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165 lakh COVID vaccine doses procured so far at cost of Rs 350.25 crore: MoS Health Ashwini Choubey The existing infrastructure under Universal Immunization Programme is being used and simultaneously strengthened for deployment of vaccines, including storage and transportation. Share Via Email   |  A+A A- By PTI NEW DELHI: A total of 165 lakh doses of COVID-19 vaccines - Covishield and Covaxin - have been procured so far at a cost of Rs 350.25 crore, Minister of State for Health Ashwi...

URL copied Image Source : PIB Pulse Polio 2021: President Kovind launches countrywide programme. All you need to know about Polio Ravivar President Ram Nath Kovind on Saturday launched the Pulse Polio Programme for 2021 by administering polio drops to children less than five years old at the Rashtrapati Bhawan, in the presence of Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, and Ashwini Kumar Choubey, Minister of State for Health and Family W...

From crowded Delhi to the remote Himalayas: the worlds most complex vaccine drive begins India is combining tradition and technology in an ambitious bid to vaccinate its one billion citizens by the end of this year 16 January 2021 • 7:00am A woman walks past a painting of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Mumbai, a day before the countrys Covid-19 vaccination drive Credit: Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters Peering from her simple concrete home in the foothills of the Himalayas, Taba Yari, 54, ...

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...

European The Indian authorities may have given a go-ahead to two COVID-19 vaccines (Covishield by AstraZeneca and Oxford University, and Covaxin by Bharat Biotech), the task of administering a two-dose vaccine to over 1.3 billion people will be nothing short of a logistical nightmare. With the approval of the two vaccines, the government authorities have also re-launched the Co-WIN (COVID Vaccine Intelligence Network). The indigenously built platform, which will work as an intelligence ecosyst...

Ranchi: The state health department stepped up its preparedness for the Covid-19 vaccination after the Union government announced its formal rollout from January 16. On Sunday, several trucks carrying fresh stock of walking coolers and ice-lined refrigerators arrived at the RCH campus at Namkum, said officials. Officials of the state wing of the National Health Mission (NHM) said the training session for AEFI management, transportation facilities, storage and proper handling of the vaccines ar...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday emphasised that India is entering into a decisive battle against Covid-19, as the country prepares for the Made in India vaccination drive from January 16.Making the closing remarks at the meeting with ...

»As India Gears Up for Mega Covid Inoculation Drive, States Await Clarity on its Share in Vaccine Bill 3-MIN READ As India Gears Up for Mega Covid Inoculation Drive, States Await Clarity on its Share in Vaccine Bill Covid Vaccine- AFP image. Although the centre has informed states that it will take care of the procurement of vaccines, the state governments are not sure as to what expense formula would be adopted for the mass vaccination drive. Nearly a week has passed since India’s central d...

Earlier in the day, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan chaired a high-level Meeting with all States and UTs to review the preparedness.

Updated Jan 01, 2021 | 14:40 IST The Union Health Ministry had on Thursday said that a dry run for the coronavirus vaccination will take place across India on January 2. Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan&nbsp | &nbspPhoto Credit:&nbspANI Key Highlights A dry run for the coronavirus vaccination will take place in all States and UTs on January 2, says Health Ministry Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan reviews preparedness ahead of Covid vaccine dry run across India New ...