In line with the nationwide launch of the largest vaccination campaign in the world against the COVID-19 pandemic, the first phase of the vaccination drive commenced for Health Car...
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A medic administers COVID vaccine to a medical student during the first phase of the countrywide inoculation drive, in Bengaluru.
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82-years-old Dr. Arvind Pandya coming out of the BKC vaccination unit after being observed for half an hour as he took the Covishield vaccine, in Mumbai.
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82-years-old Dr. Arvind Pandya coming out of the BKC vaccination unit after being observed for half an hour as he took the Covishield vaccine, in Mumbai.
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A health worker receives a COVID-19 vaccine at a government Hospital in Mumbai. India's homegrown vaccine developer Bharat Biotech has warned people with weaker immunity and other ...
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Terezinha da Conceicao, 80, left, and Dulcinea da Silva Lopes, 59, become the first women to receive the COVID-19 vaccine produced by China's Sinovac Biotech Ltd, during the start ...
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Health worker Vanda Ortega, from the Witoto Indigenous group and dressed in traditional clothing, shows her vaccination card after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine produced by China'...
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Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson at a viewing window during a tour of the manufacturing facility for the Oxford/Astrazeneca vaccine at Oxford Biomedica in Oxfordshire, Englan...
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Dr Devi Prasad Shetty, Chairman & Executive Director, Narayana Health, being adminstered a dose of COVID vaccine, in Bengaluru.
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Chief Medical Officer Dr. Munawar Hussain Wazir receive the first shot of COVID-19 Vaccine to kick start the vaccination drive in Kargil.
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A woman gets a shot of the COVID-19 vaccine produced by China’s Sinovac Biotech Ltd. at the Hospital das Clinicas in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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A health worker rubs the arm of her husband, who works in the same hospital, after administering COVID-19 vaccine at the Zonal Hospital in Dharmsala. India started inoculating heal...
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Frontline workers flash the victory sign after being inoculated with the first dose of Covishield vaccine during a countrywide COVID-19 vaccination drive, at a government hospital ...
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Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray sanitises his hands before the event of the Virtual launch of COVID-19 vaccination drive by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, at BKC vaccina...
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A medic administers the first dose of Covishield vaccine to a frontline worker, after the virtual launch of COVID-19 vaccination drive by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in Mumbai.
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Frontline workers after receving the shots of Covishield vaccine, following the virtual launch of COVID-19 vaccination drive by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in Mumbai.
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A medic administrators the first dose of Covishield vaccine to Madhura Patil in the presence of Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, after the virtual launch of COVID-19 va...
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Health workers show victory sign after the first dose of Covishield vaccine, following the virtual launch of the COVID-19 vaccination drive by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, at Raji...
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A medic administers the first dose of Covishield vaccine on Dr. Bilquees Shah, Nodal officer for COVID-19 at JLNM hospital, after the virtual launch of COVID-19 vaccination drive b...
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Rear Admiral Sheila Mathai, VSM, Commanding Officer, inaugurates the COVID-19 vaccination drive at INHS Asvini, in Mumbai.
In a statement, the MEA said India has received several requests for the supply of Indian-manufactured vaccines from neighbouring and key partner countries.
NITI Aayog member V K Paul said concerns about adverse effects and serious problems post immunisation as of now seem to be unfounded, negligible, and insignificant
WHO did not describe the Covid-19 outbreak as a pandemic until March 11, weeks after the virus had begun causing explosive outbreaks in numerous continents
Pregnant women, those with compromised immunity and those suffering from fever are a few categories of people who cannot take Covaxin, Bharat Biotech said
To achieve herd immunity in a 1.38 billion population, we need to cover 828 million people! The truth is: it may take years, and we still won’t be sure.
Union health minister Dr Harsh Vardhan talks about the preparedness of the government’s vaccination programme and expresses confidence that all Indians shall get a COVID-19 vaccine.