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She said the state may require 40,000 doses per month and currently, the health department has stocked 55,000 doses

The Odisha Government on Thursday said that it will launch Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV) under the universal immunisation programme on June 30. "The introduction of PCV in the routine immunization will benefit nearly 8 lakh young children annually in the State and it will help in reducing the risk of morbidity and mortality due to pneumonia and meningitis among children in the State", said the additional Chief Secretary PK Mohapatra in a letter to district and municipal authorities. "...

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New Delhi [India], June 10 (ANI): After reports in a section of the media highlighting the letter of the Union Health Ministry to States and Union Territories regarding the eVIN inventory and temperature data of COVID-19 vaccine, the health ministry on Thursday clarified that the letter was intended to prevent the use of such sensitive data for unauthorised commercial purposes.

Centre bars states from sharing Covid-19 vaccine information The eVIN system is used to track the vaccine stock status and temperature at all levels of vaccine storage from the national to sub-district levels after being launched in 2012-13.  Share Via Email   |  A+A A- A woman reacts as she receives a dose of Covishield, the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine for COVID-19, in Ahmedabad. (Photo | AP) By Express News Service NEW DELHI: The Union Health Ministry has prohibited states from sharin...

After reports in a section of the media highlighting the letter of the Union Health Ministry to States and Union Territories regarding the eVIN inventory and te

The move comes at a time when questions are being raised on the lack of centralised vaccine availability data in public domain and opacity in the vaccine distribution plan to states.

For the first time in state, PCV to be administered as a part pf universal immunisation programme

Centre Should Procure Vaccines For All. Anything Else is Contrary to Efficiency and Equity Whose needs are greater: that of the Centre or the private buyer? How did the Centre arrive at such an arrangement? Beneficiaries wait to receive a dose of COVID-19 vaccine, at a district government hospital, Balurghat in South Dinajpur, Monday, May 31, 2021. Photo: PTI Health5 hours ago The Centre must immediately adopt a policy of national uniform pricing of COVID-19 vaccines for procurement by the Gove...