Long wait over as 4.7 lakh COVID-19 vaccine doses reach Andhra Pradesh
3.8 lakh health workers to be inoculated at 332 session sites; 20,000 vials of Covaxin to arrive today, say officials
Share Via Email
| A+A A-
A green corridor was created to transport the Covishield doses from the Vijayawada airport to State Cold Storage Centre in Gannavaram on Tuesday. (Photo | P Ravindra Babu, EPS) By Express News Service
VIJAYAWADA: The state received its first consignment of a coronavirus vaccine on Tuesday, the same day when Pune-based Serum Institute of India dispatched first batches of Covishield one of the two vaccines approved for emergency use in India. The vaccine vials were received in the presence of Krishna district collector A Md Imtiaz at Gannavaram airport near Vijayawada.
First to get Covid-19 vaccine, India’s healthcare workers are torn between duty and personal safety
The hasty clearance to one of the vaccines has caused alarm in the healthcare community. Jan 13, 2021 · 10:30 am A vial, syringe and small toy figures are seen in front of a displayed India flag in this illustration taken January 11. | Reuters/Dado Ruvic
India’s healthcare workers who will be among the first to get Covid-19 vaccine as the country begins its immunisation drive from January 16 are torn between their professional commitments and personal well-being, amid concerns about the safety and efficacy of at least one of the two approved vaccines.
India News: Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday received the first consignment of 1.46 lakh doses of coronavirus vaccine from Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII
Karnataka would get 20,000 doses of Covaxin from Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech for administering to frontline warriors, including healthcare workers, in the first phase from January 16, state Health Minister K. Sudhakar said on .