VACCINATING INDIA
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The country had started its Covid-19 vaccination programme Phase-I on 16th January 2021 for its healthcare workers and frontline staff and thereafter for the aged ones in the month of March last as usual with much publicity and campaign. The Prime Minister was put at the centre of the programme in which his role confined not only in the opening of the programme but also extended by pausing for a photograph to be put in the middle of the vaccination certificate issued to the person vaccinated which was only to be removed later by an order of the CEC of India. This indeed is a disgraceful act and the PMO must take the responsibility for this act of negligence. One major objection raised from various circles concerned is that although there is a Vaccination Policy for India yet before resorting to Covid-19 vaccination, the Government should have laid down a specific Covid-19 Vaccination Policy or a
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At a time when India is grappling with second wave of coronavirus, the union government on Friday announced manifold increase in production capacity of Covaxin in the coming months. The production capacity is expected to reach nearly 100 million doses per month by September 2021 from the existing 10 million doses. Government of India is providing financial support as grant to vaccine manufacturing facilities for enhanced production capacities. The current production capacity of indigenously developed Covaxin vaccine will be doubled by May-June 2021 and then increased nearly 6-7 fold by July-August 2021 i.e increasing the production from 10 million vaccine doses in April, 2021 to 60-70 million vaccine doses/month in July–August. It is expected to reach nearly 100 million doses per month by September 2021, said Ministry of Science & Technology in a statement.
COVID-19 surge: Odisha running out of vaccines, more than half of vaccination centres shut ANI | Updated: Apr 16, 2021 18:26 IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], April 16 (ANI): COVID-19 vaccination in-charge in Odisha, Bijay Panigrahi on Friday informed that the state has shut some vaccination centres due to shortage of COVID-19 vaccines. We are running short of vaccines. They are not adequate to run all 1500 vaccination sites across Odisha. Today, only 700 vaccination sites are open due to a shortage of vaccine doses in the state, Panigrahi told ANI.
However, he also said that there are some Covaxin doses available in stock but it is only sufficient for the state s capital.