in 10 jabs after four weeks. Only about one in 10, or about 23,628 healthcare workers, were vaccinated with the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on February 13, according to data from the Health Ministry. February 13 was an important day in India’s COVID-19 vaccination schedule marking …
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NEW DELHI: India’s vaccine diplomacy moved forward with the shipment of 1 lakh anti-Covid injections to Oman, a close partner in the Gulf, after having supplied the jabs to immediate neighbors. By the end of this week, India plans to send more than 5 lakhs of doses to Afghanistan. India …
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The world’s largest vaccination campaign against the new coronavirus will begin on Saturday when India begins vaccinating three million million of its front-line workers. In the first phase, two indigenous vaccines, Covaxin and Covishield, will be administered to the priority groups. More than one crore and 5.27 lakh people have …
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India will administer injections to three million frontline workers in phase one. There are 3,006 session sites across the country, where every 100 recipients will receive either of the two indigenous vaccines from India, Covaxin or Covishield. Each beneficiary must receive two doses of the same vaccine, 28 days apart. …
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India will launch one of the largest vaccination programs in the world today. New Delhi: India will launch one of the world’s largest vaccination programs with domestically manufactured vaccines on Saturday, one developed by the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca, the other by Bharat Biotech International with a state institute. …
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Covid Vaccine: The Hyderabad-based vaccine maker will launch 14 shipments from its factory today. Hyderabad: The first batches of Covaxin, Bharat Biotech’s coronavirus vaccine, left Hyderabad early this morning for Delhi and 10 other cities, a day after the Serum Institute of India launched its COVID-19 vaccine ahead of the …
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The Center will bear the cost of vaccinating health care and frontline workers of Rs 3 million in the first phase of the vaccination campaign against the novel coronavirus disease, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told senior ministers on Monday. . The Prime Minister highlighted three critical aspects of vaccine administration: …
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India is scheduled to start its Covid-19 vaccination campaign on January 16, the central government announced in a press release on Saturday. In its first phase, priority will be given to around 3 million frontline workers, followed by around 27 million people over 50 and others with comorbidities. Prime Minister …
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“I have been in contact with senior Chinese officials and once again I have made it clear that the mission is a priority for the WHO,” he said of the trip that he said took place with Beijing. The mission was to be led by Peter Ben Embarek, the WHO’s …
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Mumbai, which became a Covid-19 hotspot in March, is set to begin immunizing 1.26 lakhs of healthcare workers from the day. Stock of vaccines arrives. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has 1,367 trained vaccinators on hand and plans to immunize 8,000 to 12,000 people in one day at eight centers …
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