Covid Vaccine

01 Jul

Rush for Covid-19 vaccine returns after dosage tweak

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The rush for Covid vaccinations, which had lessened a little after the Center expanded the interval between the two doses of Covishield, has multiplied twofold since thousands of patients who had to wait 84 days for the second injection are now clamouring for it. At most private hospitals on Wednesday, people had to wait for two to three hours to get vaccinated because of long queues. Some hospitals said they had to turn away many prospective recipients because the infrastructure was not adequate to handle the sudden surge. Many private vaccination centres are witnessing a huge jump in the turnout…

30 Jun

Malaika Arora trolled for wearing gym wear for Covid vaccination

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Malaika Arora is fully vaccinated against the deadly Coronavirus. The diva announced the same on Instagram informing that she has received the second vaccine shot against Covid-19. Malaika posted pictures from the vaccination center of getting the jab. In the photos, Malaika is seen wearing comfortable gym active wear. She is casually dressed in a black and white sports bra, track pants, and a layering of a summer sweatshirt thrown on one side. Commenting on Malaika's post, an Instagram user wrote that her outfit confused him if she went to the vaccination centre or the gym. Whereas, taking a jab at…

29 Jun

Thane woman claims she got 3 vaccine doses in 15 mins

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The incident allegedly took place on Friday in Thane , when a woman went to the Aanand Nagar vaccination center along with her husband to get the first dose of vaccine. The Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) on Monday has formed an inquiry committee to probe into charges that at a vaccination center in Thane a woman was administered three vaccine doses within 10-15 minutes. The Mayor of Thane Municipal Corporation said that We have executed committee to conduct an inquiry into this matter and have also provided inevitable medicines and other help to the woman and her husband. I am…

28 Jun

25% of Delhi’s youth population received a single dose of Covid-19 Vaccine

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25 per cent of the youth in Delhi has been vaccinated with a single dose of Covid-19 vaccine while the primer dose immunisation among the age group of 45+ years has reached 50 per cent. 73, 29,652 people have been given vaccine doses in Delhi. Of them, more than 56 lakh people have received the first dose and more than 17 lakh people have received both the shots of two-dose regimen Covid-19 vaccines. The development has come after a record vaccination of 2,07,559 people was done, out of which more than 1.5 lakh doses were administered to the youth. “We…

26 Jun

BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on Friday wrote an open letter to Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan demanding an investigation into Kolkata vaccine scam

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BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on Friday wrote an open letter to Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan seeks an investigation into Kolkata vaccine scam.In the letter, Adhikari charged that the Kolkata vaccine fraud would not have taken place without the knowledge of local police and authorities. He wrote the major question is were this shots really the covishiled?If these not then we should take immidiate action against this. The main person behind this case was earlier arrested for allegedly posing as an IAS officer and organised a COVID-19 vaccination camp in the city's Kasba area, where the actor Mimi Chakroborty…

25 Jun

Empty Syringe Used To Vaccinate Man in Bihar caught on camera

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In the state of Bihar a man was injected with an "empty" syringe at a Covid vaccination centre . After this incident a video went viral on social media. The video - which was shot on a mobile - shows that the nurse taking out a new syringe and straightaway inoculating the man without drawing the vaccine from the vial.After that the nurse who was administrated the injection got fired . The man who got the vaccine he said that he realised what happend after geeting the vaccination only hoirs later. While he took another jab, the man refused saying…

24 Jun

AIIMS chief Randeep Guleria on talking about Covid vaccine for children likely by September-October

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AIIMS Director, Dr Randeep Guleria said that we are hoping that by October India will have its own vaccine for children. It has been found that kids usually have mild symptoms of coronavirus. Guleria said that we are hopeful vaccine trial will be completed early and we will get the data by september. Hopefully, by that time, approvals will be there so that by September-October we'll have vaccines from our country. Bharat Biotech & other companies are doing trials at a very fast pace as parents have come forward with their children,while Pfizer has already got the FDA approval for…

23 Jun

AstraZeneca offers high levels of protection against the Delta variant

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AstraZeneca said new data from Public Health England (PHE) demonstrated COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca, offers high levels of protection against the Delta variant. The higher efficacy against severe disease and hospitalization is supported by recent data showing a strong T-cell response to COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca, which should correlate with high and durable protection. Mene Pangalos, Executive Vice President, BioPharmaceuticals R&D, said: “This real-world evidence shows that COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca provides a high level of protection against the Delta variant, which is currently a critical area of concern given its rapid transmission.” AstraZeneca vaccine is used in India as Covishield. Real-world data…

23 Jun

Mimi Chakraborty busts fake Covid vaccination in Kolkata,

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Fake COVID-19 vaccination camps across the country are becoming a threat to the fight against the virus. While a number of arrests have been made in connection with these unauthorized camps in major cities, Kolkata has now witnessed one such incident. A man was booked on thanks to actor-MP Mimi Chakraborty’s initiative. I was approached by a man who introduced himself as an IAS officer and said he was running a special drive for transgenders & specially-abled persons and requested for my presence," Mimi Chakraborty said. "I took Covishield vaccine at the camp to motivate people for taking jabs. But I never…

23 Jun

Ujjain collector tells no vaccine, no salary to the govt staff

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In a bid to achieve the target of 100 per cent vaccination against COVID-19, on Tuesday , the Ujjain collector Ashish Singh issued an order to this effect tells government staff in Madhya Pradesh that they will not get their salaries from next month until they are not vaccinated. A district official said, the salaries of employees for July will be disbursed only after producing the vaccination certificate. while confirming the order, on Wednesday , Singh told PTI that we are making all the efforts to get the vaccine as soon as possible. Eventhe district treasury officer has been directed to…