Sanjeevani – A Shot Of Life: Join Network18 and Federal Bank's Drive to Raise Awareness About Covid-19 Vaccination
3 years, 8 months ago

Sanjeevani – A Shot Of Life: Join Network18 and Federal Bank's Drive to Raise Awareness About Covid-19 Vaccination

News 18  

On the occasion of World Health Day, Network18 is set to launch its latest campaign ‘Sanjeevani – A Shot Of Life’ on April 7 to increase awareness about the Covid-19 vaccination and the importance of getting it. The initiative is a Federal Bank CSR drive that intends to reach each and every Indian with relevant and important information about the Covid-19 vaccine. According to the Union Health Ministry’s latest provisional report, 2,60,653 doses of coronavirus vaccines were administered in India on March 28 amid a spike in infections across the country. On April 7, Network18 in collaboration with Federal Bank will launch the Sanjeevani campaign from Amritsar with Bollywood actor and philanthropist Sonu Sood as its ambassador.

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PM Modi's photo removed from vaccine certificates amidst Covishield controversy
7 months, 3 weeks ago

PM Modi's photo removed from vaccine certificates amidst Covishield controversy

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Amidst the ongoing controversy surrounding the Covishield vaccine, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's photograph has been removed from Covid-19 vaccine certificates. While speculation arose linking this action to AstraZeneca's acknowledgment of rare blood clotting cases associated with the vaccine, official sources have attributed it to the implementation of the election model code of conduct. The court had dismissed a …

‘The Vial’ trailer out: Manoj Bajpayee narrates History TV18's documentary on India’s Covid-19 vaccine journey
1 year, 9 months ago

‘The Vial’ trailer out: Manoj Bajpayee narrates History TV18's documentary on India’s Covid-19 vaccine journey

Firstpost  

India’s Covid-19 vaccination programme has proven to be the world’s largest but how did the nation, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, embark on this journey? To find out the details of a historic and unprecedented battle, check out History TV18’s documentary titled ‘The Vial – India’s Vaccine Story’ on March 24, 2023, at 8PM. ‘The Vial’ brings to life …

India need not panic given excellent COVID-19 vaccination coverage: Adar Poonawalla
2 years ago

India need not panic given excellent COVID-19 vaccination coverage: Adar Poonawalla

The Hindu  

Serum Institute of India CEO Adar Poonawalla on Tuesday expressed concern over reports of a rising COVID-19 graph in China but said there is no need to panic as the vaccination coverage in India is excellent. Mr. Poonawalla's tweet came a day after the Union Health Ministry urged all states and UTs to ramp up the whole genome sequencing of …

The Largest Vaccination Drive: Victory of People, Process and Technology
2 years, 2 months ago

The Largest Vaccination Drive: Victory of People, Process and Technology

News 18  

On the occasion of the celebration of 75 years of India’s Independence, Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, the Government of India under the leadership of PM Narendra Modi was able to inoculate over a billion people with more than 217 crore vaccination doses across different age groups, diverse communities and regions within the span of 18 months after the general availability …

Covid-19: India's first intranasal vaccine by Bharat Biotech gets DCGI approval
2 years, 3 months ago

Covid-19: India's first intranasal vaccine by Bharat Biotech gets DCGI approval

India TV News  

The Bharat Biotech on Tuesday got emergency use authorisation from the Drugs Controller General of India for the Intranasal Covid-19 vaccine. Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Mansukh Mandaviya termed it a 'Big boost' to India's fight against Covid-19. Bharat Biotech's ChAd36-SARS-CoV-S COVID-19 recombinant nasal vaccine approved by CDSCO_INDIA_INF for primary immunization against COVID-19 in 18+ age group for …

India crosses 200-cr vaccine doses landmark, PM writes to vaccinators lauding their efforts
2 years, 5 months ago

India crosses 200-cr vaccine doses landmark, PM writes to vaccinators lauding their efforts

