COVID19 vaccine News

In just 11 days, Uttar Pradesh administered One crore doses and with this impressive pace of COVID vaccination Earlier, on August 3, UP gave around 29.5 lakh doses of vaccine against Covid-19 which was also an all-time high record in single-day coverage.

Government authorities have also approved further studies to test the vaccine`s efficacy in a larger population. Gennova plans to conduct a mid-stage study at about 10 to 15 sites and a late-stage trial at 22 to 27 sites in India.

Maharashtra Public Health Minister Rajesh Tope said the state government was insisting on supplying higher number of vials for a long time The state achieved this feat with the network of 5,200 vaccination centres where 10,96,493 doses were given

Prime Minister Oli got vaccinated at the Maharajgunj-based Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH) in Kathmandu. After receiving the vaccine, PM Oli urged the eligible group to take the vaccine without any fear in order to defeat COVID-19.

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday (March 4) received her first dose of COVID-19 vaccine at Fortis Hospital in Vasant Kunj, Delhi. Union Minister said that she is fortunate to be in India, where development and dissemination have been prompt and affordable.

The union Territory reported 17 fresh COVID-19 cases, taking the overall tally to 39,794, a top Health department official said on Thursday (March 4).

Aarogya Setu has come up with a feature where a user can access the CoWIN section which will possibly give all the information about the vaccine. the CoWIN integration in the Aarogya Setu app doesn’t mean that the vaccine is now available for the general public. The first phase of the vaccine is still in progress.

Supreme Court gave instructions to Delhi government, to submit Corona status report.

Scientists are trying their best to develop COVID-19 vaccines. Some of the companies involved in developing the vaccines have recently announced positive results of their 3rd stage trial In India too, human clinical trials on different vaccines are going on at a rapid pace.

BioNTech Chief Executive Sahin said that deliveries of coronavirus vaccine could come as early as Christmas this year. Sahin added that the US FDA could grant emergency-use of the vaccine in December. EU will give conditional approval in the second half of December.

Prime Modi on Monday hinted that the Centre will use digital health ID to ensure immunisation against COVID-19. India is now at the forefront of vaccine development for Covid-19, said PM Modi. PM Modi also talked about the reputation of India at global level when it comes to vaccine manufacturing.

Johnson & Johnson on Monday (October 12) announced that it had temporarily halted the trial of its coronavirus COVID-19 vaccine after one of its participants fell ill. The decision taken by the US-based company means that it has closed the online enrollment system for the 60,000-patient clinical trial. Meanwhile, World Health Organization's (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Monday said that the world cannot just wait for the COVID-19 vaccine.