PM Modi launches world’s largest COVID-19 vaccination drive in India

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched the pan India rollout of COVID-19 vaccination drive through video conferencing, which is the world’s largest vaccination program. The Prime Minister said India’s COVID-19 vaccination campaign is based on very humane principles. He said people who need it the most will get the corona vaccine first. He stressed […]

Region all set for nation-wide launch of COVID-19 vaccination drive tomorrow

India is all set to commence the “world’s largest vaccination drive”, starting from January 16. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the mega vaccination program on Saturday morning through video conferencing. The rollout of the mega vaccination drive will cover the entire length and breadth of the country. Nearly 3 crore healthcare and frontline workers […]

First consignment of COVID-19 vaccine reaches Mizoram

A consignment of 18,500 COVID-19 vaccines, to be used in the first phase of inoculation, arrived in Aizawl from New Delhi on Thursday, a health department official said. State Immunisation Officer Lalzawmi told PTI a total of 14,607 health workers have registered to receive vaccination. In the first phase, 8,000 of them will get shots […]

First consignment of COVID-19 vaccine reaches Arunachal by road from Assam

The first consignment of 32,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Arunachal Pradesh in a vaccine van from Guwahati on Thursday, ahead of the countrywide inoculation drive to start on January 16, an official of the National Health Mission”s (NHM) said. The vaccines were dispatched from Itanagar to 25 districts of Arunachal Pradesh by road, […]

Serum Institute dispatches over 90 per cent vaccines ordered by govt

Serum Institute of India (SII) has dispatched over 90 percent of the COVID-19 vaccine, Covishield, order by the Government of India. Official sources confirmed to ANI that about 10.99 million doses have been already dispatched from SII facility in Pune and only around 90,000 doses are left to be dispatched. Sources have also confirmed that […]

First consignment of Covid vaccine reaches Tripura

The first consignment of the COVID-19 vaccine for Tripura arrived at the Agartala Airport on Wednesday afternoon. The consignment contains five cartons of vaccine consisting of 6,000 vials. “The first consignment of 5 cartons of COVID-19 vaccine consisting of 6000 vials arrives at Agartala Airport much to the delight of the people of Tripura. All […]

Meghalaya gets 35,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine

35,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine ‘Covishield’ have reached safely in Meghalaya on Wednesday morning, informed State Chief Minister Conrad Sangma. In a tweet, Sangma said, “35,000 doses of Covishield have arrived safely at the State Vaccination Centre, Shillong. This will set in motion the world’s biggest vaccination effort from January 16, 2021. 11 sites have […]

COVID-19 vaccine may cost between Rs 200 to 295 in India: Health Ministry

Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan on Tuesday said the COVID-19 vaccine may cost in the range of Rs 200 to 295 in India and two vaccines — Covishield and Covaxin — have received Emergency Use Authorisation (EAU) after going through established safety and immunogenicity in a well-prescribed regulatory process. Asserting that the central government has […]

Assam: First batch of COVID-19 vaccine reach Guwahati

The first batch of COVID-19 vaccines for Assam and Meghalaya has arrived in Guwahati on Tuesday evening. According to sources, the flight carrying the vaccine consignment from Serum Institute of India, Pune, weighing 732 kilograms, landed at the Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International (LGBI) airport around 5 pm in the evening. The vaccines will be shifted […]