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Health workers prepare for the COVID-19 vaccination drive for frontline health workers at a government Hospital in Mumbai, India. On Jan 16, India will start the massive undertaking of inoculating an estimated 30 million doctors, nurses and other front line workers, before attention turns to around 270 million people who are either aged over 50 or have co-morbidities.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday will kick start the world s largest vaccination drive against coronavirus, almost a year after India reported the first case of the deadly infectious disease, which has claimed over 1.5 lakh lives in the country till now. It is going to be a historic moment with the commencement of the eagerly-awaited vaccination drive against the dreaded disease.
NEW DELHI – Almost a year after reporting the first case of the deadly coronavirus, which has claimed over 1.5 lakh lives in India till now, the country is set
India s drugs regulator has approved Oxford COVID-19 vaccine Covishield, manufactured by the Serum Institute, and indigenously developed Covaxin of Bharat Biotech for restricted emergency use in the country.
City all set for first day of inoculation drive
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First dose of vaccine to be administered to 100 persons each at 81 sites
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Red carpet being laid out at the vaccination site in Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital in Delhi on Friday.
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R.V. Moorthy
First dose of vaccine to be administered to 100 persons each at 81 sites
From showering flower petals on vaccine boxes reaching the hospitals to posters reading “COVID-19 vaccine is safe” and a hand-picked list of 100 persons who would be administered the first dose at each of the 81 sites, Delhi is all geared up for Saturday, the first day of the vaccine roll-out.
Addressing an online media briefing, he said the city government has received a total of 2.74 lakh doses of the vaccine so far from the Centre, which would be sufficient to cater to 1.2 lakh healthcare workers.