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Updated: Share Article AAA PMK youth wing leader Anbumani Ramadoss on Wednesday urged that the integrated vaccine complex at Chengalpattu should not be privatised. In a statement, he said reports about attempts to privatise the facility is shocking and the move is unjustifiable especially when the need for vaccines in India is increasing. Handing over the facility to the private sector would defeat the very purpose of why the complex was formed in the first place. The complex should either be ...

It has been widely reported that AstraZeneca (AZ) vaccine may cause blood clots and low level of blood platelets as side effects although the European

Background **COVID-19 was unknown prior to the outbreak in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. The disease spread rapidly across the globe. On 30 January 2020, WHO declared the COVID-19 outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) and on 11 March characterized it as a pandemic. Globally, as of 15 th March 2021 there have been 119,603,761confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 2,649,722 deaths, reported to WHO. In the African region, there have been 2,953,556 confirmed cases. K...

Oxford halts use of AstraZeneca vaccine in childrens trial Wednesday April 07 2021 A health worker holds a vial of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine against Covid-19 amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, in Bogota on April 5, 2021. PHOTO | AFP Summary As several European countries suspend their rollout of the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine, many African countries are continuing with it, as a principal jab. Advertisement The University of Oxford has halted administering doses of the Covid-...

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Patrick Amoth First to Get Covid-19 Vaccine in Kenya Health Acting Director General Dr Patrick Amoth receives the Covid-19 vaccine on Friday, March 5 Twitter Acting Health Director-General Dr. Patrick Amoth on Friday, March 5, became the first person in Kenya to get the Covid-19 vaccine. Amoth took AstraZeneca vaccine, at the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) in Nairobi in the full glare of the cameras. “We will offer ourselves to be vaccinated today (Friday). Let us portray the correct mess...

Highlights Dr Harsh Vardhan launched Intensified Mission Indradhanush 3.0 The Union Minister also launched the IMI 3.0 portal and released the Operational Guidelines for it The immunization drive will be conducted in two rounds starting from February 22 and March 22 New Delhi: Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan launched Intensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI) 3.0 which will be conducted in two rounds starting from February 22 and March 22 across 250 districts/urban areas identified in 29 Sta...

  The two main COVID-19 hotspots in the country, Greater Accra and Ashanti Regions, will be first beneficiaries of vaccines yet to arrive, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has said. Speaking in an interview with Nana Yaa Mensah on The Asaase Breakfast Show on Monday (15 February), Dr Kwame Amponsah Achiano, Programme Manager of Expanded Immunization Programme at the Ghana Health Service said the plan is to first target the hotspots. “We have also prioritised the hotspots and so the initi...

  The two main COVID-19 hotspots in the country, Greater Accra and Ashanti Regions, will be first beneficiaries of vaccines yet to arrive, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has said. Speaking in an interview with Nana Yaa Mensah on The Asaase Breakfast Show on Monday (15 February), Dr Kwame Amponsah Achiano, Programme Manager of Expanded Immunization Programme at the Ghana Health Service said the plan is to first target the hotspots. “We have also prioritised the hotspots and so the initi...

Minister of Health-designate, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu Minister of Health nominee, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu says government has taken steps to deal with the lack of beds and oxygen for Covid-19 patients. According to him, a new oxygen plant has been installed at the Infectious Disease Center as more Covid patients need oxygen. Mr. Agyeman Manu was answering questions on reports that some Covid-19 patients have been denied beds and oxygen. On COVID-19 Vaccination he said the Immunization Programme will be ...