The RNA-based vaccine, meant for the age group of 12 to 18 besides adults, got the Emergency Use Authorisation from the drug regulator on August 20.
Responding to Ghosh's criticism, TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh said that the Centre has not cooperated well with the state, and Bengal, despite that, is one of the "frontrunners" in the country's vaccination drive.
Last week, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said that over 74 percent of the eligible population in India has received the first dose of the Covid vaccine.
Over 10.72 crore balance and unutilised COVID-19 vaccine doses are still available with the states and UTs to be administered, the Union Health Ministry said.
Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine is currently being given to people as young as 12 in the US. In the next three weeks, federal officials plan to discuss making smaller-dose versions available to the nation's 28 million children between the ages of 5 and 11.
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.
The findings, published in the journal Nature on Tuesday, also show that those infected with the virus prior to vaccination exhibit a more robust immune response to all variants than those who were uninfected and fully vaccinated.
According to sources, Myanmar, Nepal, and Bangladesh received ten lakh doses of Covishield each, while Iran received three lakh doses of Covaxin.
The COVID-19 Weekly Epidemiological Update, released by the World Health Organisation (WHO) this week, said a cross-sectional study, which is not yet peer reviewed, focussed on demographic characteristics, including severity of the illness and mortality rate.
According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), 58,00,43,190 samples have been tested up to October 7th for COVID-19.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday informed that the decision on Emergency Use Listing (EUL) authorisation of Bharat Biotech’s Covid-19 vaccine 'Covaxin' will be finalised next week.
Karnataka is also discussing administering booster shots for those who have taken two doses of a Covid-19 vaccine.
The government had on Thursday said that the indigenously-developed, world's first DNA-based needle-free COVID-19 vaccine by Zydus Cadila will be introduced in the nationwide anti-coronavirus vaccination drive shortly.
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.
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.
"Those who've taken both the doses aren't following COVID protocol and exposing themselves to the virus," Pawar said.
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