Govt deploys made-in-India drones to transport Covid vaccines

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The country had administered 91.41 crore Covid-19 vaccines till Monday evening. For the first time in the country, a made-in-India drone transported Covid-19 vaccines on Monday, travelling an aerial distance of 15 km in less than 15 minutes from the Bishnupur district hospital to the primary health care centre at Loktak lake, Karang island, in … Read more

Now, ‘international vaccine certificates’ made available on CoWin following UK complaint

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The update includes mainly displaying the vaccinated person’s birth date on the certificate. (File) The National Health Authority (NHA) has made vaccine certificates compliant with the World Health Organization’s (WHO) specifications, detailed in its Digital Documentation of Covid-19 Certificates: Vaccination Status. The move comes after British authorities raised doubts over the format of India’s vaccination … Read more

Covid-19: How UK’s new travel rules affect flyers from India

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From October 4, the UK will have only one list of countries — red. (File) The UK’s updated Covid-19 travel rules place Indians inoculated with Covishield in the ‘unvaccinated’ category. While the country has relaxed the regulations for those with two doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca jab, the same version being manufactured in India Serum Institute … Read more

CoWIN adds new feature to offer real-time data on Covid-19 vccination

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The launch of the new real-time ticker comes on the birthday of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (File) The Centre has introduced a real-time ticker tracking the vaccination count on the CoWIN portal. National Health Authority CEO RS Sharma tweeted: “…we have added a ticker to show vaccinations happening in near real-time. We are currently clocking … Read more

Covid-19: DCGI gives nod to phase 2/3 trials of India’s first mRNA vaccine

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The vaccine development was funded by the DBT and the Centre’s Ind CEPI in June 2020 The Director Controller General of India (DCGI) has found the nation’s first mRNA-based Covid-19 vaccine, developed by Gennova Biopharmaceuticals, to be safe and approved it for phase 2/3 trials. The Pune-based biotechnology submitted interim clinical data from the Phase … Read more

Covid-19 vaccine: One year later, many trial participants still to receive certification

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The Covishield trials were held at 15 sites and completed by last October When Serum Institute of India and the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) conducted clinical trials for Covishield a year ago, A.K. Khanna was among the first five participants to sign up. Khanna, currently the chairman of a healthcare company and a … Read more

Government asks NPCI to start electronic vaccine vouchers

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(This story originally appeared in on Jul 03, 2021) The government has asked the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) to launch a platform for electronic vaccine vouchers. These vouchers will be like electronic prepaid instruments that can be used only for vaccination. Employers can purchase these vouchers in bulk and these will be sent … Read more