Panacea Biotec has partnered Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) to launch the Russian Sputnik V vaccine in India.
The Minister emphasised that the government has made continuous efforts to ensure that vaccines reach people and informed that trials of vaccines for children are underway.
His statement has come on a day when the White House said it is “eager” to continue partnership with India in the fight against coronavirus and wants to provide assistance, including vaccines.
Mentioning the doubling of the capacity of Sputnik V in September, the release stated, "Sputnik V has built production partnership with producers in 14 countries and will additionally double its capacity in September.
According to the BMC, so far 73,36,171 citizens have been inoculated in the metropolis. Out of them, 18,09,075 beneficiaries have received both the doses.
Karachi Expo Centre stopped its inoculation drive following chaos after hundreds of people rushed to get themselves vaccinated.
59-year-old Manual Mathai has taken up the complaint with the district medical officer of Wayanad along with copies of the vaccine certificate he received.
The health ministry issued a statement referring to recent media reports alleging that the country will miss the target of administering half-a-billion (50 crore) doses of the COVID-19 vaccine by July-end.
The study conducted on 3,235 HCW (2480 received both doses while 755 received a single dose) showed that COVID-19 infection after vaccination is primarily minor and did not lead to severe disease.
In New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that all municipal workers — including teachers and police officers — will be required to get vaccinated by mid-September or face weekly COVID-19 testing.
The Government of India has been holding discussions with COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers Moderna and Pfizer, for procuring their vaccine. However, there has been a delay over the same.
Sri Jayewardenepura University, have found that China's Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine is highly efficient against the Delta variant which has become the dominant variant across the world.
On the availability of Moderna vaccine in the country, NITI Aayog member (Health) Dr. VK Paul had recently said the government is working actively with Moderna to see how its vaccine can be imported and made available in the country.
Sri Lanka's health authorities administered the highest number of Covid-19 vaccines in a single day with nearly 400,000 people inoculated.
Apart from Delhi, few other states such as Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha are also experiencing a vaccine shortage.
The new study examined whether a single dose would achieve greater public health benefit than two doses by allowing protection of a larger population more quickly.
Noting that there is "uneven access" to these tools, especially vaccines, around the world and within countries, the UN chief said that "a global vaccination gap threatens us all" because as the virus mutates, it could become even more transmissible, or even more deadly.
The Biden Administration has announced to share 80 million doses from its domestic stockpile with countries around the world, including India.
PM Narendra Modi will interact with the CMs of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Odisha, Maharashtra and Kerala on July 16 to review COVID-19 situation.
PM Narendra Modi told CMs of North-East states that stricter steps are needed at micro-level to check virus spread as he called for greater emphasis on micro-containment zones.
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