Apollo Hospitals is working with the government to vaccinate front line workers. A private market could boost the efforts to inoculate 3,000 lakh people by August.
Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan also asked the states/UTs to ensure that beneficiaries of the inaugural vaccination day on January 16 should start getting a second dose on February 13.
Hong Kong residents are sceptical of China-made Sinovac while Hungary has broken ranks with EU to approve Sputnik V. But limited supplies mean not many can choose which vaccine to take.
The purchasing from India will follow the arrival of the free Covishield vaccine Thursday, which will be accepted by President Rajapaksa at the Colombo airport.
Any deviation from schedules that worked in clinical trials creates risks such as the rise of new coronavirus mutations, said Fauci at virtual World Economic Forum panel.
While the family of the 46-year-old health worker, a ward boy in Moradabad govt hospital, is blaming the death on vaccination, the authorities said he suffered from a cardiac disease.
Many offices in Telangana have asked their employees to work from home because of heavy rainfall, but it has become impossible due to the internet outages.
The Navy has always been on board with the theaterisation plan, but the Air Force feels splitting up air assets into several theatre commands is futile & will tie up critical systems.
Putin sees this as a victory. Europeans have decided to deal with Trump on his terms for the sake of the larger Western alliance. We look at the lessons for us in India.
As the vaccination rate is very low, in order to create the herd immunity, we must allow private clinics to participate in the vaccination drive…. Target 5 million per day so that in 60 to 120 days we can reach the required target
As the vaccination rate is very low, in order to create the herd immunity, we must allow private clinics to participate in the vaccination drive…. Target 5 million per day so that in 60 to 120 days we can reach the required target