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The Union Health Ministry on Saturday asked the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) to consider contacting Bharat Biotech for the procurement of 8.1 lakh doses of Covaxin to be given to different countries as a goodwill gesture.According to an .
Flights from UK resumes amid scare about new coronavirus strain
Agencies
January 8, 2021
New Delhi, Jan 8: Flights from the United Kingdom resumed today in a limited capacity amid concerns about the new strain of the coronavirus that was recently detected in the UK.
The first flight carrying 256 passengers arrived in Delhi today from London, airport officials informed.
The ban on flights to the UK was lifted on January 6. 30 flights will operate each week - 15 each by Indian and UK carriers. This schedule will continue till January 23, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri had informed earlier.
Passengers will have to take an RT-PCR test up to 72 hours before a flight and on arrival.
Covid-19 vaccination likely to begin in India by Jan 12
Agencies
January 7, 2021
New Delhi, Jan 7: The much-anticipated inoculation programme against COVID-19 in the country is expected to begin by January 12, government sources said. In all likelihood, the Covid immunisation drive is expected to start early next week. Considering the preparations, the roll-out may start on January 11 or latest by January 12, a senior government official inducted in the vaccine distribution programme said.
The sources also informed that the government has started preparing the freight carrying the vaccine vials for transportation to different hubs located across the country. The agencies involved in the vaccine roll-out programme will start dispatching the vaccine vials from Thursday onwards, they added.
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India Grants Approval to Two Vaccines Against Covid-19, Sets Stage for Mass Rollout
A medic demonstrates administration of COVAXIN to a health worker during its trials at Tezpur in Assam. (PTI)
The SEC’s recommendations will now be perused by the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI), who will grant the final approval.
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The Indian government has granted an in-principle approval to two vaccines against Coronavirus, setting the stage for the roll out of the first phase of mass vaccination in the country.
The Subject Expert Committee (SEC) of the Central Drug Standards Control Organisation recommended grant of permission for restricted emergency use of Oxford –AstraZeneca’s vaccine, locally manufactured by Serum Institute of India (SII) as Covishield, as well as Bharat Biotech’s indigenous Covaxin vaccine.