The health secretary also said that the vaccination rollout is expected to last beyond one year and in the beginning the vaccination it will be sequential.
NEW DELHI: India s drive against COVID-19 gathered momentum on Wednesday with planes carrying vaccines flying into airports across the country from where the precious cargo was dispatched to small cities and towns in readiness for the inoculation exercise beginning January 16.
From Assam to Goa and from Jammu and Kashmir to Kerala, the vaccines were carefully and swiftly transported to far corners of the country, a day after the first consignment of the Covishield vaccine from the Oxford/AstraZeneca stable rolled out of the Serum Institute of India manufacturing facility in Pune.
According to sources, 95 per cent of the 1.1 crore doses of Covishield vaccine purchased by the government have been delivered and shipped to nearly 60 consignee points across India in two days.
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 .
What scientific papers on Bharat Biotech s Covaxin say
The pre-prints or preliminary reports of research work related to Covaxin, which are yet to be peer-reviewed are already posted on pre-print servers like bioRxiv, medRxiv and Research Square
Joe C Mathew | January 13, 2021 | Updated 23:04 IST
Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech has said that peer-reviewed international journals will soon come out with scientific publications based on the product development and clinical trial data of its COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin. The pre-prints or preliminary reports of the work that are yet to be peer-reviewed are already posted on pre-print servers like bioRxiv, medRxiv and Research Square. The research thus far has generated five publications, which have been submitted to international peer-reviewed journals, four of which have been accepted and will be published soon. The publication of phase II trial data is undergoing the peer review process , the company said.
: Wednesday, January 13, 2021, 9:26 PM IST
COVID-19 vaccine drive picks up steam, doses reach far corners of India ahead of mass inoculation exercise
The vaccines have been allocated to all states and UTs in proportion to their healthcare workers database, the Health Ministry said.
Health employees offer Puja to the first consignment of Covishield vaccine at District Vaccination Store, Government JP hospital, in Bhopal on Wednesday.
ANI
India s drive against COVID-19 gathered momentum on Wednesday with planes carrying vaccines flying into airports across the country from where the precious cargo was dispatched to small cities and towns in readiness for the inoculation exercise beginning January 16.