India TV News  

India crosses 200-cr vaccine doses landmark: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has written a letter to all vaccinators lauding their efforts as India crossed the COVID-19 vaccination milestone of administering 200 crore doses to its citizens. Our vaccinators, healthcare workers and support staff, and frontline workers have played a critical role in protecting Indians," the prime minister wrote in the letter. …

India crosses milestone of 200 crore vaccinations against COVID-19 in 18 months
2 years, 5 months ago

India crosses milestone of 200 crore vaccinations against COVID-19 in 18 months

The Hindu  

India’s cumulative COVID-19 vaccination drive surpassed the 200-crore milestone on Sunday and as per provisional reports till 1 p.m., a total of 2,00,00,15,631 doses have been administered across the country. It took the country almost nine months to reach the 100-crore mark and another nine months to touch the 200-crore vaccination mark since the start of the drive on January …

Bharat Biotech Nasal Covid Vaccine's Phase 3 Trials Completed
2 years, 6 months ago

Bharat Biotech Nasal Covid Vaccine's Phase 3 Trials Completed

News 18  

Bharat Biotech on Saturday said that the clinical Phase III trials of the nasal vaccine for Covid-19 have been completed and that the company will submit its data with Drugs Controller General of India next month. Dr Krishna Ella, Chairman and Managing Director of Bharat Biotech on Saturday said, if everything is okay, then they will get permission to launch …

Modi@8: India’s Covid Vax Drive is a Myth Breaker in Public Health Space, Writes NTAGI Head NK Arora
2 years, 6 months ago

Modi@8: India’s Covid Vax Drive is a Myth Breaker in Public Health Space, Writes NTAGI Head NK Arora

News 18  

Not so long back, a reputed international media-house had predicted gloomily that it could take over a decade for India to vaccinate its 1.4 billion population against Covid-19. The resounding success of this drive, which has been a proactive, pre-emptive, and graded response in the management of Covid-19 has been a myth-breaker on several fronts in the public health space …

Being ready: The Hindu Editorial on vaccination and India’s third COVID-19 wave
2 years, 9 months ago

Being ready: The Hindu Editorial on vaccination and India’s third COVID-19 wave

The Hindu  

The COVID-19 pandemic is on a discernible wane. Balram Bhargava, Director-General, ICMR, said at a press conference this week that 92% of those who died of COVID-19 since January this year were unvaccinated, and underlined that vaccines and the wide vaccination coverage had played an important role in protecting hundreds of lives. The initial scepticism regarding the vaccines not having …

Covid-19 | India Likely To Supply Covovax, Corbevax Vaccines To Quad Partners: Report
2 years, 10 months ago

Covid-19 | India Likely To Supply Covovax, Corbevax Vaccines To Quad Partners: Report

ABP News  

New Delhi: India on Friday conveyed to the Quad partners that New Delhi is open to supplying Covid-19 vaccines, including Covovax and Corbevax, manufactured in the country under the vaccine partnership. “As pandemic continues to impact us, we have undertaken collective efforts to address global health security, Quad vaccine initiative and our collective vaccine delivery. Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne …

India's Covid-19 vaccination drive, one year on | Recap
2 years, 11 months ago

India's Covid-19 vaccination drive, one year on | Recap

India Today  

One year ago, India set out on the challenging journey of vaccinating its massive 1.38 billion-strong population against Covid-19. In the year since the country’s vaccination drive began, 90 per cent of the eligible population has received the first dose and 60 per cent has got their second dose too. More than 156 crore vaccine doses have been administered in …

Focus on localised curbs to contain Covid, minimise damage to livelihood: PM Modi to chief ministers
2 years, 11 months ago

Focus on localised curbs to contain Covid, minimise damage to livelihood: PM Modi to chief ministers

India Today  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday asked chief ministers to ensure minimum damage to the livelihood of common people and economic activities as they work to contain the coronavirus, while noting that its Omicron variant is infecting people many times faster than earlier variants. PM Modi interacting with chief ministers via video conferencing on Thursday | PTI It has also …

Narendra Modi to hold meeting with CMs over COVID-19 situation on 13 January
2 years, 11 months ago

