AIIMS chief Dr Randeep Guleria on said that Bharat Biotech's Covaxin trials for children are presently underway and the results are expected to be released by September.
If turned out to be productive, the Israeli-made oral Covid vaccine will ease out the process of vaccination and would also not be required a cold-storage set-up, manpower efforts that are needed for administering injections.
The total consumption including wastage is 41,12,30,353 doses.
All teaching and non-teaching staff of state-run, aided and private schools across Karnataka would be vaccinated on priority ahead of resuming classes.
Trials for coronavirus vaccine for children are underway in the country ahead of an anticipated third wave of the pandemic.
The pandemic could have been under control by now, if vaccines that were "meant to douse the flames of the pandemic" were allocated more equitably, Ghebreyesus said in his keynote speech at the 138th International Olympic Committee Session.
Achieving a significant milestone on the 185th day of the inoculation drive against COVID-19, the total number vaccine doses administered in the country has gone past the 41-crore mark, the Union Health Ministry said.
More than 2,60,12,352 balance and unutilised COVID-19 vaccine doses are still available with states and UTs and private hospitals to be administered.
Of this, the total consumption, including wastage, is 38,94,87,442 doses, according to data available at 8 am Saturday.
Sinovac is the second Chinese COVID-19 vaccine approved by Sri Lanka's National Medicines Regulatory Authority (NMRA).
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday informed Prime Minister Narendra Modi about the steps taken by the state government to mitigate the effects of the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic and sought allocation of more vaccine doses.
Apart from generating virus-busting antibodies, the vaccine also creates "training camps" in the body for search-and-destroy T-cells which can kill even the new variants, The Sun, UK, reported.
More than 41.10 crores (41,10,38,530) vaccine doses have been provided to states/UTs (union territories) so far, through all sources.
Sri Lanka's health authorities administered the highest number of Covid-19 vaccines in a single day with nearly 400,000 people inoculated.
The Centre had informed the states on June 19 about how many doses of the vaccine would be made available to them in July, the Health Minister said.
The couple — and millions of other people who have been vaccinated through a U.N.-backed effort — could find themselves barred from entering many European and other countries because those nations don’t recognize the Indian-made version of the vaccine for travel.
Interacting with reporters, he also urged people not to lower the guard, and reiterated that experts have already cautioned about the chance of a third wave of the coronavirus pandemic.
Raising the issue of shortage of Covid vaccines in the city, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia tweeted, "Vaccines have run out in Delhi again.
Health Minister Rajesh Tope said the state's capacity is to vaccinate 15 lakh people daily, but as of now only two to three lakh people are being inoculated in a day because of the "shortage of vaccine doses"
More than 1.54 crore balance and unutilised COVID-19 vaccine doses are still available with the states, UTs and private hospitals to be administered.
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