More than 2.45 crore beneficiaries have registered themselves on the Co-WIN digital platform ahead of the Phase-3 of the COVID-19 vaccination for those above 18 years that is set to start from May 1, according to the Union Health Ministry.
On Sunday, the state govt had announced that starting May 1, it would provide free of cost COVID-19 vaccines to those between 18 and 45 years of age.
Congress general secy and chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala alleged that govt has abdicated its responsibility of providing free vaccines to the poor and the youth of the country.
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.
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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 decision to exempt customs duty was taken at a meeting chaired by PM Narendra Modi to boost oxygen availability in India.
Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday pointed to the shortage of vaccines and warned the government of more protests if people were turned away at hospitals.
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has granted permission for conducting a feasibility study of Covid-19 vaccine delivery using drones in collaboration with IIT Kanpur.
A record 25,795 new Covid cases were registered in a day across Karnataka, with Bengaluru accounting for 15,244 of them, said the state health bulletin
India will be importing oxygen generation plants and containers from Germany to cater oxygen shortage in the country.
Goa will be procuring five lakh doses of Covishield vaccine initially.
Union minister Prakash Javadekar on Friday said that he has tested positive for COVID-19
The Haj Committee of India (HCI) has said that no Indian Muslims shall be allowed to go for the annual Haj pilgrimage unless they have taken the two vaccine doses.
The US recommended that states pause giving the J&J vaccine on Tuesday while authorities examine six reports of the unusual clots, including a death, out of more than 6.8 million Americans given the one-dose vaccination so far
India's daily new cases continue to rise. A total of 1,61,736 new cases were registered in a span of 24 hours.
Sputnik V is a two dose Covid-19 vaccine. The drug has shown 91.6 per cent efficacy in the phase 3 trial without any major serious side effects.
Beijing has distributed hundreds of millions of doses abroad while trying to promote doubt about effectiveness of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine made using the previously experimental messenger RNA, or mRNA, process.
Day-1 of the countrywide 'Tika Utsav' saw many workplace vaccination centres becoming operational.
About 40,000 to 50,000 people will be administered the anti-COVID 19 vaccines every day in Mumbai. The vaccination centres in the 71 private hospitals stopped functioning on April 10 and April 11 due to the shortage of vaccines.
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