Nearly 3,600 healthcare workers received the shots in Delhi on Monday, the second day of the drive in the national capital, with sources saying just eight medical staff got the jabs at AIIMS.
COVID Vaccination: Moradabad, U.P Ward Boy Dies Hours After Taking COVISHIELD Vaccine Dose
The ward boy reportedly complained of breathlessness and unease, especially in the chest after taking a jab of Covishield vaccine, a product of SII
| 18 Jan 2021 6:09 AM GMT
Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh: With India s mass drive on COVID-19 vaccination, the death of a ward boy in Uttar Pradesh s Moradabad has questioned the credibility of the vaccines approved by the Centre. According to reports, a 46-year-old ward boy from a district hospital in Moradabad died within 24 hours after receiving the covishield coronavirus vaccine.
The deceased identified as Mahipal Singh reportedly complained of breathing problem and unease in the chest after receiving a dose of Covishield, one of the recommended vaccine by the Ministry of Health.
India lost seven times more doctors than soldiers in 2020
India lost seven times more doctors than soldiers in 2020
At least 734 doctors died in their line of duty while 106 personnel of the security forces made supreme sacrifices in the last year.
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The bigger battle in the year 2020 was fought in hospitals, where several frontline health workers lost their lives in the line of duty during the coronavirus pandemic. The lives lost by the Indian doctors were seven times more than the casualties in the Indian armed forces in 2020. At least 734 doctors died in their line of duty while 106 personnel of the security forces made supreme sacrifices in the last year.
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In Mumbai, which was expecting to vaccinate 4,000 healthcare and frontline workers on the first day of vaccination on Saturday, saw a turnout of half of this number.
Mumbai | New Delhi: India’s Covid-19 vaccination drive has yet to pick up pace as misinformation and scepticism regarding vaccines creeping in on social media platforms and elsewhere, besides technical glitches, create bumps in the way.
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