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With India rolling out vaccination efforts against Covid-19, Nandan Nilekani, founding architect of Aadhaar and co-founder of Infosys on Friday said that the country will be a role model on how to vaccinate a billion people at scale, speed and in a trusted manner. “I actually believe that if we do all the right things, India will also be a role model on how to vaccinate a billion people at scale speed, and in a trusted manner,” said Nilekani at ‘Ground Zero 4.0 | Scaling Up’ event organised by research firm RedSeer Consulting. “A lot of the work happening in the government is actually to create a highly scalable vaccination infrastructure.”
Glitches in CoWIN app slow down COVID-19 vaccination drive, fixed for now
Firstpost 21-01-2021
India began its COVID-19 vaccination drive on 16 January and so far, over
631,000 vaccine doses have been administered according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW). The doses delivered per day have seen a daily rise, with 165,714 people vaccinated on 16 Jan and around 177,368 people vaccinated on 19 Jan. It is being touted as the world’s largest COVID-19 vaccination drive. But this drive could have been even faster, had it not been for the glitches that have been observed in the
CoWIN app (COVID Vaccine Intelligence Network), which is one of the critical links in the COVID-19 vaccination drive. The government attributes these glitches to teething troubles.
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In respect of Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and Mauritius, India is awaiting confirmation of necessary regulatory clearances from those countries. Others in the list of prospective recipients include Brazil, India’s biggest partner in Latin America, and Morocco, Delhi’s key security and economic partner in North Africa, ET has learnt. Another African country which has shown interest is South Africa.
Covid vaccine ready for dispatch to Myanmar, Seychelles, Mauritius from Mumbai airport
NEW DELHI: After the immediate neighbourhood, Delhi will be sending 1.5 million doses of vaccines to Myanmar besides vaccines to Mauritius and Seyechelles on Friday and drawing up the plan for the Gulf, North African, SE Asian countries, as India expands its soft power appeal globally as a reliable development partner.
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Doses, Side Effects & Prices: All You Need to Know About India s Historic Covid-19 Vaccination Drive
A woman walks past a painting of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi a day before the inauguration of the COVID-19 vaccination drive on a street in Mumbai, India, January 15, 2021. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas
On Saturday - the first day of the drive - over 3 lakh healthcare workers will be administered the vaccine against Covid-19, the deadly respiratory disease which has now killed and infected millions across the world, upended economies and lives.