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Bhopal Hospital Guard to Get First Covid-19 Jab in Madhya Pradesh, Says He is Excited
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A security guard posted at JP Hospital here said on Friday that he is excited to be the first person to get a shot of coronavirus vaccine when the drive kicks off in the Madhya Pradesh capital.
Asserting that the vaccine is completely safe , Hari Singh said he had volunteered for the jab to help spread awareness among the people and allay their fears.
The world s largest inoculation drive would start on Saturday in India, for which initial consignment of the vaccine has already reached Madhya Pradesh.
Coronavirus | Vaccine dilemma to take or not to take Covaxin
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Is it ethical to offer one healthcare worker the Covaxin whose efficacy is unknown and another healthcare worker the Covishield whose efficacy is known even though both face the same risk of infection at work?
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A medic fills a syringe with COVAXIN before administering it to a health worker during its trials, at the Gujarat Medical Education and Research Society in Ahmedabad on November 26, 2020.
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Is it ethical to offer one healthcare worker the Covaxin whose efficacy is unknown and another healthcare worker the Covishield whose efficacy is known even though both face the same risk of infection at work?
By sending coronavirus vaccines abroad, India enters V5: the world’s exclusive Vax power club January 15, 2021, 8:14 PM IST
Rajiv Bhatia is a Distinguished Fellow, Gateway House and a former ambassador
Today India rolls out “the world’s biggest vaccination programme”, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi put it, in its epic combat against Covid-19.
In the new year, as TS Tirumurti – India’s ambassador to the UN – prepared to take his seat in the UN Security Council for a two-year tenure as a non-permanent member, another kind of global security was being concurrently consolidated. VG Somani, the country’s drugs controller general, announced approval for two vaccines made in India for “restricted use in emergency situation.” This cleared the way for the government to provide the much-awaited vaccines at home as well as to the world community.