Ninety people in India have so contracted the new strain of coronavirus, which was first detected in the United Kingdom in September, the Health Ministry said this morning. Eight of these cases of the strain - believed to be more infectious - are new, the data shows.
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India begins countrywide Covid-19 vaccination rollout from Jan 16
India is set to begin Covid-19 vaccination drive across the country on January 16 in a bid to prevent the people from being infected with the deadly virus.
The government came up with an announcement Saturday evening, after Prime Minister Narendra Modi had chaired a high-level meeting to review the pandemic situation in the country.
Priority will be given to the healthcare workers and the frontline workers, estimated to be around 3 crore in number, the government said, adding that they would be followed by 27 crore people, including ones above 50 years of age and under 50 with co-morbidities.
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January 09, 2021 22:19 IST
With the daily cases coming down, many people who would have volunteered would not see the urgency now as earlier
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The alternative: Vaccine manufacturers can carry out phase-3 trials outside India and efficacy results from such trials would be accepted by the Indian regulator for vaccine approval.
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With the daily cases coming down, many people who would have volunteered would not see the urgency now as earlier
On January 1, Pune-based Serum Institute’s Covishield vaccine was granted permission for restricted use, while Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin got a similar approval the next day with certain other riders. With two vaccines now being greenlighted for restricted use, the four high-risk priority groups, beginning with frontline health-care workers, will soon begin getting vaccinated. Nearly 300 million people belonging to the four priority groups are to be vaccinated with either of th