Narendra Modi to hold meeting with CMs over COVID-19 situation on 13 January

Firstpost  

Fresh curbs have been imposed in various parts of the country to check the spread of the highly transmissible virus. New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to hold a meeting with chief ministers over the COVID-19 situation on Thursday as the number of virus infections sees a surge due to its Omicron variant. Reviewing the Covid situation at …

COVID-19 'precautionary' vaccine: Appointments for third dose to open today; check details here
2 years, 11 months ago

COVID-19 'precautionary' vaccine: Appointments for third dose to open today; check details here

Firstpost  

The Centre has already notified the states and Union territories that for each recipient, the third dose would be the same shot that was used for the first two doses Appointments for the ‘precautionary dose’ of the COVID-19 vaccine in India will begin today, 8 January, according to the announcement made by the central government. The three priority groups of …

India achieves 150-crore COVID-19 vaccination milestone
2 years, 11 months ago

India achieves 150-crore COVID-19 vaccination milestone

Op India  

COVID-19 vaccination drive in India has reached a new milestone on 7th January 2022. Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin and Serum Institute’s Covishield were the vaccines adopted by India to roll on and carry out this vaccination drive. One billion within ten months On 21st October 2021, India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage crossed an important milestone of the 100 crore mark. From opposition …

'Remarkable day': PM Modi congratulates India on crossing 150-crore Covid vaccination mark
2 years, 11 months ago

'Remarkable day': PM Modi congratulates India on crossing 150-crore Covid vaccination mark

India Today  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has congratulated the nation on crossing the 150-crore Covid-19 vaccination mark. At the same time, let us also keep following all Covid-19 related protocols." — Narendra Modi January 7, 2022 Meanwhile, India saw a massive spike of over 1 lakh Covid-19 cases, as per the date released by the Union health ministry on Friday. The new …

Narendra Modi's Address Updates: Vaccine for 15-18 Age Group from Jan, 3rd 'Precaution' Dose for Healthcare Workers, 60+
2 years, 11 months ago

Narendra Modi's Address Updates: Vaccine for 15-18 Age Group from Jan, 3rd 'Precaution' Dose for Healthcare Workers, 60+

News 18  

India will start vaccinating children between the ages of 15 and 18 from January 3 next year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced in a sudden address to the nation amid the rising cases of Omicron in the country. The news also comes as the Drug Controller General of India on Saturday gave Bharat Biotech approval for emergency use authorisation of …

PM Modi Announces Jabs for 15-18 Group from Jan, 3rd 'Precaution Dose' for 60-Plus, Healthcare Workers
2 years, 11 months ago

PM Modi Announces Jabs for 15-18 Group from Jan, 3rd 'Precaution Dose' for 60-Plus, Healthcare Workers

News 18  

In a surprise address on Christmas, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that India would start vaccinating children between the ages of 15 and 18 years from January 3, 2022, and give the third “precaution dose” to health and frontline workers and those above 60 with co-morbidities from January 10. While the demand for the booster doses was being raised amid …

Network18's Sanjeevani Telethon LIVE Updates: Low Omicron Numbers in Maharashtra, Says Aaditya Thackeray, Clears the Air on Mumbai Lockdown
3 years ago

Network18's Sanjeevani Telethon LIVE Updates: Low Omicron Numbers in Maharashtra, Says Aaditya Thackeray, Clears the Air on Mumbai Lockdown

News 18  

Sanjeevani Telethon LIVE Updates: Network 18 is all set to celebrate the ground-breaking achievements of the campaign- ‘Sanjeevani – A Shot Of Life’ in a grand culmination telethon on Sunday. The panel members will include- Adar Poonawalla, CEO, Serum Institute of India, George Aikara, CEO, United Way Mumbai, Stanley Plotkin, Vaccinologist of the Wistar, Dr Roderico H. Ofrin, WHO India …

Mansukh Mandaviya to meet state health ministers today, will discuss status of COVID-19 vaccination
3 years, 1 month ago

Mansukh Mandaviya to meet state health ministers today, will discuss status of COVID-19 vaccination

