Karnataka to get 20,000 doses of Covaxin also: Health minister
Thu, Jan 14 2021 08:02:40 AM
Bengaluru, Jan 14 (IANS): Karnataka would get 20,000 doses of Covaxin from Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech for administering to frontline warriors, including healthcare workers, in the first phase from January 16, state Health Minister K. Sudhakar said on Wednesday. The state will soon receive 20,000 doses of Covaxin from Hyderabad by air and these will be used to inoculate 16 lakh frontline warriors across the state in phase one from January 16 onwards, said Sudhakar, a medical doctor by profession, in a statement.
The state has received 8 lakh doses of Covishield from the Pune-based Serum Institute of India since Tuesday.
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Administering Bharat Biotech s COVAXIN, has worried some health experts who consider it rushed, as the vaccine has only limited, clinical-trial mode approval
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, Reuters No vaccine is a backup to the other - both vaccines are equally important, both vaccines are hugely immunogenic, Vinod K. Paul, who heads a government panel on vaccine strategy, said. They excite immunity against the virus , he added
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India will treat a domestic COVID-19 vaccine equally with a prominent global one, even though the homegrown drug s efficacy has not been proven, and people will have no choice which they one they get, a top government vaccine official told Reuters.
India will treat a domestic COVID-19 vaccine "equally" with a prominent global one, even though the homegrown drug's efficacy has not been proven, and people will have no choice which they one they get, a top government vaccine official told Reuters.
India will start its COVID-19 vaccination drive on Saturday.
New Delhi:
Ahead of the COVID-19 vaccination drive that starts Saturday, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan took to Twitter on Thursday, to dispel doubts about the vaccines.
Posting a series of graphics on Twitter, the minister addressed fears like the vaccine causing infertility or spreading the coronavirus infection. There is no scientific evidence to suggest that #COVIDVaccine could cause infertility in either men or women. Kindly do not pay heed to such rumours or information from unverified sources, he said in one tweet. You cannot contract #COVID19 because you have been inoculated with a #COVID19Vaccine Temporary side effects such as mild fever should not be confused as having contracted #COVID, the minister said in another.