Special News: 2nd vaccination dry run across the country today
News | January 08, 2021 16:18 ISTA second dry run to check the best way to vaccinate people against COVID-19 is taking place across 737 districts in the country today.
A second dry run to check the best way to vaccinate people against COVID-19 is taking place across 737 districts in the country today.
A second dry run of the Covid-19 vaccination will be held across all states and Union Territories on 8 January, the central government said on Wednesday.
The Progressive Medicos and Scientists Forum have demanded the rollback of approvals for emergency use authorisation given to two vaccine candidates by the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI).
India will begin administering coronavirus vaccine by January 13, the Union Health Ministry announced at a press briefing on Tuesday.
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As the nation conducted a dry run of the vaccination process ahead of an expected launch of a vaccine against coronavirus, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Dry said he is confident that they will be able to bring the vaccine around Makar Sankranti and defeat coronavirus.
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As India gears up to launch the world's largest immunisation drive, almost all states and Union Territory (UT) governments, including the national capital, conducted a dry run on Saturday to assess their ability and readiness to administer Covid-19 shots to hundreds of millions of people, including many in remote corners of the country.
The Shariah Council of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) on Thursday issued guidelines on the permissibility of using Covid-19 vaccines under Islamic law following some reports that pork fat was used in them.
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Director-General Dr Shekhar Mande on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's statement on country's COVID vaccine program expressed confidence.
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The dry run is aimed at testing the laid out mechanisms for COVID-19 vaccination roll-out in the health system, Punjab's Health Minister Balbir Singh said.
Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech, which is developing the country's indigenous coronavirus vaccine in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research, on Wednesday again applied to the Drug Controller General of India for the emergency use authorisation.
Bharat Biotech is developing Indian own vaccine for coronavirus called Covaxin. Its chairman was speaking in a virtual session on 'Sero surveillance significance in immunogenicity and safety in pre and post vaccination era' organised by industry body CII.
US Vice President Mike Pence and his wife Karen Pence on Friday publicly received Covid-19 vaccine shots. Receiving the vaccine publicly, the move was to promote the safety and efficacy of the vaccine and build confidence among the American people.
Tiffany Dover, a head nurse at Chattanooga, Hospital in Tennessee, passed out during a press briefing after taking a Pfizer-BionTech's coronavirus vaccine.
The Union Health Ministry has said getting vaccinated for COVID-19 for people in India will be voluntary, underlining that the vaccine introduced in the country will be as effective as any vaccine developed by other countries.
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