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COVID vaccines to be given in two doses with a gap of four weeks
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A police vehicle accompanies a container truck carrying COVID-19 vaccine that arrived at the Commissionerate of Health and Family Welfare in Hyderabad on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: Nagara Gopal
COVID vaccines to be given in two doses with a gap of four weeks
Almost ten months after the outbreak of COVID-19 in Telangana, the State government on Tuesday received the first consignment of 3.64 lakh doses of COVID vaccine Covishield, manufactured by the Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII).
The Covishield containers arrived at the RGIA in a freighter aircraft and were transported from there to the State vaccine storage centre in the city in a deep freezer van.
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HYDERABAD: Ahead of the vaccine rollout in Telangana from January 16, a consignment of 3.64 lakh doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca s Covishield vaccine arrived in Hyderabad from Pune on Tuesday. The vaccine is manufactured by the Serum Institute of India (SII).
After its arrival, the vaccine was sent to the State Vaccine Centre’s walk-in coolers for storing before they are transported to the inoculation centres.
The State has identified nearly 3.40 lakh healthcare workers for the vaccination, including 25,000 to 30,000 from Central government hospitals. This is a historic day for modern medicine as in a record time of 10 months, a vaccine is ready. We thank the researchers and scientists who worked on this, said Dr GS Rao, Director of Public Health of Telangana.
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The Clinton County Health Department held a virtual update on the status of the pandemic in New York’s northernmost county including a look at the start of vaccinations at the local medical center.
Since the Thanksgiving holiday the Clinton County Health Department has seen over 200 new COVID-19 cases in the county. Director of Public Health John Kanoza said there are now 132 active cases. He said the numbers reflect a significant increase in positive cases compared to summer and early fall similar to what is occurring across New York. “The spread of COVID-19 is largely occurring between friends and family members. People are taking the appropriate precautions when they are out in public such as wearing face masks, separation distancing. But then they’re getting together with friends and family members who don’t live in their home and they’re not taking those same precautions during those interactions. And some do spread COVID to others without ever showing sym