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2,77,825 inoculated as first phase of vaccine drive in State concludes

Medical freezers, which maintain 20°C are also being deployed for diluents and ice packs needed for the last mile delivery in the Covid vaccination drive.

India had earlier in January approved two vaccines -- Oxford's Covishield manufactured by SII and Bharat Biotech's Covaxin -- for restricted emergency use.

Bahrain had earlier approved Covishield to support its efforts towards vaccinating members at risk of developing complications from COVID-19.

Public health experts feel that the rollout of the vaccination drive by prioritising the frontline workers in the first round is a positive step.

Bangladesh will start the nationwide COVID-19 vaccine distribution from early February.

On the fifth day i.e. on Friday, authorities had set a target of administering the Covid vaccine to 28,433 healthcare workers out of which 12,944 were inoculated

Five labourers died in the fire which broke out in a five-storeyed under-construction building in the Serum Institute of India's Manjari premises in Pune.

A total of 2 million doses of the Covishield vaccine, by Serum Institute of India, has been dispatched from Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport to Dhaka.

The sanitation worker from Gandhi Hospital was the first to be inoculated in Telangana

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Giving an update on Covid vaccination, the health ministry said 3,352 vaccination sessions were held and 1,91,181 beneficiaries vaccinated on Saturday

Minister assured that people need not to panic about vaccine since it was being administered after testing its safety and efficacy.

Transport Minister Puvvada Ajay Kumar along with MP Nama Nageswar Rao has formally launched the vaccination programme at the District Hospital.

Krishnamma, a sanitation worker at Gandhi Hospital was the first person to receive the Covid vaccine in Telangana.

The residents are a bit apprehensive about the lack of complete trial in case of Covaxin and might not participate in huge numbers thus defeating the purpose of vaccination, wrote the doctors

Addressing the country digitally, the Prime Minister said that India managed to make two 'Made-in-India' vaccines in a very short period which usually takes years.

So far, the government has procured 1.1 crore Covishield and 55 lakh Covaxin vaccines at a cost of Rs 200 and Rs 206 per dose, respectively.

The world's biggest vaccination drives comes almost a year after the first coronavirus case was detected in India, which then claimed over 1.5 lakh lives and infected one crore people.

58 healthcare centres ready to provide emergency services to individuals with Adverse Events Following Immunisation across State