Private hospitals are currently hesitant to acquire Covid-19 vaccines and are waiting for clarity from the government. Despite a surge in Covid-19 cases raising concerns, senior executives from major private hospitals have indicated that they currently have no vaccine stocks and do not have immediate plans to procure them. Their decision is influenced by the perception that the rise in cases is linked to a mild variant of the virus.
Bharat Biotech s Covid-19 nasal vaccine Incovacc has received a nod from the government for use as a Covid booster dose on Dec 23. Here is everything you need to know about the nasal vaccine.
Covid vaccine news: In a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha, Minister of State for Health Bharati Pravin Pawar said as of August 1, a total of 9.07 crore (13 percent) precaution doses of the Covid vaccines were administered against the due beneficiaries.
Taking to Twitter, the union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya congratulated PM Modi for the feat. He wrote: “What an extraordinary feat! With PM @NarendraModi Ji's mantra of Sabka Saath, Sabka Prayas, India achieves complete vaccination of 90% of its adult population.