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COVID-19 vaccination: 447 recipients across India suffer adverse events post inoculation; how AEFI is tracked, reported With COVID-19 making the immunisation of adults necessary, the Centre has involved cardiologists, neurologists, general physicians, and pulmonologists in the AEFI committees at national, state, and district levels FP Staff January 17, 2021 19:33:20 IST A ...

COVID-19 Vaccine Roll-Outs: FAQ of What We Know So Far With health and frontline workers now being administered Covaxin and Covishield, The Wire Science answers some common questions. Medics at a vaccination centre in Patna. Photo: Moniza Hafizee India’s vaccination COVID-19 formally began today, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagging off the behemoth effort via video at 11 am. On January 3, the country’s drug regulator approved two COVID-19 vaccine candidates for distribution, n...

As India began its mass Covid-19 vaccination drive on Saturday, the all-critical storage and transportation of millions of vaccines once again topped the peoples minds.Currently, India is banking on two vaccines - Serum Institute of Indias ...

Next Round of Talks on Jan 19 as Deadlock Continues; Agri Min Tomar Asks Farmer Groups to Be Flexible .

1342 Unprecedented: The Central and state governments are grappling with the gigantic task of administering the Covid vaccines. PTI Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr Senior Journalist The sense of relief and euphoria felt by the people and the Modi government over the availability of Covid-19 vaccines at the beginning of the new year is understandable after the long lockdown of 2020 and the mental and physical stress it caused all round. The Central and state governments are now grappling with the gig...

A concrete Covid-19 vaccine distribution plan is finally taking shape in India. Once a vaccine is available in the country, the government plans to immunise 30 million citizens—10 million healthcare workers in private and government-owned hospitals, and 20 million frontline workers that includes police, defence, and municipal workers—in the first round, according to a Dec. 8 press release from the ministry of health and family welfare. So far, three vaccine makers have applied for an emerge...

Vaccine optimism and the scientific uncertainty link Updated: Updated: January 16, 2021 10:03 IST Amidst the vaccine rollout, there is a critical need for a climate of transparency and data sharing for scrutiny and debate Share Article AAA Amidst the vaccine rollout, there is a critical need for a climate of transparency and data sharing for scrutiny and debate With its robust domestic vaccine industry and strong fundamentals of the Universal Immunisation Programme, India is now embarking on th...

India will launch its most ambitious and the world’s largest Covid-19 vaccination drive on Saturday. Inoculating the country’s vast and distributed population is a big challenge but India’s past experience in mass vaccination will come in handy here. The current Covid-19 vaccination drive also leans heavily on processes, manpower, database and experience of the Universal Immunisation Programme that vaccinated over 27 million pregnant women and 25 million infants every year. Much before mo...

India will enter a decisive phase in its battle against Covid-19 with the rollout of the vaccination drive three days from now. Prime Minister Narendra Modi underlined its importance by chairing meetings over the last...

Interview: Could Covid-19 vaccination undo India’s hard-won battle against polio? India has suspended the polio immunisation drive to make way for Covid-19 vaccination. An expert virologist weighs in on the risks. Jan 13, 2021 · 04:23 pm A child getting polio drops during a polio eradication programme in Jammu February 19, 2012. | Mukesh Gupta/Reuters Exactly a decade ago, on January 13, 2011, India reported its last case of polio. Until the early 1990s, the highly ...