First Shipment Of Covid Vaccine To Land At Delhi Airport From Pune Soon First Shipment Of Covid Vaccine To Land At Delhi Airport From Pune Soon Several such shipments will reach other major cities in the country over the next 72 hours, as the government prepares to roll-out the vaccine to around 30 crore people.
The vaccine shipment is being carried on Air India flight AI 850 from Pune (Representational)
New Delhi:
The first shipment of Covishield - the coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University and manufactured by the Serum Institute - is expected to land at Delhi s Indira Gandhi airport tonight.
India s COVID-19 count reaches 1,03,74,932 ANI | Updated: Jan 06, 2021 23:53 IST
New Delhi [India], January 6 (ANI): India has reported 18,088 new COVID-19 cases, 21,314 recoveries in the last 24 hours, taking the country s count to 1,03,74,932 cases, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) informed on Wednesday.
According to the Union Health Ministry, 264 deaths have been reported in the country in the last 24 hours. The total number of active cases stands at 2,27,546 while the total recoveries have reached 99,97,272. The death toll has mounted to 1,50,114.
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said that the total number of samples tested up to January 5 is 17,74,63,405 including 9,31,408 samples tested on Tuesday.
Second mock drill on corona vaccine administration across India on January 8
Second mock drill on corona vaccine administration across India on January 8
ANI / Updated: Jan 6, 2021, 20:19 IST
New Delhi: Ahead of the
COVID-19 vaccine rollout, a second
dry run will take place on January 8 across all districts of the country, except in Uttar Pradesh and Haryana, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Wednesday.
While Uttar Pradesh has already conducted the dry run in all districts on January 5, Haryana is scheduled to organise the same on January 7.
Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan will also meet Health Ministers of all the states/Union Territories (UTs) on Thursday to guide States/UTs on the conduct of dry run.
The SEC made its recommendations in respect of the accelerated approval process request of the SII, Bharat Biotech International Ltd as well as about phase-III trials of Cadila Healthcare Ltd.
New Delhi [India], January 3 (ANI): The Drugs Controller General of India will brief the media at 11 am today at the National Media Centre regarding the coronavirus vaccine.