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Modi to Roll out Immunisation Drive on Saturday: Health Ministry

January 14, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Jan 14: The Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch India’s mass vaccination programme on Saturday and will also interact via the video link with some of the frontline workers across the country receiving the shots on the first day. Announcing this on Thursday, the union health ministry said he was also expected to […]

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No Choice to States and Beneficiaries between Two Vaccines: Centre, Covaxin is “Safe”: ICMR

January 13, 2021 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Jan 13: As the stage is getting set for the launch of the mass inoculation drive from Saturday, the central government on Wednesday made it clear that the states and the beneficiaries would not be given the option to choose between the two vaccines available in the country “at least as […]

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Active caseload Lowest in 197 Days, UK Strain Cases up to 102

January 13, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Jan 13: The number of persons found to be positive with the new U.K. variant genome in India has gone up to 102, the union health ministry said on Wednesday. The ministry said India’s active caseload had fallen to 2.14 lakh (2,14,507). “The share of active cases in the total positive cases has […]

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Bharat Biotech Air-shipped Covaxin to 11 Cities

January 13, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Jan 13: After the Serum Institute of India (SII), the Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech on Wednesday started dispatching its first consignment of Corona vaccine “Covaxin” to be available when India launches its mass immunization programme on January 16. A company spokesman said Bharat Biotech air-shipped its Covaxin to Ganavaram (Vijaywada), Guwahati, Patna, Delhi, Kurukshetra, […]

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COVID-19: India to spend Rs. 14,000 cr on 1st phase of vaccination

January 12, 2021 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit  NEW DELHI: India will spend nearly $1.8 billion (Rs. 14,000 crores) for the vaccination of 60 crore people in the next six to eight months as high-security transportation of vaccines to different locations commenced on Tuesday for the rollout of the world’s largest-ever vaccination drive on January 16. Interacting with the state Chief […]

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Neighbouring Countries to Get Small Quantity of Vaccines under India’s Grant-in-Aid Programme

January 12, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Jan 12: India will make Covid-19 vaccines available to neighbouring countries for emergency use authorisation under the grant-in-aid programme Official sources here said on Tuesday that soon afire India’s mass immunization programme begin on January 16, a limited quantity of Covid-19 vaccines to neighbouring countries would be send for “emergency use authorisation” while […]

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Corona Impact: Vaccines Dispatched by SII Reach Respective State Capitals, No Foreign Guest in Truncated RD Parade

January 12, 2021 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Jan 16: The Corona vaccines have taken to wings. After the government placed orders to the Serum Institute of India (SII) for the supply of 11 million doses of “Covishield” vaccine on Monday, the vaccine vials started rolling out of the manufacturing unit early on Tuesday morning in refrigerated trucks to […]

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Centre to Bear Entire Cost of Vaccinating Frontline Workers: PM, Government Place Orders to SII for Supply

January 11, 2021 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Jan 11: As the prime minister Narendra Modi announced that the centre would bear the entire expenses for the first phase of Coronavirus vaccination to three crore odd frontline workers, the government placed an order for the supply of 11 million doses of “Covishield” vaccine to the Pune-based Serum Institute of […]

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COVID-19: Britain warns, as China seals off two cities after fresh outbreak

January 11, 2021 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit  New Delhi: Even as the world, including India, braces for mass vaccination drive against the pandemic, fresh reports on Monday indicated that 2021 may also be challenging, as the killer virus causing COVID-19 mutates and spreads drug-resistant strains, infecting more people across the planet. These new indications came from China and Britain. In […]

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No New UK Variant Detected in 24 Hours, West Bengal Latest to Announce Free Vaccine

January 10, 2021 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Jan 10: While 18,645 new Covid cases were reported in the last 24 hours on Sunday, there was not a single fresh case of the new strain of coronavirus that was first located in the UK and was causing concern because of its reported 70 per cent more transferability, was recorded […]

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