Firstpost  

The meeting comes on the heels of the country achieving the milestone of administering 100 crore vaccine jabs on 21 October Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya will hold a meeting with health ministers of states and union territories today regarding ramping up of the COVID-19 vaccination drive in the country, reported ANI, citing government sources. Mandaviya’s meeting with the state …

Narendra Modi meets Indian COVID-19 vaccine makers, lauds them for 'big role' in country's success
3 years, 2 months ago

Narendra Modi meets Indian COVID-19 vaccine makers, lauds them for 'big role' in country's success

Firstpost  

Representatives from seven vaccine makers — Serum Institute of India, Bharat Biotech, Dr Reddy’s Laboratories, Zydus Cadila, Biological E, Gennova Biopharma and Panacea Biotech — participated in the meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday met Indian COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers who said his leadership was a key factor in India being able to administer 100 crore doses of the jabs …

After 100 crore milestone, Narendra Modi to meet seven Indian COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers today
3 years, 2 months ago

After 100 crore milestone, Narendra Modi to meet seven Indian COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers today

Firstpost  

Representatives from Serum Institute of India, Bharat Biotech, Dr Reddy’s Laboratories, Zydus Cadila, Biological E, Gennova Biopharma and Panacea Biotech will attend the meet New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet seven Indian COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers on Saturday, a meeting that comes in the wake of the country achieving the landmark of administering 100 crore doses of the jabs, …

Whole world believes India has successfully defeated COVID-19, looking at us with pride, says Narendra Modi in address to nation
3 years, 2 months ago

Whole world believes India has successfully defeated COVID-19, looking at us with pride, says Narendra Modi in address to nation

Firstpost  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his address to the nation today also asked people to exercise caution during Diwali, saying masks have to become a part of life till the pandemic is over A day after India achieved the ‘ big 100 ’ – administering one billion COVID-19 vaccines to its citizens, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the nation and …

PM Modi congratulates Indians on reaching vaccine milestone
3 years, 2 months ago

PM Modi congratulates Indians on reaching vaccine milestone

The Hindu  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address comes a day after the cumulative COVID-19 vaccine doses crossed the landmark figure of 100 crores in India. The Prime Minister had hailed it as history being scripted and, in an opinion piece in The Hindu on October 22, he described India's COVID-19 vaccination drive as a journey from "anxiety to assurance" that has made …

Jabs That Did the Trick: A Look at India’s Vaccine Arsenal That Helped it Achieve a Billion-Dose Feat
3 years, 2 months ago

Jabs That Did the Trick: A Look at India’s Vaccine Arsenal That Helped it Achieve a Billion-Dose Feat

News 18  

India on Thursday achieved the ambitious landmark of administering a 100 crore, or billion Covid-19 vaccine doses, the Union Health Ministry said. India’s Vaccine Arsenal India had started its vaccine drive on January 16 with two jabs – Covishield and Covaxin. The Indian drug regulator on August 20 approved Zydus Cadila’s three-dose COVID-19 DNA vaccine for emergency use in adults …

Coronavirus LIVE Updates: Israel PM, US Embassy Congratulate PM Modi on Vax Drive as India Achieves Billion-Dose Milestone
3 years, 2 months ago

Coronavirus LIVE Updates: Israel PM, US Embassy Congratulate PM Modi on Vax Drive as India Achieves Billion-Dose Milestone

News 18  

Coronavirus LIVE Updates: India today achieved the historic milestone of completing 1 billion doses of the Covid-19 vaccine, nine months after it launched “the world’s biggest vaccination drive”. The total vaccine doses administered in the country crossed 99.7 crore on Wednesday, according to the 10.50 pm data from the CoWIN portal, with around 75 per cent of all adults having …

Announcement on planes, railway stations after 100 cr Covid-19 jabs administered: Mansukh Mandaviya
3 years, 2 months ago

Announcement on planes, railway stations after 100 cr Covid-19 jabs administered: Mansukh Mandaviya

