Tag: Covid vaccine
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‘Tika Utsav’ a damp squib in Bihar due to acute vaccine shortage
Before the announcement of “Tika Utsav”, the state had been vaccinating around 2.5 lakh people each day. Post announcement, the government planned to speed up the campaign further by targeting some four lakh beneficiaries each day but the plan has proved to be a big failure in the absence of sufficient doses of vaccines. The four-day “Tika Utsav” began on 11 April.
April 15, 2021 -
Amarinder: Anger against Centre over farm laws impacting vaccination drive
Since Punjab has a majority population among the agriculture community, even the common man is affected by the farmers’ agitation, he said, adding “this anger is impacting the vaccination drive.”
April 11, 2021 -
Dose shortage hits Covid vaccination in Mumbai
Gandhi also sought more say to state governments in vaccine procurement and distribution.
April 10, 2021 -
Salman Khan gets first jab of Covid vaccine
"Took my first dose of vaccine today...." tweeted the 55-year-old actor.
March 24, 2021 -
Close to 3 crore COVID vaccine doses administered in India
These include 73,47,895 HCWs (1st dose), 42,95,201 HCWs (2nd dose), 73,32,641 FLWs (1st dose) and11,35,573 FLWs (2nd Dose), 14,40,092 beneficiaries aged more than 45 years with specific co-morbidities (1st Dose) and 81,87,007 beneficiaries aged more than 60 years.
March 14, 2021 -
COVID Vaccination: Over 2 lakh doses administered to senior citizens, 45+
The cumulative figures include 93,03,048 healthcare workers and 53,43,219, it added.
March 2, 2021 -
‘PM Modi demonstrated he is a true leader’, says Narayana Murthy on PM visiting AIIMS to receive his first dose of COVID vaccine
"The prime minister demonstrated he is a true leader," Murthy told ET, while sharing the experience of receiving the first dose of Covishield, along with wife Sudha Murty, at Narayana Hrudayalaya in Bengaluru.
March 2, 2021 -
5.2 million vaccinated against Covid-19
Fourteen states/UTs have reported no deaths in the last 24 hours, the data revealed.
February 6, 2021 -
Pfizer’s Covid vax not allowed yet for emergency use in India
Besides, the SEC noted that the firm has not proposed any plan to generate safety and immunogenicity data "in Indian population".
February 6, 2021 -
Pfizer withdraws application for Covid vaccine in India
Pfizer will continue to engage with the authority and resubmit its approval request with additional information as it becomes available in the near future.
February 5, 2021 -
2.28 lakh people vaccinated on Day 7, 267 adverse events reported
A total of 267 cases of Adverse Effect After Vaccination (AEFI) have been reported till 6 pm on the seventh day of the vaccination drive.
January 23, 2021 -
5 killed in fire at Serum Institute of India plant, Covid vaccine safe
According to the official statement, five persons, including one woman, had died in the fire and their bodies were found during the cooling operations.
January 21, 2021 -
Not dependent on Centre for vaccines: Hakim
Hakim while addressing a public rally chose to clarify to the people that “vaccine is not a private property of the central government. Every state pays taxes to the centre and it is with that money that a central government is able to run the country” he said.
January 19, 2021 -
Amarinder rolls out Covid-19 vaccination for 1.74 lakh HCWs
Speaking to reporters, the CM said it was his desire to get vaccinated first but in accordance with the directives of the Centre government, only HCWs could be covered in the first phase. “I would definitely get myself vaccinated in the next phase,” said Amarinder Singh.
January 17, 2021 -
Covid vaccination drive to kick off on 16th January, says PM Modi
The Prime Minister took a detailed and comprehensive review of the status of COVID management covering various issues.
January 9, 2021 -
‘Getting vaccinated for COVID-19 will be voluntary’: Health Ministry lists SOPs for vaccination
It also said that protective level of antibodies generally develop two weeks after receiving the second dose.
December 19, 2020 -
‘Covid vaccine to be available in India soon’: Prakash Javadekar
"India has been able to handle the crisis well under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi who recognised the crisis early," said Javadekar adding that the pandemic has caused major upsets in countries across the globe.
December 14, 2020