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Vadodara’s Regional Vaccine Reserve provides Corona vaccine to VMSS and 7 districts of Central South Gujarat

<p>Recieved more than 12.26 lakh doses of vaccines and more than 10.83 lakh doses have been distributed to cities and districts Vaccination campaigns are currently in full swing across Gujarat state, including the country, to protect people against corona. Indigenous vaccines made in India are being given to people of all age groups after determining […]</p>

Government expresses concern over recent spike in COVID-19 cases in Maharashtra, Punjab

<p>Government has expressed concern over the recent spike in COVID-19 cases in Maharashtra and Punjab. Addressing media in New Delhi yesterday, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said Maharashtra and Punjab are of grave concern which have shown recent surge in new cases. Maharashtra reported highest 28,699 cases in last 24 hours followed by Punjab with […]</p>

Nepal gives emergency authorisation to India’s COVID-19 vaccine COVAXIN

<p>Nepal has given emergency authorisation to India’s COVID-19 vaccine COVAXIN. It has become the third country to approve the shot, developed by Bharat Biotech and a state research institute. The vaccine was approved for emergency use in India in January and Zimbabwe cleared it early this month. Nepal’s Department of Drug Administration said, conditional permission […]</p>

Covaxin, India’s first indigenous corona vaccine, shows potency of 81 percent

<p>Indigenous Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin has demonstrated interim clinical efficacy of 81 per cent in its phase three trial. The trial involved 25 thousand 800 participants across 21 sites. The first interim analysis is based on 43 cases of which 36 cases of Covid-19 were observed in the placebo group versus 7 cases observed in the […]</p>

Second phase of Covid-19 vaccination drive begins

<p>In the first 28 days, India has administered the Covid-19 vaccine to close to 8 million beneficiaries. From February 13, the country began its second phase of vaccination to the priority group of healthcare workers. The available vaccines require a two-dose schedule to be administered two, three or four weeks apart. These vaccines are administered […]</p>

India developing seven more COVID vaccines, says health minister

<p>Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Saturday said that India is working to develop seven more COVID-19 vaccines. This would be in addition to Covishield AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine developed by the University of Oxford and Covaxin India’s first indigenous COVID-19 vaccine developed by Bharat Biotech in collaboration with ICMR already being used to inoculate frontline […]</p>

India fastest in world to reach one million vaccination mark

<p>India is the fastest country to reach the one million vaccination mark, the government said on Thursday, while also commending 11 states and Union Territories for the speed of their coverage. More than 25 lakh (2.5 million) people, including healthcare workers, have been vaccinated in the last 13 days, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan, noting […]</p>

Health ministry: No case of post-vaccination hospitalisation reported so far

<p>India kicked off the largest COVID-19 immunisation drive in the world, with over a lakh vaccinations today. Across the country, 3,352 immunisation sessions were held, and 1,91,181 healthcare and frontline workers received either of the two vaccines, Covishield or Covaxin. An additional 3,429 persons were vaccinated in defence institutions. This would be the first of […]</p>