India Today  

Announcements will be made on airplanes, ships, metros and at railway stations when India achieves its target of 100 crore Covid-19 vaccine doses while private carrier Spicejet will wrap its planes with posters of this milestone carrying images of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and health workers, Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Thursday. The 100 crore doses target is expected …

PM Modi lauds health workers involved in COVID-19 vaccination
3 years, 2 months ago

PM Modi lauds health workers involved in COVID-19 vaccination

India TV News  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday lauded health workers who went to different heights to successfully carry out the nation's vaccination drive. He was responding to a tweet by Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya who had posted a video of health workers carrying the vaccines and navigating a tough terrain and said their contribution in keeping the country safe will be …

BJP to felicitate nationwide hospital staff on achievement of 100 crore COVID vaccine shots
3 years, 2 months ago

BJP to felicitate nationwide hospital staff on achievement of 100 crore COVID vaccine shots

India TV News  

The Bharatiya Janata Party will felicitate doctors, nurses and hospital staff nationwide when 100 crore Covid vaccine shots have been administered to Indians. A source in the BJP told news agency ANI, "BJP will felicitate doctors, nurses and hospital staff nationwide. He said, "Vaccine to everyone, under the free vaccine campaign, India has been able to apply about 90 crore …

India's first mRNA vaccine in final stages, PM Modi tells UNGA | All you need to know
3 years, 2 months ago

India's first mRNA vaccine in final stages, PM Modi tells UNGA | All you need to know

India Today  

During his speech at the 76th United Nations General Assembly on Saturday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi stated that India’s first mRNA vaccine was in the final stages. PM Modi was referring to the mRNA vaccine which is being developed by Gennova Biopharmaceuticals Limited, a subsidiary of Pune-based Emcure Pharmaceuticals. Take a look at more details on the mRNA vaccine: The …

COVID-19 | WHO chief thanks Health Minister Mandaviya for announcing resumption of vaccine shipments
3 years, 3 months ago

COVID-19 | WHO chief thanks Health Minister Mandaviya for announcing resumption of vaccine shipments

The Hindu  

World Health Organisation chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday, September 22, 2021, thanked Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya for announcing resumption of COVID-19 vaccine shipments to the COVAX global pool in October. "Thank you Health Minister @mansukhmandviya for announcing #India will resume crucial #COVID19 vaccine shipments to #COVAX in October. Mr. Mandaviya on September 20, announced thatIndia will resume export …

DCGI nod to phase-I clinical trial of COVID-19 vaccine of Reliance Life Sciences
3 years, 3 months ago

DCGI nod to phase-I clinical trial of COVID-19 vaccine of Reliance Life Sciences

The Hindu  

The Drugs Controller General of India on September 3 granted permission to the Mukesh Ambani-owned Reliance Life Sciences to conduct phase-I clinical trial of its indigenous COVID-19 vaccine with certain conditions, sources said. The phase-I clinical trial will be conducted to evaluate safety, tolerability and immunogenicity of the SARS-CoV-2 recombinant protein subunit vaccine in healthy volunteers according to protocol, they …

CII partners with Serum Institute to expand vaccination across small towns, rural areas across India
3 years, 4 months ago

CII partners with Serum Institute to expand vaccination across small towns, rural areas across India

India Today  

The Confederation of Indian Industry has signed an agreement with Pune's Serum Institute of India to accelerate Covid-19 vaccination across the country -- in partnership with the industry, including healthcare providers. The CII aims to connect the community, hospitals and corporates to fast-track vaccination, and the partnership with the Serum Institute will help catalyze industry participation to reach out to …

PM Modi holds Covid review meeting, says ’involve NGOs to expand vaccination drive’
3 years, 5 months ago

PM Modi holds Covid review meeting, says ’involve NGOs to expand vaccination drive’

Live Mint  

During a review meeting to assess the status of the Covid-19 vaccination drive in India, officials told Prime Minister Narendra Modi that they are in touch with state governments to explore and implement innovative methods to reach people for vaccination. He was briefed about the age-wise vaccination coverage as well as about the vaccine coverage among healthcare workers, frontline workers …

