The Chief Minister of Delhi has taken stock of the preparations for the Covid-19 vaccination campaign. New Delhi: Delhi’s Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said today that his government had made all preparations for the Covid-19 vaccination program to be rolled out across India from Saturday and had reviewed the situation. …
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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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Within 24 hours of last week, an expert committee from the national drug regulator changed its decision on whether Bharat Biotech’s Covid-19 candidate vaccine could be recommended for approval without evidence of its efficacy in humans, the minutes of the committee meetings held on January 1 and 2 show. The …
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NEW DELHI: The Union Ministry of Health said Tuesday that the government is ready to implement a Covid-19 vaccine within 10 days of the approval date. The announcement means that the vaccination process in India could start no later than next week. On January 3, the Comptroller General of Drugs …
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HYDERABAD: Bharat Biotech founder and president Dr. Krishna Ella lashed out Monday at naysayers who criticized the speed at which emergency use authorization (EUA) was granted to Covaxin, the Covid-19 vaccine from the company. “We don’t deserve this backlash,” he said, urging people to stop politicizing the issue. Without naming …
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Artists put the finishing touches on a graffiti on the wall in Kolkata, honoring frontline COVID-19 warriors. (Express photo: Partha Paul) Coronavirus India Live Updates: Amid questions raised by experts and opposition about the restricted-use approval granted to Covaxin despite no efficacy data from phase III trials, Bharat Biotech MD …
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CoWIN will be the digitization platform for the launch of the COVID-19 vaccines, but please do not download any applications from Google Play at this time, as the official application has not been launched. Before downloading any application for such a sensitive matter, make sure you get the correct application …
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Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said on Monday that he will not be given the vaccine against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), saying that those belonging to the priority groups should have the preference. “I have decided that I will not get vaccinated for now. It must first be …
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The indigenous vaccine developed by Bharat Biotech with the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) will be used as a ‘backup’, only if the country needs additional doses to vaccinate large numbers of people, particularly given the possibility of an increase sudden triggered by the UK variant. And, unlike the …
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