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People wait for their turn to get vaccinated at a city dispensary BHUBANESWAR: With no commitment from the manufacturers on the likely volume and date of supply of vaccines to the state, the inoculation plan for people in the the age group of 18 to 44 from May 1 remains uncertain. Additional chief secretary (health) Pradipta Kumar Mohapatra said the government is in touch with the vaccine makers. “I have personally spoken with senior functionaries of both Bharat Biotech and Serum Institute today (Monday). They are saying they will consider thesupply depending on availability,” he said. ...

Express News Service BENGALURU: Hospitals in Bengaluru could face a shortage of Covaxin doses in the coming days, throwing a spanner in the government’s Covid-19 immunization drive.Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech has not been able to keep pace with demand for the vaccine, which has gone up in Bengaluru after after Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa and Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar took Covaxin last month. “We started administering Covaxin around the end of March. Soon, 28 days will be over for the first set of beneficiaries. Unless supply increases, we won’t be able to cater to new benefic...

Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan has said citizens can get vaccinated according to their convenience

The process of jabbing needs to be fastened. On an average, about three lakh people are being inoculated every day against a government target of 13 lakh

New Delhi [India], January 23 (ANI): Delhi reported 197 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours taking the total number of reported cases in the national capital to 6,33,739.