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India on cusp of authorising COVID-19 vaccine, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Saturday.
The Health Minister made the announcement while chairing the virtual meeting of the high-level Group of Ministers.
India on Saturday crossed the grim milestone of registering one crore COVID-19 infections.
New Delhi: India is on the cusp of approving its first set of COVID-19 vaccine, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Saturday (December 19, 2020). Vardhan made the announcement while chairing the virtual meeting of the high-level Group of Ministers (GoM) on COVID-19 as India crossed the one crore infection mark.
The Minister expressed the need for an expeditious
Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Saturday announced that India is at the cusp of authorizing the first set of Covid-19 vaccines and expressed the need for an expeditious vaccination drive to cover all the target populations estimated to be around 30 crore. The Minister made the announcement while chairing the 22nd meeting of the high-level Group of Ministers (GoM) on Covid-19 through a video-conference here as India crossed the one crore infection mark. He was virtually joined by External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep S. Puri, Minister of State Health & Family Welfare Ashwini Kumar Choubey, Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai, Member (Health) NITI Aayog Vinod K. Paul, Advisers to the Prime Minister Amarjeet Sinha and Bhaskar Khulbe.
New Delhi: Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Saturday announced that India is at the cusp of authorizing the first set of COVID-19 vaccines and expressed the need for an expeditious vaccination drive to cover all the target populations estimated to be around 300 million.
The Minister made the announcement while chairing the 22nd meeting of the high-level Group of Ministers (GoM) on COVID-19 through a video-conference here as India crossed the one crore infection mark.
He was virtually joined by External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep S. Puri, Minister of State Health & Family Welfare Ashwini Kumar Choubey, Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai, Member (Health) NITI Aayog Vinod K. Paul, Advisers to the Prime Minister Amarjeet Sinha and Bhaskar Khulbe.
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As the Indian government prepares for a mega Covid-19 vaccination drive in the coming months, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare today informed about the government s plan for cold storage chains for the Covid-19 vaccine.
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