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Regulatory approvals for Covaxin are in process in more than 60 countries including USA, Brazil and Hungary, says the Hyderabad company.

The daily vaccination rate has fallen to 1.3 million doses despite India not exporting the vaccines now

Experts say it can turn into an endemic that causes cold during winter when conditions are favourable for its transmission

Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said only 60 per cent of this segment had been covered in the vaccination drive.

Sputnik V was registered in India under the emergency use authorization procedure on April 12, and vaccination against coronavirus with the Russian vaccine started on May 14.

A total of 19,60,51,962 vaccine doses have been administered through 28,16,725 sessions, according to the provisional report till 7 am.

As most of them do not own smartphones, the registration is being done offline

Company plans to produce an additional 200 million doses of Covaxin per annum in the GMP facilities located at Ankleshwar, Gujarat, starting from the fourth quarter of 2021

In a letter to CM KCR, the Union Minister of State said railway staff was rendering various services round-the-clock during the pandemic and urged to vaccinate the staff on priority basis

The package includes air tickets from Delhi to Moscow, 24-day stay in Russia, two doses of Sputnik V, 24 breakfast and Indian dinner all at a cost of Rs1.29 lakh per person.

As there were a few technical glitches pertaining to vaccine registration, a plan is being tabled to make sure the second jab is given at the same vaccination centre where the first dose was administered, said the Minister

The Centre has so far provided over 20 crore (20,76,10,230) vaccine doses to the states and Union territories for free.

Pilot programme to administer from the first batch of 1,50,000 doses of Sputnik V vaccines imported from RDIF

The discussions are currently ongoing with Bharat Biotech towards reviewing the infrastructure at Hester, the technology adaption process and the regulatory compliances.

The decision-making process gets dominated by personal risk concerns. The best way to counter those concerns, therefore, is to highlight the opposite: personal benefits

Factors such as vaccine hesitancy and mistaken beliefs about the risks COVID-19 poses to children may make this a challenging goal.

The imported doses of the vaccine are presently priced at Rs 995 (Rs 948 plus 5 per cent GST per dose), with the possibility of a lower price point when local supply begins.

Terms data as strategic ammunition available for managing the pandemic

States like Telangana opting for global tenders to procure vaccine is a pragmatic decision, given the Centre's opaque policy

On Tuesday, Health Minister Rajesh Tope had alleged that the Union government was not fulfilling its responsibility to provide adequate number of vaccine doses to states.