V-Day: Thousands get first jabs as India rolls out Covid-19 inoculation programme
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January 16, 2021
Covishield and Covaxin vaccines shots being administered at medical centres Thousands of healthcare and sanitary workers at the frontline of India’s Covid-19 battle got their first jabs on Saturday as Prime Minister Narendra Modi rolled out the world’s largest vaccination drive against the pandemic, showing the light at the end of a 10-month tunnel that upended millions of lives.
More than one crore cases and 1.5 lakh fatalities later, India took its first steps out of the pandemic with shots of the Covishield and Covaxin vaccines being administered at medical centres across the country to a collective sigh of relief that this could finally be the beginning of the end of the COVID-19 trauma.
New Delhi [India], January 15 (ANI): A Delhi Court has directed the Jail Superintendent of Uttar Pradesh and issued a production warrant for the appearance of Aam Aadmi Party MLA Somnath Bharti on January 18 before it in a matter related to the alleged assaulting case of security staff at Delhi's All India Institute of Medical Sciences in 2016.
Stage-3 Trials Given A Miss: Congress Leaders On Covid Vaccine Approval Stage-3 Trials Given A Miss: Congress Leaders On Covid Vaccine Approval Congress leader Salman Nizami went to the extent of tweeting: Vaccine is a fraud.
Updated: January 03, 2021 5:41 pm IST
A parliamentary panel had earlier recommended proper conduct of vaccine trials.
New Delhi:
The Indian government must explain why mandatory protocols and verification of data from stage-3 trials have been dispensed with while granting permission for the emergency use of the two COVID-19 vaccines, the Congress party asked today. The issue is pertinent since no other country has apparently dispensed with these key processes, the opposition party said.
Updated Dec 29, 2020 | 21:05 IST
In view of fresh surge in cases globally and the emergence of the new variants of virus in the UK, the state govt expressed a need to maintain caution and strict surveillance. Image for representation only. | Photo Credit: IANS
Dehradun: The government of Uttarakhand on Tuesday extended the COVID-19 guidelines till January 31 keeping the coronavirus situation in mind. The government said, In view of fresh surge in cases globally and the emergence of the new variants of virus in the United Kingdom, there is need to maintain caution and strict surveillance.
The coronavirus numbers in Uttarakhand remained relatively small for some months with a few hill districts not reporting a single case, now showing a surge. Many blamed it on returning migrants.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat Shifted To AIIMS Following Covid Complications Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat Shifted To AIIMS Following Covid Complications The infection in Trivendra Singh Rawat s lungs worsened overnight and he was diagnosed with pneumonia.
Updated: December 28, 2020 1:39 pm IST
Dehradun:
A day after he was hospitalised in Dehradun following Covid-19-related complications, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat was on Monday shifted to New Delhi s All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). He had tested positive for COVID-19 on December 18 and was under home isolation.
On Sunday, the 60-year-old developed a mild fever and was taken to the Government Doon Medical College in Dehradun for a medical check-up, an official said on Monday.