Lessons from one year of COVID-19
By News Desk| Published: 2nd February 2021 6:22 pm IST Vijayawada: A corporation worker fumigates chemical smoke during fumigation drive amid the ongoing COVID-19 lockdown, in Vijayawada, Monday, May 25, 2020. (PTI Photo)
Kalyani Shankar
Anniversaries are a mark of looking back and also looking to the future. The world had remembered one year of COVID-19 outbreaks on January 21, when the first case of Novel Coronavirus was reported in Wuhan. As it spread to other countries, the world woke up, and the World Health Organization declared it a pandemic.
The Novel Coronavirus was indeed novel, and scientists and doctors cannot find the real reason for its spread till today. Now millions of people are getting vaccinated amidst myths and truth about the efficacy of the vaccines.
Telangana administers only Covishield on Day 1
By IANS| Updated: 17th January 2021 12:44 am IST
Hyderabad, Jan 16 : No Covid-19 vaccine beneficiary in Telangana was administered Covaxin on Saturday, the first day of the vaccination programme.
The vaccine manufactured by Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech was not used for the rollout. All the beneficiaries in the state were given only Covishield, which has been manufactured by Serum Institute of India (SII), Pune.
At the launch of vaccination at Gandhi Hospital, state health minister Eatala Rajender said only Covishield will be administered as per the guidelines of the Union Ministry Of Health and Family Welfare.
Health officials said 90 per cent of targetted 4,200 beneficiaries were administered the vaccine at 140 centres across 33 districts.