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In Delhi, the COVID-19 vaccine rollout will span across 11 districts at 81 centres.
As many as six central government hospitals - AIIMS, Safdarjung Hospital, RML Hospital, Kalawati Saran Children Hospital and two ESI hospitals - are part of the vaccine drive.
Private facilities Max Hospital, Fortis Hospital, Apollo Hospital and Sir Ganga Ram Hospital are also part of the country-wide vaccine rollout.
New Delhi: As the nation-wide coronavirus
COVID-19 vaccination drive kicked-off on January 16, 2021, the All India Medical Institute (AIIMS) director Dr Randeep Guleria received a dose of the vaccine at the hospital in the presence of Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan.
Updated Jan 16, 2021 | 17:23 IST
The Resident Doctors Association (RDA) of the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital rejected Covaxin and requested the medical superintendent to vaccinate them with Oxford COVID-19 vaccine Covishield. Oxford COVID-19 vaccine Covishield
Key Highlights Covaxin manufactured by Bharat Biotech is being preferred in our hospital over Covishield manufactured by Serum Institute The residents are a bit apprehensive about the lack of complete trial in case of Covaxin We request you to vaccinate us with Covishield which has completed all stages of trial before its roll-out
New Delhi: Rejecting Covaxin due to ‘lack of complete trial’, resident doctors of Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital requested the medical superintendent to vaccinate them with Oxford COVID-19 vaccine Covishield.
The Resident Doctors Association of the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital in New Delhi on Saturday requested the medical superintendent to vaccinate them with Oxford COVID-19 vaccine Covishield
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India to roll out world s biggest vaccination drive against COVID-19
India on Saturday rolled out the world s biggest vaccination programme with over 3 lakh healthcare workers to be inoculated on the first day of the much-anticipated drive against coronavirus which the Centre said is probably the beginning of the end of COVID-19. A total of 3,006 session sites across all states and union territories were virtually connected during the launch at 10.30 am by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and around 100 beneficiaries will be vaccinated at each session site.
Jaipur s Sawai Man Singh (SMS) Medical College Principal Sudhir Bhandari will be the first person in Rajasthan to be given the shot, while in Madhya Pradesh, a hospital security guard and an attender will be among the first to get the jab, officials of these states said on Friday.