Covid 19
COVID-19 Vaccination: Over 2.24 lakh people receive jab in first 2 days, 64% turn up recorded
States like Delhi, Assam and Jammu and Kashmir reported a decent turnout of 54%, whereas other states such as Tamil Nadu, Punjab, Tripura and union territory Puducherry recorded low turnout of the beneficiaries in the range of 22-34%.
Covid-19 Vaccination: 447 adverse events across India post-immunization, 3 serious
Meanwhile, as many as 2,24,311 beneficiaries have received doses of Covid vaccines in 553 sessions of vaccination till Sunday held across the country, the ministry added. A 22-year-old security guard at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, was admitted in the intensive care unit (ICU) after he developed an allergic reaction here following inoculation a day ago.
Third peak of corona in Delhi almost down now: Satyender Jain
Pointing out that the vaccination drive against coronavirus was rolled out at 81 health centers across Delhi on Saturday, the Minister confirmed that one serious adverse reaction case had been reported from All India Institute of Medical Sciences here.
4 more Covid vaccines in different stages of trial: Serum Institute of India
Jadhav informed during a webinar that the firm has been working on five vaccines against the novel coronavirus, including the Covishield which got approval for emergency use roll-out for mass immunization drive began on Saturday.
Covaxin efficacy meets WHO standards, safe to use: Joint Drugs Controller
Speaking at the JITO Professional Forum (JPF) through video conferencing, Reddy said that according to the World Health Organization (WHO), the minimum efficacy of any vaccine should be at least 50 per cent, which is considered as the passing mark for any vaccine.
From lockdown to unlock, people's living standards deteriorated: Survey
However, people are hopeful that their living standards will improve in the next one year. The survey was carried out among over 30,000 respondents across the country, covering all the 543 Lok Sabha constituencies.
India to begin world's largest immunisation exercise today
The world's biggest vaccination drives comes almost a year after the first coronavirus case was detected in India, which then claimed over 1.5 lakh lives and infected one crore people. The first case came to the fore on January 30, 2020 in Kerala. The vaccination drive will mark the beginning of the end of the pandemic.
Dr Reddy's receives approval for Phase 3 clinical trial of Sputnik vaccine
The Phase 3 study of Sputnik V will be conducted on 1500 subjects as part of the randomised, double-blind, parallel-group, placebo-controlled study in India, the Hyderabad-based company said in a statement.
EC nod to use its data for COVID vaccination drive; wants data to be deleted after exercise is over
On December 31 last year, Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla wrote to Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora requesting the commission's help in identifying people above 50 years of age at the polling station level. On the issue of data security, the home secretary wrote that the government is complying with the current best practices for ensuring cyber security.
Covid-19 Vaccination: Centre disapproves administration of Covaxin to those below 18 years
A letter from the office of additional secretary at the union health ministry carrying a comparative factsheet for the two Covid vaccines approved for emergency authorisation revealed that the government has "not recommended" their authorisation to people below 18 years of age.
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