Andhra Pradesh to administer Covaxin on January 16 DECCAN CHRONICLE.
Updated Jan 12, 2021, 12:00 am IST
Once administered, the vaccine is likely to cause side-effects like low intensity fever, headache, body pains, allergic reactions
The State health authorities did not include lab technicians and counsellors from APSACS from the vaccination programme, even though their services were utilised for conduct of Covid-19 tests and also for uploading data for varied related services. Representational image
VIJAYAWADA: Andhra Pradesh is likely to administer Covaxin, India’s indigenously developed Covid-19 vaccine, on healthcare and frontline workers at 332 session sites on January 16.
Though 3.87 lakh beneficiaries are earmarked to get the vaccine initially, it is only based on the number of doses supplied by the Centre that the health authorities will go ahead with the drive in the state.