The Centre said no country has faced such an unprecedented crisis which is faced by humanity due to the COVID-19 outbreak since about last 100 years. The expansion of COVID-19 vaccination drive to include the paediatric population “does not pose a safety risk” to the vaccine recipients, the Centre told the Supreme Court on Tuesday … Read more
India has undertaken Covid vaccination drive on January 16. Covid 19 Vaccines side effects in India: Serum Institute of India’s Covishield and Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin are being administered as part of India’s Covid-19 vaccine drive. However, both the Serum Institute of India and Bharat biotech have released fact sheets mentioning “side effects” of their Covid-19 … Read more
Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan has already disclosed that the first Covid-19 vaccine shots are likely on January 13. (IE image) As India gears up to commence the world’s largest Covid-19 vaccination drive, the Central government is leaving no stone unturned to ensure that the preparations for the roll-out of Coronavirus vaccines are on track. … Read more
The Phase III efficacy trial of Covaxin was initiated in India in 25,800 volunteers and till date, around 22,500 participants have been vaccinated across the country and the vaccine has been found to be safe as per the data available till date, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said in a statement. Covid vaccine … Read more