National Health Authority CEO R.S. Sharma says there is no clarity yet on which vaccine can be taken for the 3rd jab, adds that registration for children will begin 1 January.
At the Global Covid Summit hosted by US President Biden, Modi also talked about the Co-WIN app and said over 200 million Indians are now fully vaccinated.
During a virtual address, PM Modi said India has administered 350 million doses of Covid vaccines through CoWIN and is committed to sharing its expertise with the global community.
In an interview to ThePrint, Dr R.S. Sharma, chief of the Empowered Committee on Covid vaccine, also said passport numbers can now be linked to vaccine certificates for international travel.
India has urged EU member states to include Covaxin and Covishield in the Digital Covid Certificate and also asked them to accept CoWIN vaccine certification.
With Delhi govt closing vaccination centres for the 18-44 age group, only those with means and purchasing power have access to private hospitals where vaccine stocks are still available.
IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.
This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.
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