India set to authorise first set of Covid-19 vaccines, to vaccinate around 300 million
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India s Covid-19 pandemic growth has dropped to 2%: Minister
Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Saturday announced that India is at the cusp of authorising the first set of Covid-19 vaccines and expressed the need for an expeditious vaccination drive to cover all the target populations estimated to be around 300 million (30 crore).
The Minister made the announcement while chairing the 22nd meeting of the high-level Group of Ministers (GoM) on Covid-19 through a video-conference here as India crossed the one crore infection mark.
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In a positive development in India s national effort to put an end to the COVID-19 pandemic, Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan yesterday (19 December) announced that the nation is at the cusp of authorising the first set of COVID-19 vaccines, reports
Business Standard.
Dr Vardhan also emphasised the need for an expeditious vaccination drive to cover all the target populations estimated to be around 30 crores. He made the assertions and announcements while chairing the 22nd meeting of the High-level Group of Ministers (GoM) on COVID-19.
It should be noted meanwhile that Dr Vardhan also appealed the need for diligently maintaining a COVID appropriate behaviour and follow the relevant guidelines. In addition to this though, Dr Vardhan also expressed deep gratitude to all COVID warriors, who have been steadfastly serving without any fatigue throughout the pandemic.
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