The people behind the COVID 19 vaccine reaching you
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January 19, 2021 15:14 IST
From a ASHA worker to the keeper of the cold chain, here, the unseen people responsible for the COVID-19 vaccine reaching you
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From a ASHA worker to the keeper of the cold chain, here, the unseen people responsible for the COVID-19 vaccine reaching you
9 am; January 16, 2021. Dr TR John has reason to remember this date and time. The Chief of Medical Service, Aster Medcity, Kochi, was readying to oversee the first jab of the COVID-19 vaccine at the hospital and sensed the beginning of the end of a battle. An Indian Army veteran who served in Jammu and Kashmir for eight years before taking premature retirement, he says, “It felt like just before the launch of an assault on the enemy. This has been a battle after all.”
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 medical worker inoculates a doctor with a Covid-19 vaccine in Ahmedabad. AFP
The Centre on Sunday said 447 recipients across India suffered Adverse Event(s) Following Immunisation (AEFI) over the first two days of the massive COVID-19 vaccination drive.
The nationwide inoculation programme started on Saturday (16 January).
Addressing a press briefing, the Union health ministry said of the 447 cases, only three required hospitalisation.
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Medics at a vaccination centre in Patna. Photo: Moniza Hafizee
Indiaâs 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 countryâs drug regulator approved two COVID-19 vaccine candidates for distribution, named Covaxin and Covishield. In the first phase of the vaccination drive, the government plans to inoculate 3 crore frontline workers, by July 2021.
To this end, the government has purchased 5.5 million doses of Covaxin from its maker, Bharat Biotech, and 11 million doses of Covishield from the Serum Institute of India. The following Q&A breaks down what we do and donât know about different aspects of the drive.
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A woman walks past a painting of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Mumbai, a day before the country s Covid-19 vaccination drive
Credit: Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters
Peering from her simple concrete home in the foothills of the Himalayas, Taba Yari, 54, can finally breathe a sigh of relief. On Saturday, the first of 30 million Indian healthcare workers are set to receive Covid-19 vaccines, part of the first phase of the largest vaccination campaign in history.
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 people s minds.Currently, India is banking on two vaccines - Serum Institute of India s .