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      COVID-19 Vaccine Tracker: India To Begin Vaccination For 18-45 From May 1

      The government has administered 12 crore doses so far but some states are running out of supplies

      By - Shachi Sutaria |
      Published -  13 Jan 2021 10:06 AM IST
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      COVID-19 Vaccine Tracker: India To Begin Vaccination For 18-45 From May 1

      Happened Till Now

      • Third Shot Of Pfizer Likely After One Year: CEO
      • Narendra Modi and Uddhav Thackeray Take Second Dose Of Vaccine
      • US Halts Johnson And Johnson COVID-19 Vaccine In Several Areas
      • Health Minister Refutes Vaccine Shortage
      • South Africa Variant Not Yet In The Country: MoHFW

      India has reported more than 1.5 crore positive cases of COVID-19 since January 30, 2020. With over 1.8 lakh deaths and nearly 86% of the positive cases having recovered, India has now approved three vaccines to be given to the population.

      In the first phase, the government intends to vaccinate over one crore health workers followed by two crore other frontline workers. The Centre will bear the cost of vaccinating these three crore COVID-19 warriors.

      Since March 1, government started vaccination for people above the age of 60 and those living with co-morbidities. From April 1, the government started vaccinating people everybody the age of 45.

      Beginning May 1, the government intends to open vaccination for people above the age of 18 at private sectors


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      2021-01-13 04:36:39
      • 9 Feb 2021 5:01 PM IST

        South Africa Variant Not Yet In The Country: MoHFW

        "We are in a system of detecting the virus (South Africa variant), and as of the last report yesterday, this variant is not yet in the country. We will intensify our surveillance," said the Ministry of Health And Family Welfare during a press conference on February 9, 2021.

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      • 8 Feb 2021 7:24 PM IST

        India Crosses 60 Lakh Vaccinations

        Since initiating is vaccination drive on January 16, India has vaccinated close to 60,35,660 people which include 54,12,270 health workers and 6,23,390 front line workers. Front line workers started receiving their COVID-19 shots from February 2, 2021. 

        So far, the country has witnessed 23 deaths among people who received the vaccine but officials say that none of the deaths are related to the vaccine. 

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      • 3 Feb 2021 4:44 PM IST

        Oxford-AstraZeneca Efficacy Improves If Second Shot Delayed

        In preprint paper, Oxford University and AstraZeneca published that delaying the second dose of their vaccine beyond four weeks shows an increase in the efficacy results. 

        The data in the preprint show that vaccine efficacy was high when the interval between the two doses was two months and continued to increase with a longer dose interval. Vaccine efficacy after two standard doses increased from 54.9% when the second dose was administered less than six weeks after the first dose to 82.4% when the gap between the two doses was more than 12 weeks.

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      • 3 Feb 2021 4:19 PM IST

        Sputnik Awaits India Nod After 91% Efficacy Results

        The Sputnik vaccine made by Russia's Gamaleya Institute has showed close to 91% efficacy against SARS-CoV-2 as the makers published in the Lancet. Dr. Reddy's which is going to be manufacturing the vaccine in India now awaits a nod from the Drugs Controller General of India to initiate the distribution of the vaccine. 

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      • 28 Jan 2021 9:28 PM IST

        Covaxin Acts Against UK Variant Virus

        Bharat Biotech's indigenously produced COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin acts against the new B.1.1.7 variant of SARS-CoV-2, said Balrama Bhargava, DG ICMR. The National Institute of Virology, Pune under the aegis of the Indian Council of Medical Research isolated the British variant and tested the vaccine against the strain. 

        COVAXIN developed by @BharatBiotech with @ICMRDELHI has equivalent immunogenicity against the UK-variant & circulating strains of SARS-COV-2 in India.@icmr_niv is the first in the world to culture the UK variant. Read more: https://t.co/HfhH8z6T8x / J Travel Med (In Press) pic.twitter.com/cGp537bi0H

        — ICMR (@ICMRDELHI) January 27, 2021



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      • 28 Jan 2021 4:09 PM IST

        India Has Vaccinated Over 25 Lakh Health Workers

        Till 2pm January 28, India has vaccinated over 25,07,556 health workers across the country. 

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      • 27 Jan 2021 9:24 PM IST

        Nine Deaths And 16 Hospitalisations After Receiving Vaccine

        The total number of health workers who were hospitalised after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine has increased to 16 while one more death has been reported in the country taking the death toll of post vaccination deaths to 9.

        A 23-year-old male from Orissa died in the last 24 hours and his post mortem reports are awaited. The health ministry maintains that none of these deaths have a causal link with the vaccines. 

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      • 25 Jan 2021 6:45 PM IST

        Merck Discontinues COVID-19 Vaccine Candidates

        Owing to its vaccine candidates performing poorly in its trials and not eliciting a high level of immune response against the SARS-CoV-2 virus, American pharmaceutical Merck has decided to discontinue the trials and research of two of its COVID-19 vaccine candidates. 

        The company has decided to focus its attention on furthering the development of the therapeutics that they were simultaneously working on along with the vaccines. 

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      • 25 Jan 2021 6:22 PM IST

        Eight Deaths Reported Post Receiving Vaccine

        A total of eight deaths have been reported across India after receiving the vaccines. 

        It is noteworthy to report that the two female health workers from Andhra Pradesh and Telangana who died in the last 48 hours had no underlying health conditions according to the respective state authorities. 

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      • 23 Jan 2021 9:17 PM IST

        One Person Hospitalised After Vaccination

        After a health worker was hospitalised in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, the total number of hospitalisations has increased to eleven in the country. 

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