The minister said while it takes 5-10 years to test and develop vaccines, India has researched and developed an in-house vaccine, and to add to the complex manufacturing, the humongous logistics involving setting up cold chains, airport transfers, delivery to states, local storage and last-mile connectivity were set up in no time.
One of the most critical aspects during the COVID-19 pandemic and the vaccination drive was to provide factual information on a real-time basis to people.
The vaccination requirement for foreign nationals comes as the White House has moved to impose sweeping vaccination-or-testing requirements.
The FDA meetings come as U.S. vaccinations have climbed back above 1 million per day on average.
Sputnik Light is the same as component-1 of the Russian vaccine Sputnik V which is being used in India's anti-COVID inoculation programme after getting emergency use authorisation from India's Drug Regulator in April.
DDMA said that government employees who have not been taken Covid vaccine will not be allowed to attend offices.
According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), 58,00,43,190 samples have been tested up to October 7th for COVID-19.
Meanwhile, 16 new cases and 17 recoveries were reported in the past 24 hours. The state's recovery rate has reached 98.7 per cent while the death rate hovers around 1.3.
According to the data shared by the Union Health Ministry on Tuesday, the country saw a total of 29,639 recoveries in the last 24 hours, taking the total recovery rate at around 97.89 per cent.
Karnataka is also discussing administering booster shots for those who have taken two doses of a Covid-19 vaccine.
PM Modi said that the Arogya Setu app has helped a lot in preventing the spread of infection.
According to the data shared by the Union Health Ministry on Sunday, the country saw a total of 25,930 recoveries in the last 24 hours.
Mansukh Mandaviya attached the slogan 'Jai Anusandhan' to the feat, crediting PM Narendra Modi for fulfilling it.
According to the data shared by the Union Health Ministry on Saturday, the total active cases of COVID-19 in India dipped down to 2,73,889, the lowest in 197 days.
The civil surgeons have been directed to hold a meeting with district officers of the urban local bodies to discuss the strategies for the vaccination drive.
California, the most populous state in the country, reported more than 6 million public school students in April, according to the state's Department of Education.
According to the data shared by the Union Health Ministry on Friday, the country saw a total of 28,246 recoveries in the last 24 hours, taking the total recovery rate at around 97.85 per cent.
As many as nine centres have been identified across India for this phase, including Bharati Vidyapeeth Medical College Hospital.
Cumulatively, 35,50,09,680 people in the 18-44 category across all states and union territories have received their first dose and 7,88,45,995 have received their second dose since the start of phase-3 of the vaccination drive.
According to the data shared by the Union Health Ministry on Tuesday, the country saw a total of 26,030 recoveries in the last 24 hours.
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