नयी दिल्ली : भारत सरकार की ओर से गठित टीकाकरण विशेषज्ञ समूह कोविशील्ड (Covishield) की दूसरी खुराक के अंतराल को कम करने का विचार कर रहा है. दो डोज के बीच का अंतराल बढ़ाकर जो 12 सप्ताह किया गया है उसकी भी समीक्षा की जा रही है. एक शीर्ष सरकारी विशेषज्ञ ने शुक्रवार को कहा कि कई देशों के नये वैज्ञानिक प्रमाण बताते हैं कि कोरोना वैक्सीन (Corona Vaccine) का सिंगल डोज कोरोनावायरस के डेल्टा (Coronavirus Delta) वेरिएंट पर प्र
Updated Apr 12, 2021 | 00:11 IST
The Tika Utsav , a special nationwide COVID-19 vaccination programme, began on April 11 and will continue till April 14. COVID-19 vaccine | Photo Credit: PTI
Key Highlights
Today, 63,800 Covid vaccination centres were operational across India
New Delhi: The first day of Tika Utsav saw more than 27 lakh vaccine doses administered to people, confirmed the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Sunday. The total number of doses given in the country stands at 10.43 crore.
Tika Utsav is a special nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive which began on April 11 and will continue till April 14. It was initiated on the directions of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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(Inputs from Geeta Mohan)
20:54 PM IST: Covid-19 vaccines were administered in all 33 districts on Telangana on Tuesday. Data released by the state government s health department said 51,997 recipients received the Covid-19 vaccine on Tuesday during 894 sessions as against the target of 73,673. This puts the percentage of beneficiaries vaccinated today against the planned target at 71 per cent.
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(L-R): Covishield; Illustration by Bandeep Singh; Covaxin
The mega vaccination drive has already kicked off across with India with
over 3.8 lakh people inoculated with the Covid-19 vaccine so far. Besides, 580 adverse events following immunisation were reported in the country and two out of seven people who developed severe adverse symptoms after receiving the first jab died.
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The vaccine is to be administered in Delhi on four scheduled days of the week Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday.
Healthcare workers in the national capital are taking into consideration the experience of their colleagues on possible side-effects of coronavirus vaccines. Besides, they are also scouring newspapers and the internet to get accurate information about side-effects.
A 24-year-old nursing staff at Moolchand Medcity, named Jay Mahawer told PTI news agency that he has been reading about vaccines and their side-effects on the internet.