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The second phase of the nationwide Covid-19 vaccination drive for age-appropriate population groups began on Monday.

Public health officials have told Ministers in the UK that the remarkable results apply for both the Pfizer and Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, with the British jab proving slightly more effective, the report said.

"Although many people in rich countries will receive a vaccine for COVID-19 this year, many people in poor countries will likely have to wait years to get one".

The Covid-19 vaccines - Covaxin and Covishield, will be made available to the general public from today.

Inoculation services will be available only for individuals who have registered themselves online through Co-WIN mobile application.

The West African nation of 30 million has recorded 81,245 cases and 584 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic, according to figures from Ghana's Health Services on Tuesday.

The authorisation for the Sinovac vaccine will be valid for one year, according to the FAD approval letter that Minister of Public Health Anutin Charnvirakul posted on his Facebook account.

India is taking care of the domestic vaccine requirement first and based on that "giving vaccines to friendly countries," he said.

As indirect evidence is compatible with protection against severe Covid-19, the situation remains to be demonstrated in ongoing clinical trials and post-implementation evaluations.

Her husband Paddam Srinu alleged that his wife died due to vaccine and as she had no health issues in the past.

He was speaking after being administered the first dose of the vaccine along with other senior officials at the Unit Hospital in Cyberabad here on Tuesday.

AstraZeneca said it is yet to be fully determined whether the vaccine protects against severe disease caused by the highly transmissible coronavirus variant found in South Africa.

Till February 7, 8 am, a total of 57.75 lakh beneficiaries have received the vaccine under the countrywide COVID-19 vaccination exercise.

Pfizer will continue to engage with the authority and resubmit its approval request with additional information as it becomes available in the near future.

Data on 19,866 volunteers were included in the efficacy analysis - 14,964 of whom received the vaccine and 4,902 the placebo.

If a democracy relies on informed consent and informed decision-making, then its subjects need reliable information

The State government is committed to make Covid vaccine available to all in Telangana but it is the Union government which is regulating the Covid vaccination drive.

Health Department says individuals must not fall for negativity over their efficacy, side-effects

Covaxin is India's totally indigenous COVID-19 vaccine developed in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research and National Institute of Virology.

Reiterating his ambitious goal of 100 million shots in 100 days, he said the end goal is to beat COVID-19.