Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced on Thursday that a plan had been formulated to vaccinate all adults against coronavirus within the next three months.
Delhi recorded 368 more COVID-19 deaths and 25,986 cases with a positivity rate of 31. 76 per cent, according to the latest bulletin issued by the city health department. This was the seventh day on the trot that Delhi had recorded over 300 deaths due to coronavirus.
Rahul Gandhi has been demanding free Covid-19 vaccination for all citizens. They have also termed the centre's new vaccination policy discriminatory.
Serum Institute of India's CEO Adar Poonawalla on on Wednesday tweeted that the revised price will be effective immediately.
One in four people experience mild, short lived systemic side effects after receiving either the COVID-19 preventive by Pfizer or AstraZeneca vaccine -- known as Covishield in India -- with headache, fatigue and tenderness the most common symptoms, according to a study published in the Lancet Infectious Diseases journal.
Due to COVID-19 pandemic, need of vaccine has increased in the country. However, the country is facing vaccine shortage during this tough time.
Registration for the new eligible population groups (all those above 18 years) will start on Wednesday from 4 pm. Vaccination against COVID-19 began in the country on January 16.
Maharashtra has demanded 12 crore vaccine doses of Covishield from the Serum Institute of India.
Once available, Sputnik V will be the third vaccine to be used in India against coronavirus. The other two vaccines are Covaxin and Covishield.
The move has come days ahead of India's planned drive to inoculate all aged above 18. The vaccination drive is set to begin May 1.
The pre-clinical trial of the nasal Covid-19 vaccine candidate, BBV154 has already started. If all goes as expected, the clinical trial would be completed by June and it could become available in the market by August.
White House National Security Advisor to US President Joe Biden, Jake Sullivan on Sunday spoke to Indian counterpart Ajit Doval and agreed to deploy more supplies, resources, raw material for Covishield vaccine production in India.
The Biden administration has come under criticism from several quarters, including from members and supporters of the Democratic party, for not releasing surplus COVID-19 vaccines to India.
India has administered 14 crore doses of COVID-19 vaccine in just 99 days, the fastest in the world, the Health Ministry said on Saturday. More than 24 lakh vaccine doses were administered on Saturday till 8 pm, the ministry said.
Govt Principal Secy (Covid Management and Vaccination) wrote letters to Bharat Biotech MD Krishna Yella and Serum Institute of India Limited CEO Adar Poonawalla in this regard.
The Serum Institute of India (SII) on Saturday said only a limited portion of its vaccines volume will be sold to private hospitals at Rs 600 per dose.
Covishield vaccine offers protection from double mutant variant of novel coronavirus, shows a study by the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB). CCMB Director Rakesh K Mishra termed this as a very preliminary but encouraging result.
More than 1,700 doses of Covishield and Covaxin were stolen in Jind district of Haryana. The theft took place at the Jind Civil Hospital.
Sonia Gandhi has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over new vaccine policy. She has described the government's policy as arbitrary and discriminatory.
Bollywood actors Farhan Akhtar and Sonu Sood questioned why Serum Institute was not providing its Covishield vaccine at the same price to the centre and the states.
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