COVID-19 Vaccination: Looking to boost coverage, the government adopted many measures.
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India s Covid-19 vaccination drive, which began a week ago on January 16, has covered nearly 14 lakh people already, the Union government has said. The mission of administering the two-dose jab accelerated to over three lakh people per day yesterday, according to the Union Health Ministry s data.
The average number of vaccinations per day during the past week has been 1,98,656, data collated till yesterday showed. The total has touched 13,90,592. Yesterday alone, the number touched 3,47,058.
On January 16, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched India s massive Covid-10 vaccination drive using two products - Covishield and Covaxin. While the former was developed by researchers at Oxford University in collaboration with pharma major AstaZeneca, it is being manufactured in India by Pune-based The Serum Institute of India.
A vile of Covishield vaccine developed by the Serum Institute of India.
MUMBAI: At least 3,539 of the day s target of 3,852 health workers were administered Covid-19 vaccines at 10 vaccination centres in Mumbai on Friday, a civic official said.
According to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), the numbers have improved considerably since the drive started on January 16, as the civic body has now permitted health workers registered for immunisation to walk in anytime to take the shot.
As per the official data, only 48-52 per cent health workers had come forward to take the vaccine in the first three sessions of the drive.
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MOTN opinion poll: 73% satisfied with Modi’s handling of Covid-19 pandemic, PM outshines global leaders
Almost three-fourths of Indians believe that PM Modi has done a good or outstanding job in handling the pandemic, the India Today Mood of the Nation (MOTN) opinion poll has revealed.
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“Jab tak dawai nahi, dhilai nahi” (No let up till vaccination) to “Dawai bhi, kadaai bhi” (Yes to medicine, yes to caution) Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s coronavirus slogans are just proof of how well he handled the pandemic in a nation of 130 crore people where other developed countries continue to struggle. Almost three-fourths of Indians believe that PM Modi has done a good or outstanding job in handling the pandemic, the India Today Mood of the Nation (MOTN) opinion poll has revealed.