Updated Jan 30, 2021 | 11:11 IST
The lady got the vaccine on January 18 at Nizamia Hospital. The hospital served as an isolation centre but she never tested positive all this while. Hyderabad hospital nurse tests positive ten days after getting Covid vaccine | Photo Credit: AP
Hyderabad: Nizamia Hospital’s head nurse, a 57-year-old lady, has tested positive for Covid days after getting the vaccine.
The lady got the vaccine on January 18 at Nizamia. According to the
Hans India, later, she complained of loss of taste, fever, dizziness etc. After taking RAT for Covid, the lady was declared positive on January 28. Before receiving the vaccine, she had never contracted Covid despite the fact that during the lockdown, Nizamia was designated as treatment centre of level-I for Covid suspected cases.
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Reluctance to take vaccines is jeopardising the world s biggest Covid jabs campaign with even health workers in India apparently wary of receiving shots.
Barely half of Indian doctors and nurses are showing up to vaccine appointments, prompting forecasts that the world s second most populous nation is dramatically behind vaccination targets.
Emergency use authorisation was granted to two vaccines being manufactured in the country, the AstraZeneca/Oxford University jab and Bharat Biotech’s state-funded Covaxin, on January 3. However, the Covaxin jab has yet to complete phase three trials.
New Delhi’s goodwill gesture to ship Covid-19 vaccines, which are being manufactured locally by the Serum Institute of India (SII), to all but three SAARC countries has triggered a smear campaign against India in neighbouring China.
Updated Jan 25, 2021 | 14:10 IST
The Indian government s timely delivery and mass production of Covid vaccines have put China on the back foot in South Asia. Representational Image | Photo Credit: PTI
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China has been alarmed at India s vaccine diplomacy in South Asia
New Delhi: Alarmed at India s Covid-19 vaccine outreach, China has launched a smear campaign in a bid to discredit India s efforts in combating the coronavirus pandemic. The Indian government s timely delivery and mass production of Covid vaccines have put China on the back foot in South Asia.
India has gifted Covishield, a Covid-19 vaccine manufactured locally by Serum Institute of India (SII), to all SAARC nations except Afghanistan, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The Indian government will donate five lakh doses of the vaccine to Sri Lanka in the coming days and has assured the vaccine delivery to Afghanistan as well.
China starts smear campaign against India’s vaccine diplomacy
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Last Updated: Jan 25, 2021, 10:40 AM IST
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India has gifted the Covishield vaccine manufactured locally by Serum Institute of India to all Saarc countries except Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and Pakistan. Not surprisingly, Global Times has reacted with a propaganda campaign against India’s ‘Vaccine Maitri’ initiative, raising questions about India’s capacity to manufacture vaccines after the fire at the Serum Institute.
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Employees pack boxes containing vials of Covid-19 vaccine at the Serum Institute of India, Pune, India. Serum Institute of India is the world s largest maker of vaccines and has been contracted to manufacture a billion doses of the AstraZeneca/Oxford University vaccine. (AP)