PM Modi reviews vaccination progress, lauds rise in daily jabs, stresses on pace of testing
3 years, 5 months ago

PM Modi reviews vaccination progress, lauds rise in daily jabs, stresses on pace of testing

India Today  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a review meet on Covid-19 vaccines on Saturday. The virtual meeting, which began at 5 pm, was attended by senior officials in the Prime Minister's Office, the Health Secretary and NITI Aayog member Dr VK Paul. @Rahulshrivstv gets us inside details of PM's meet on vaccination.#CoronavirusPandemic #CoronaVaccine pic.twitter.com/5cEecnQ57N — IndiaToday June 26, 2021 Officials told …

JP Nadda lauds Modi govt for measures to fight Covid
3 years, 6 months ago

JP Nadda lauds Modi govt for measures to fight Covid

India TV News  

The way the government under Prime Minister Narendra Modi prepared itself to fight Covid is "admirable" and reflects India''s strength, BJP president J P Nadda said on Thursday, citing the ramping up of medical infrastructure in the country to laud the Centre. While noting that the country faced shortage of medical oxygen as the pandemic surged, he said Modi left …

Indian experts urge faster inoculations ahead of free Covid-19 shots
3 years, 6 months ago

Indian experts urge faster inoculations ahead of free Covid-19 shots

Live Mint  

Indian officials and health experts welcomed a federal government plan to give free COVID-19 shots to all adults as a step in the right direction on Tuesday, but cautioned that vaccinations must be accelerated to prevent new surges in infections. Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday the federal government would take over the inoculation programme from Indian states and …

'Will Get Jabbed Since Shots are Now by Centre, Not BJP': Akhilesh Yadav's Covid Vaccine U-turn
3 years, 6 months ago

'Will Get Jabbed Since Shots are Now by Centre, Not BJP': Akhilesh Yadav's Covid Vaccine U-turn

News 18  

A day after Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav took his first dose of Covishield at Gurgaon’s Medanta hospital, his son and former UP chief minister Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday clarified that he’s not against jabs by Centre but was against ‘BJP’s vaccine’. In a tweet on Tuesday morning, Akhilesh Yadav wrote, “Instead of politicising vaccination, the government of India …

Tractor-cum-bus spreads vaccine awareness in UP's Lucknow, few take jab
3 years, 6 months ago

Tractor-cum-bus spreads vaccine awareness in UP's Lucknow, few take jab

India Today  

In a bid to encourage people residing in a village area in Uttar Pradesh's Lucknow to get themselves vaccinated against Covid-19, Radha Soami Satsang Beas, a private organisation with the help of Lucknow district administration, has started free tractor-cum buses for the villagers to take the jab. Around 11:10 am, India Today team left the Radha Soami Satsang Beas vaccination …

‘Right thing, at last’: Congress leaders react to PM Modi’s announcement on central procurement of Covid-19 vaccines
3 years, 6 months ago

‘Right thing, at last’: Congress leaders react to PM Modi’s announcement on central procurement of Covid-19 vaccines

Hindustan Times  

Following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s address to the nation, in which he announced the central procurement of Covid-19 vaccines, some Congress leaders have reacted welcoming the move. Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the Union government would take over the task of Covid-19 vaccination from the state governments. Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot called the announcement a “victory of public …

India's vaccination coverage had expanded to 90% before Covid-19 pandemic hit: PM Modi
3 years, 6 months ago

India's vaccination coverage had expanded to 90% before Covid-19 pandemic hit: PM Modi

India Today  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that the vaccination coverage in India, which was 60 per cent when he took office in 2014, had jumped to 90 per cent before the coronavirus pandemic hit in 2020. Addressing the nation, the prime minister said that a new health infrastructure has been developed in the country since the pandemic began. Modi …

Reliance Foundation Seeks Govt Nod to Import J&J Covid Vaccine Doses for Its Workforce in India
3 years, 6 months ago

Reliance Foundation Seeks Govt Nod to Import J&J Covid Vaccine Doses for Its Workforce in India

