Mira Bhayandar: MBMC vaccinates 683 health workers in first three days
FPJ Correspondent
A total of 683 out of the 900 shortlisted beneficiaries have so far been vaccinated in the first three days of the Covid-19 immunization drive conducted by the health department of the Mira Bhayandar Municipal Corporation (MBMC) till Wednesday, January 20.
Vaccinations have been planned at three centers including a private hospital in Mira Road, the jumbo Covid-19 facility in Bhayandar (east) and Bharat Ratna Pandit Bhimsen Joshi Civil Hospital in Bhayandar (west).
As per government guidelines, 100 doses per vaccination center have to be administered to beneficiaries per day. 268 (89%) out of the 300 short-listed health workers were vaccinated on the first day (January 16), following which the drive was suspended for two days on Sunday and Monday owing to technical glitches in the Cowin application. After resumption, the count was reduced to 194 (65%) and 221 (74%) on Tuesday (January 19)
India News: NEW DELHI: As the battle against coronavirus reaches a turning point, India is sharpening its vaccine diplomacy to reach out to its South Asian neighb.
South African govt earlier this week announced that they will be getting one million doses of covid vaccine in January and 500,000 doses in February of the oxford University-Astrazeneca vaccine COVISHIELD from Pune-based Serum Institute of India.
Commercial supplies begin seven days after India began its own countrywide vaccination program in which almost 10 lakh Indian nations have been vaccinated. On Wednesday began gifting made in India vaccines to countries in the region as part of its neighbourhood first policy.
Seven countries are getting vaccines under what is being referred to as New Delhi s vaccine diplomacy. These are Bhutan (150,000), Maldives (100,000), Nepal (One million), Bangladesh (2 million), Myanmar (1.5 M), Seychelles (50,000), Mauritius (100,000), with the last three countries will get on Friday. Regulatory approvals from Afghanistan and Sri Lanka is awaited even as officials from both sides are in touch for India s vaccine.
Covid vaccination: No severe AEFI cases reported in NE states
By IANS |
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Thu, Jan 21 2021 22:57 IST |
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Guwahati/Agartala, Jan 21 : No serious or severe cases of Adverse Event Following Immunisation (AEFI) have reported from any of the eight northeastern states since the Covid-19 vaccination drive started on January 16, officials said on Thursday.
A senior official of the National Health Mission (NHM) in Assam told IANS that only 15 very minor cases of AEFI were reported till Thursday evening out of the total of 10,676 beneficiaries who have been vaccinated since January 16. Through 229 sessions, Covid-19 vaccines were administered to 10,676 beneficiaries in 65 session sites in 33 districts across Assam, the official said.