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As of Monday, January 18, 580 Adverse Events Following Immunisation (AEFI) and seven hospitalisations were reported in the country since the launch of the coronavirus vaccine drive. This translates to just 0.15% of the total 381,305 inoculated.
At the same time, there is news of the death of a ward boy at the District Hospital in Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, who was vaccinated on 16 January and his health deteriorated on the evening of 17 January.
The Chief Medical Officer of the district has said that the death is not related to the vaccine. The post-mortem attributed the cause of death to cardiogenic shock / septicemic shock due to cardio-pulmonary disease.
| UPDATED: 14:35, Wed, Jan 20, 2021
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The Covid-19 vaccination programme is well underway, with several different vaccines currently being used to get the UK out of the coronavirus pandemic, which has now claimed more than 90,000 lives since the pandemic began. Health Secretary Matt Hancock confirmed this week more than four million people have already been vaccinated with at least their first dose as of Monday, January 18.
Which are the 10 states with highest covid19 vaccine beneficiaries on day 1
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Published: Sunday, January 17, 2021, 15:39 [IST]
New Delhi, Jan 17: As India began its nationwide vaccination drive against the novel coronavirus, 1,91,181 healthcare and frontline workers received the jab on Saturday, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi rolled out the world s biggest inoculation drive against the pandemic that has caused 1,52,093 deaths and upended millions of lives in the country.
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The Health Ministry said that the massive inoculation exercise was done during 3,352 sessions conducted by 16,755 vaccinators, marking it as a historic and biggest coronavirus vaccination drive launched by PM Modi.
These are the 10 states and UTs which have the highest beneficiaries: