As per the state’s records, close to 42 lakh have been administered the Covidshield vaccine while just over six lakh have received Covaxin
HYDERABAD: With about 41 lakh people across the state due for their second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, of whom around 10 lakh people will become due in the next ten days, the health department is prioritising the administration of second dose to those aged 45 and above.
The current vaccine stock data shows that the state has around 90,000 doses in hand and has halted supply to private hospitals. Administering first doses to people will be a tough call for the government till vaccine supplies from Centre improves.
Why is US curbing export of Covid-19 vaccine raw material
Biden administration aims to buy 600 million vaccines for its 300 million population, which has put stress on American raw material companies given demand from all across world
BusinessToday.In | March 5, 2021 | Updated 13:48 IST
US President Joe Biden
Serum Institute of India (SII) chief executive Adar Poonawalla has stirred a serious debate on how the US decision to curb raw material export could put global vaccine efforts in jeopardy. In a World Bank panel discussion on Wednesday, Adar said the sharing of critical raw materials is going to be a critical and limiting factor in global vaccination efforts.
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Attendees listen to KRG Health Minister Saman Barzanji s speech at the health conference in Erbil, Jan. 28, 2021. (Photo: Twitter/Kurdistan Parliament)
ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – A conference on the COVID-19 vaccination strategy was launched in the Kurdistan Region’s Erbil on Wednesday, in which the challenges of immunization in Iraq and the autonomous Kurdish region are discussed.
The session, dubbed the “Pre-Kurdistan Health Summit” (Pre-KHS), is an annual gathering which is being held before the main conference the Kurdistan Health Summit which will address the most pressing health issues in the country.
The Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) Health Minister and Speaker of Parliament, as well as various medical authorities and business leaders in the Kurdish capital, attended the conference.
William Evanina, the director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC), said Tuesday he was concerned about efforts by China and Russia to target the COVID-19 vaccine supply chain.