News 18  

Reliance Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries, has sought the government’s authorisation to import 20 lakh doses of US-based Johnson and Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine for captive consumption and to inoculate its workforce pan India, sources said. In a recent communication to the Union Health Ministry, Reliance Foundation has said the imported Johnson and Johnson vaccine will …

Health ministry to buy 30 cr COVID-19 vaccine doses from Biological-E for Rs 1,500 cr
3 years, 6 months ago

Health ministry to buy 30 cr COVID-19 vaccine doses from Biological-E for Rs 1,500 cr

Firstpost  

The vaccine recently got the nod of approval for phase-3 clinical trials after showing promising results in phase 1 and 2. The Union Health Ministry has finalised arrangements with Hyderabad-based vaccine manufacturer Biological-E to reserve 30 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses for which it will be making an advance payment of Rs 1500 crore. The COVID-19 vaccine of Biological-E is currently …

India to vaccinate all citizens against Covid-19 by December 2021, says Union minister Javadekar
3 years, 6 months ago

India to vaccinate all citizens against Covid-19 by December 2021, says Union minister Javadekar

Hindustan Times  

Union minister Prakash Javadekar said on Friday all Indians will be vaccinated against the coronavirus disease by the end of this year as he criticised Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for saying that only 3 per cent of India’s population is inoculated. So, Rahul Gandhi should understand that India will vaccinate all by December 2021,” Javadekar said during a press conference. …

IMA appeals PM Modi to stop Baba Ramdev's 'misinformation campaign' against vaccination
3 years, 6 months ago

IMA appeals PM Modi to stop Baba Ramdev's 'misinformation campaign' against vaccination

India Today  

The Indian Medical Association has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him to stop the "misinformation campaign on vaccination by Baba Ramdev". In the letter addressed to PM Modi, IMA said it would like to "painfully" bring to your notice a "video claiming 10,000 doctors have died in spite of taking both the dose of vaccine and …

'Sanjeevani Gaadi': Network18, Federal Bank join hands to spread COVID-19 vaccine awareness
3 years, 6 months ago

'Sanjeevani Gaadi': Network18, Federal Bank join hands to spread COVID-19 vaccine awareness

Firstpost  

Network18 and Federal Bank have launched the latest leg in their ambitious vaccine awareness campaign ‘Sanjeevani – A Shot Of Life’. In an endeavor to reach even the grassroots level, ‘Sanjeevani Gaadi’ will now reach each and every village of the five worst Covid-19 affected districts. The vehicle will travel to over 500 villages across the five districts spreading awareness …

The fiasco that is India’s COVID-19 vaccine policy
3 years, 7 months ago

The fiasco that is India’s COVID-19 vaccine policy

The Hindu  

INCREDIBLY, just when the country was about to be engulfed by the second wave of coronavirus infection, the Narendra Modi government made a major change in its vaccine policy. As the Indian vaccination drive stalls, the Modi regime’s vaccine policy is clearly the weak link in the fight against the pandemic. Serum Institute of India and Bharat Biotech International Ltd, …

High-tech hunt for scarce COVID-19 vaccines in India raises fear for fairnessr
3 years, 7 months ago

High-tech hunt for scarce COVID-19 vaccines in India raises fear for fairnessr

The Hindu  

Indian tech experts have written software code and designed websites to help people book scarce COVID-19 vaccinations online, raising concern about an unfair advantage for the tech savvy and jeopardising chances of an equitable vaccine rollout. "I feel happy I'm able to use my skills to help people get vaccines," said Thomas, an investment banker based in the southern city …

Covid-19 pandemic: India's vaccinations plummet as coronavirus infections soar
3 years, 7 months ago

Covid-19 pandemic: India's vaccinations plummet as coronavirus infections soar

Hindustan Times  

India's daily COVID-19 shots have fallen sharply from an all-time high reached early last month as domestic companies struggle to boost supplies and imports are limited, even as the country fights the world's worst surge in infections. Public forecasts by its only two current vaccine producers show their total monthly output of 70-80 million doses would increase only in two …

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