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Minimum Side Effects, Fear of Vaccines Should Go Away in Few Days: Medical Experts

January 18, 2021 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Jan 18: Even though India’s mass inoculation programme is still suffering from the crisis of confidence with more than 40 per cent of the frontline workers listed for vaccination not turning up in the first three days of the drive, the health experts are confident that the move will start picking […]

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COVID-19: ‘New British variant to dominate the US in 2021’

January 18, 2021 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Two days before President-elect Joe Biden takes oath as the 46th US President, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has warned America that a new, more transmissible variant of the coronavirus, first discovered in the United Kingdom recently, could become the dominant circulating strain in the US by March […]

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No Adverse Effects of Vaccines in Maharashtra, Kolkata Nurse Stable: Government

January 17, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Jan 17: The Maharashtra government has refuted reports of adverse reaction to some patients after receiving the Covid vaccination on the first day of the mass immunization drive in the country on Saturday. The Maharashtra health minister Rajesh Tope said on Sunday that there had been no report of adverse reaction or side […]

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Congress – Minister Spat over Efficacy of Covaxin

January 16, 2021 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Jan 16: The compulsive critic Manish Tiwari, a senior Congress leader, received a mouthful from the union health minister Harsh Vardhan for expressing doubts over the efficacy and safety of one of the two vaccines that formed part in India’s massive immunization drive on Saturday. Though some doctors had also questioned […]

Launch one of the world’s largest COVID-19 vaccination campaigns at a government-run hospital, in Kolkata

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Historic Vaccination Drive Begins in India with Inoculation of Frontline Workers

January 16, 2021 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Jan 16: As the prime minister Narendra Modi gave the nod at 10.30 A.M. on Saturday, India took its best foot forward in the fight against Covid pandemic launching the mass immunization programme that is expected to enable the countrymen to slowly return to normal lives. As an emotional prime minister […]

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DCGI Approves Phase III Clinical Trial of Sputnik V

January 16, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Jan 16: Even as India launched its mass immunization drive with two made in India vaccines on Saturday, the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) gave approval for the phase III clinical trials of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine against Covid-19 in the country. Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, which had tied up with the manufacturer […]

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Bharat Biotech to Pay Compensation In case of Serious Side Effects of Covaxin

January 16, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Jan 16: Amidst some apprehensions expressed from various quarters over the efficacy of the indigenous Covaxin vaccine, its manufacturer Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech has agreed to pay compensation if it caused serious side effects to the recipient. The assurance is given in the consent form the government has made it mandatory for all recipients […]

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Adverse Impacts of Vaccines, None Very Serious: Manufacturers

January 15, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Jan 15: With India standing on the threshold of launching the world’s biggest immunization drive, the government has cautioned people against some possible adverse impacts on receiving the Coronavirus vaccine. However, none of the adverse events recorded so far were of any serious nature and could be overcome with some mild dose of […]

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Night Curfew to Remain in Force in Four Gujarat Cities till January End

January 15, 2021 Editor In Chief

AHMEDABAD, Jan 15: Even as fresh cases of coronavirus are on decline in Gujarat, Chief Minister Vijay Rupani on Friday asserted that night curfew will remain in place in four major cities in the state for 15 more days as a precautionary measure. The state government had earlier extended the night curfew in Ahmedabad, Surat, […]

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ECI Ready to Make Electoral Data Available for Vaccination Drive

January 15, 2021 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Jan 15: The Election Commission of India is learnt to have agreed to provide the electoral list to the government to help in the mass immunization programme scheduled to begin from Saturday with the green signal to be given by the prime minister Narendra Modi. The ECI sources said the decision […]