The districts- Kollam, Kottayam, Ernakulam, Thrissur, Kozhikode, and Kannur- are facing a shortage and only 1.4 lakh doses are remaining in the state's reserve, the Health Minister said.
Health officials have been keeping a check on him at his home since Wednesday and no adverse effect has been reported till late Thursday, Sullia Taluk health officer Dr B Nandakumar said.
India reported 47,092 new COVID-19 cases and 509 fatalities in the last 24 hours. The new fatalities pushed the COVID death toll in the country to 4,39,529.
The information is powered by real-time data from the CoWIN APIs, and includes details like availability of appointment slots at each centre, vaccines and doses offered (Dose 1 or Dose 2), pricing (paid or free), and link to CoWIN website for booking, a statement said.
The daily COVID-19 vaccinations crossed the 1 crore mark on Tuesday for the second time in five days, taking the total number of doses administered in the country to over 65 crore.
After the recent visit of Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Mansukh Mandaviya to the state, the issue of vaccine shortage has been addressed, the chief minister said, flagging off 15 ambulances donated by an automotive manufacturer here.
India administered a record of one crore vaccine doses on August 27. Chairperson of COVID Task Force in All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Dr. Naveet Wig called it an important feat and said that India won't be COVID-19 free until and unless everyone is vaccinated.
After a thorough and independent scientific review of the evidence, Health Canada said that it has determined that the vaccine is safe and effective at preventing Covid in youth aged 12 to 17.
The state government informed that as per the guidelines of the Centre, international passengers arriving in the state will have to carry a negative RT-PCR report.
Over 58.86 crore vaccine doses have been provided to the states and Union Territories so far and more than 17.64 lakh doses are in the pipeline, the ministry said in a statement.
Madhya Pradesh Medical Education Minister Vishvas Sarang informed that a total of 65 percent of people in the state are vaccinated so far. "During 'Maha vaccination campaign' on August 25, we vaccinated 24.20 lakh people, an achievement of 114% over the target.
The camps will be set up at all the major hospitals in the state and a trial camp was launched at the premises of the Directorate of Public Health, Chennai on Saturday.
The Moradabad jail in Uttar Pradesh claims that it has successfully vaccinated all 3300 inmates with at least the first dose of vaccination and about 50 Percent of them received both the doses.
All the vaccines used in US- including the J&J vaccine- still are doing their job of preventing hospitalizations and deaths from COVID.
India reported 35,178 fresh COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours. 37,169 people have been recovered and discharged in the same duration. The death toll rose to 4,32,519 with 440 fresh fatalities. The active caseload stands at 3,67,415.
The first nasal vaccine against coronavirus developed by Bharat Biotech supported by Department of Biotechnology (DBT) and its PSU, Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC) has been given regulator's nod for conducting phase 2 and 3 trials, the Ministry of Science & Technology informed on Friday.
The foreign nationals can use their passport as ID for registration on CoWIN. Once they're registered on this portal, they'll get a slot for vaccination, the government informed.
Under its grant assistance programme, Japan has pledged to donate 1.6 million doses of the vaccine to Nepal.
US pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson's single-dose COVID-19 vaccine has received emergency use approval in India, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya tweeted.
Minister of State (MoS) Health, Dr Bharati Pravin Pawar on August 06 informed that the vaccine production in the country has increased from 2.5 lakhs per day to 40 lakhs per day.
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