हैदराबाद स्थित दवा बनाने वाली प्रमुख कंपनी डॉ. रेड्डीज लैबोरेटरीज (डीआरएल) ने घोषणा की कि उसे ड्रग्स कंट्रोलर जनरल ऑफ इंडिया (डीसीजीआई) की ओर से आपात स्थिति में प्रतिबंधित उपयोग के लिए भारत में स्पुतनिक वी वैक्सीन आयात करने की अनुमति मिल गई है। कुछ चीजें हैं, जो आपको कोविड-19 वैक्सीन के बारे में जानने की जरूरत है।
Covid vaccination Highlights Jan 19: India approves supply of vaccines to 6 countries
21:29 PM IST: A consignment containing 100,000 doses of coronavirus vaccine Covishield will reach Male on January 20. With this, the Maldives, along with Bhutan, has become the first recipient of the Government of India s gift of Covid-19 vaccines, manufactured by Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII).
(Inputs from Geeta Mohan)
20:54 PM IST: Covid-19 vaccines were administered in all 33 districts on Telangana on Tuesday. Data released by the state government s health department said 51,997 recipients received the Covid-19 vaccine on Tuesday during 894 sessions as against the target of 73,673. This puts the percentage of beneficiaries vaccinated today against the planned target at 71 per cent.
Covid-19 vaccination drive in India: Dos, don ts and possible side effects
As world s largest vaccination drive began in India on January 16, the Centre released a factsheet stating all do s, don ts and possible side effects of the two vaccines Covishield and Covaxin approved for the emergency use in December.
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(L-R): Covishield; Illustration by Bandeep Singh; Covaxin
The mega vaccination drive has already kicked off across with India with
over 3.8 lakh people inoculated with the Covid-19 vaccine so far. Besides, 580 adverse events following immunisation were reported in the country and two out of seven people who developed severe adverse symptoms after receiving the first jab died.