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Coronavirus updates | January 16, 2021
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January 16, 2021 22:03 IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged-off the first phase of the pan-India roll out of the COVID-19 vaccination drive at 10.30 a.m. via video conferencing.
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First shot of the COVID-19 vaccine was administered to a healthcare worker in the presence of Health Minister Harshavardhan at AIIMS, New Delhi.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged-off the first phase of the pan-India roll out of the COVID-19 vaccination drive at 10.30 a.m. via video conferencing.
The world’s largest vaccination programme will begin at a total of 3,006 session sites across all the States and the Union Territories, which will be connected virtually throughout the exercise. Nearly 100 beneficiaries will receive the vaccine at each of the session sites on Saturday.
COVID-19 was probably in Brazil as early as December 2019 as a Brazilian state confirmed on Tuesday that antibodies to the coronavirus were found in serum samples collected there.
UK suspends flights from Portugal By TPN/Lusa, in News, Travel · 15-01-2021 10:53:00 · 1 Comments
The British Government announced on 14 January that they will suspend air connections from Portugal and Cape Verde to England to try to prevent the entry of the Brazilian strain of SARS-CoV-2. I took the urgent decision to ban flights from Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Cape Verde, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay and Venezuela from Friday after information about a new variant in Brazil”, announced the Minister of Transport, Grant Shapps, through Twitter.
Travel from Portugal to the United Kingdom will also be suspended due to its strong links with Brazil, functioning as yet another way to reduce the risk of importing infections .
Coronavirus | Policy cloud delays Brazil vaccine flight
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January 15, 2021 23:25 IST
New Delhi has declined to comment on the Brazilian shipment of vaccines, and whether the Brazilian plane would receive the necessary permissions in time.
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A flight, due to leave Brazil on January 14, 2021 and return on January 16 with 2 million doses of Covishield vaccine, was put off, the Brazilian Ministry of Health announced, citing logistical and licensing issues. Photo: gov.br/saude
New Delhi has declined to comment on the Brazilian shipment of vaccines, and whether the Brazilian plane would receive the necessary permissions in time. A special plane from Brazil to carry the first exports of Covishield, the India-made coronavirus vaccine, was delayed on Friday, amid confusion over clearance for the shipment, officials in New Delhi said.