In Delhi, the second phase of vaccination is being conducted at 56 government hospitals along with 136 private facilities. With the second phase of Coronavirus vaccination drive kicking off for the general population, Delhi-NCR regions- Gurgaon, Noida and Ghaziabad have seen a high turnout of people opting for vaccines. On Monday, many people were administered … Read more
The Centre told the states that the registration process should be started for people aged above 50 and those aged above 45 years and suffering from serious comorbidities. Even as India started reporting increasing cases of Coronavirus in the last few days, the Central government on Friday held a meeting with the state governments on … Read more
Beneficiaries will have to register themselves by downloading the Co-win app 2.0. Senior citizens to get COVID-19 vaccines from next week! India has recently declared the next phase of Coronavirus vaccination drive where people above the age of 60 years along with those above 45 years of age having comorbid conditions will be given vaccines. … Read more
A healthcare worker enters data into the COVID Vaccine Intelligence Network (CoWIN) app, a digital platform being used for vaccine distribution. (Reuters Image) India started its Covid-19 vaccination drive on Saturday with healthcare workers getting vaccinated in the first phase. More than three crore healthcare and frontline workers will be immunized during the first phase … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the launch of COVID-19 vaccination drive. (Photo source: ANI) Coronavirus vaccination in India LIVE UPDATES: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched the world’s biggest COVID-19 vaccination programme via video conferencing. While launching the drive the prime minister said that a vaccination drive at such a massive scale was never … Read more
India is kicking off the vaccine drive on January 16 and Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the beginning of what is said to the largest vaccination drive. A day before the Coronavirus vaccination drive is set to begin, the Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan said that almost 80 per cent of Indians are … Read more
Dr Vardhan also highlighted key features of this CoWIN platform. Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan has informed that it is mandatory for everyone to be registered at CoWIN, India’s own app for managing Coronavirus vaccination drive. The union minister took to Twitter to inform people beneficiaries have to be registered on the platform if in … Read more
He also made it clear that the Covaxin vaccine will be administered to people under phase 3 trials and only after getting their prior consent. The Union Health Ministry has said that the centre and state governments were in a position to begin vaccination within 10 days of getting the approval from the regulator Drug … Read more
Terming the vaccination of about 70 lakh health workers as the first wave of the first phase of vaccination drive, Dr Paul said that it would be easier to vaccinate health workers as they are already present at the healthcare facilities. After the Drug Controller General of India (DGCI) approved the emergency use of two … Read more
Gennova Biopharmaceutical’s vaccine candidate is the first mRNA-based vaccine to be produced in India. (Representative Image, IE) After Covaxin and Covishield, now Pune-based drugmaker firm, Gennova Biopharmaceuticals is all set to start early to mid-stage human trials of its Covid-19 vaccine, HGCO19. The trials will start ‘’soon’’ and around 620 people will be enrolled for … Read more