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Updated: Share Article AAA PMK youth wing leader Anbumani Ramadoss on Wednesday urged that the integrated vaccine complex at Chengalpattu should not be privatised. In a statement, he said reports about attempts to privatise the facility is shocking and the move is unjustifiable especially when the need for vaccines in India is increasing. Handing over the facility to the private sector would defeat the very purpose of why the complex was formed in the first place. The complex should either be run by the Centre or taken over by the Tamil Nadu government. Dr. Anbumani wondered why the Tamil Na...

It has been widely reported that AstraZeneca (AZ) vaccine may cause blood clots and low level of blood platelets as side effects although the European

Background **COVID-19 was unknown prior to the outbreak in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. The disease spread rapidly across the globe. On 30 January 2020, WHO declared the COVID-19 outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) and on 11 March characterized it as a pandemic. Globally, as of 15 th March 2021 there have been 119,603,761confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 2,649,722 deaths, reported to WHO. In the African region, there have been 2,953,556 confirmed cases. Kenya’s index case was reported on 12th March 2020. As at 15 th March 2021, 113,967 cases and 1,918...

Oxford halts use of AstraZeneca vaccine in children's trial Wednesday April 07 2021 A health worker holds a vial of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine against Covid-19 amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, in Bogota on April 5, 2021. PHOTO | AFP Summary As several European countries suspend their rollout of the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine, many African countries are continuing with it, as a principal jab. Advertisement The University of Oxford has halted administering doses of the Covid-19 vaccine it developed with AstraZeneca to children, pending further information about rare blood-...

A total of 760 765 persons were vaccinated so far. http://www.sundayobserver.lk/sites/default/files/news/2021/03/13/2021.%2003.%2012%20COVID%20Immunization%20-%20Progress%202021.%2003.%2012.pdf