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How do you vaccinate a country of 1.3 billion? A gargantuan task indeed. That’s the challenge facing India as it launched a vaccination programme on January 16 to fight the coronavirus pandemic. Size and numbers have never intimidated India. After all, the country has been successfully running the world’s largest democratic exercise for more than seven decades. So the COVID-19 vaccination programme shouldn’t be too difficult despite the enormous hurdles. Much like the rest of the world, India has been reeling from the onslaught of the coronavirus. COVID-19 infections have surged so muc...

1,000 Covid-19 vax doses found 'frozen' in Assam medical college ​ By IANS | Published on ​ Tue, Jan 19 2021 23:06 IST | ​ 0 Views   Nagaon: A nurse administers Japanese encephalitis (JE) vaccine to a man at a JE vaccination camp set-up at the Civil Hospital in Nagaon of Assam on March 26, 2015. . Image Source: IANS News Guwahati/Silchar, Jan 19 : Authorities in Assam are probing how the 1,000 doses of the Covid-19 vaccine Covishield were found "frozen" in the vaccine store of the Silchar Medical College and Hospital (SMCH), officials said on Tuesday. Cachar Deputy Commissioner Ke...

Updated Jan 19, 2021 | 17:43 IST The fact that the rate of immunisation was only half of what was expected per session suggests that vaccine hesitancy continues to permeate at high rates through the Indian population. Representational image.  |  Photo Credit: PTI Key Highlights It hasn't helped that several notable political leaders have also worked to erode trust in the scientific community India's Universal Immunisation Programme – the largest in the world – has encountered vaccine hesitancy for years stemming from various causes A December 2018 study...

1,000 Covid-19 Vaccine Doses Found 'Frozen' at Assam Medical College, Probe Underway Authorities in Assam are probing how the 1,000 doses of the Covid-19 vaccine Covishield were found "frozen" in the vaccine store of the Silchar Medical College and Hospital (SMCH), officials said on Tuesday. Cachar Deputy Commissioner Keerthi Jalli and state National Health Mission Director Lakshmanan S have separately ordered probes to identify the reason for the 100 vials of Covishield, containing 1,000 doses, being "frozen". Health officials in Guwahati, however, are not labelling the 100 vials or the 1,00...

The people behind the COVID 19 vaccine reaching you Updated: Updated: January 19, 2021 15:14 IST From a ASHA worker to the keeper of the cold chain, here, the unseen people responsible for the COVID-19 vaccine reaching you Share Article AAA From a ASHA worker to the keeper of the cold chain, here, the unseen people responsible for the COVID-19 vaccine reaching you 9 am; January 16, 2021. Dr TR John has reason to remember this date and time. The Chief of Medical Service, Aster Medcity, Kochi, was readying to oversee the first jab of the COVID-19 vaccine at the hospital and sensed the beginnin...