COVID-19 vaccination drive News

Covid-19 vaccination centres at school complexes and other educational institutions will discontinue for the general population from today (April 1, 2022), an order issued by government stated. 

"This is the highest in the country as compared to the other states," the official claimed.

PM Modi addressed nation through Mann Ki Baat He hailed India's success in reaching 100 crore vaccinations milestone He said it showed "sabka prayas"

Gaya administration will take legal action against unvaccinated The defaulters will also lose food subsidy

India will soon reach the milestone of administering 100 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses Announcements will be made on airplanes, ships, metros and at railway stations to mark the moment The total vaccine doses administered in the country crossed 97 crores on Thursday

Under this mission at least 15 lakh people are going to be vaccinated daily. This special vaccine drive will run in the state till October 14.

The NTAGI will devise a framework for the introduction of ZyCoV-D vaccine in the inoculation drive. Zydus Cadila's ZyCoV-D received a nod for Emergency Use Authorisation from the DCGI on August 20, 2021. The indigenously developed jab is touted as the world’s first DNA-based needle-free vaccine.

Centre expresses concern over slow vaccination rate It asked states to ramp up vaccination drive

The country has so far administered 358.1 million vaccine doses giving at least one dose to 31% of its estimated adult population of 944 million. Many experts believe that the country needs to administer at least 10 million doses a day to achieve its aim of immunising all adults by December. India mainly relies on a licensed version of the AstraZeneca vaccine.

BMC issues a list of vaccination centres that will be administering Covishield in Mumbai today. BMC had earlier suspended the vaccination drive at several civic and government-run centres due to the shortage of COVID-19 vaccine jabs.

UP govt gears up for third COVID wave It launched a campaign to create awareness about communicable diseases The government said it has increased number of oxygen plants in the state

The Centre has asked the states and UTs have been asked to arrive at an "aggregate demand of private hospitals" to ensure equitable distribution of jabs. The country would need 186 to 188 crore doses of COVID-19 vaccines to inoculate 93-94 crore people aged 18 and above, out of which 51.6 crore doses will be made available by July 31.

Professor Andrew Pollard said the immunization policy in Britain and India should not be compared because of the different circumstances in the two countries. “An immunization policy that aims to vaccinate the largest number of people in the quickest possible time with at least one dose makes sense in the present circumstances in India,” Pollard said.

The AIIMS Delhi is going to start screening children for clinical trials of Covaxin from Monday. The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) gave nod to Bharat Biotech to conduct clinical trials on children on May 11.

Etawah administration have issued a notices that say "No liquor without vaccine certificate". The notices were put up at the direction of Etawah Additional District Magistrate (ADM) Hem Kumar Singh.

The Centre on Sunday (May 30, 2021) said that it targets to procure 20-25 crore coronavirus vaccine doses by July-end, and 30 crore doses in August-September. The SII officials in a recent letter addressed to Home Minister Amit Shah said that their employees have been working round the clock in spite of the challenges that the pandemic presents.

The central government issued a notice to the states and union territories on Saturday. The Centre stated that the COVID-19 vaccination packages being offered by private hospitals in collaboration with various hotels are against the guidelines. The Centre directed the states and union territories to initiate legal or administrative action against institutions involved in such practices.

Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan urged states to first focus more on second dose COVID-19 vaccinations. While 13.66 crore people have been administered the first dose, the second dose has been administered to only 3.86 crore. The Serum Institute and Bharat Biotech have submitted their production plan for the next four months to the central government.

Farhan Akhtar was recently criticised by a Twitter user for getting vaccinated 'out of turn' The actor got his first jab on May 8, 2021 He was last seen in the family drama film 'The Sky Is Pink' alongside Priyanka Chopra

COVID-19 vaccination will be provided to citizens of the 18-44 age group at all major government hospitals and medical colleges from Monday. Vaccination will be provided to only those who have registered and scheduled an appointment on Co-win portal and walk-ins will not be allowed.