Covishield

Coronavirus vaccine administered at over 100 sites in Punjab, Haryana

11:18 pm January 16, 2021

Chandigarh: Senior doctors and other healthcare workers were administered coronavirus vaccine at over 100 sites in Punjab and Haryana on Saturday, according to officials. The authorities had earmarked 59 sites in Punjab and 77 in Haryana for the drive, which was rolled out by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday. Senior doctors received the first shot of the vaccine at many locations to build confidence […]

MP: Sunday 'corona' curfew to be lifted as pandemic under control now, says CM

MP vaccine drive: My turn will come in third phase, says CM

8:12 pm January 16, 2021

Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Saturday said he will receive the COVID-19 vaccine after corona warriors and frontline healthstaff ”in the third phase as per the protocol set by the Centre”. He said the vaccine was completely safe and asked opposition parties not to mislead people on the coronavirus pandemic. ”The […]

COVID-19 vaccines ‘Sanjivani’ in fight against pandemic: Health Minister Harsh Vardhan

2:00 pm January 16, 2021

New Delhi: Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Saturday described the COVID-19 vaccines as ‘Sanjivani’ in the fight against the infectious disease as he urged people not to pay heed to hearsay and instead believe in experts and scientists. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the world’s largest vaccination programme covering the entire length and breadth of the country and […]

Around 400 new COVID-19 cases in Delhi: Kejriwal

Don’t believe in rumours, experts say vaccines safe: Kejriwal

1:51 pm January 16, 2021

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday urged people not to believe in rumours and listen to experts who say COVID-19 vaccines are safe, as the world’s largest immunisation programme against the disease began in the country. Kejriwal inspected the COVID-19 vaccination campaign at the Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan (LNJP) Hospital here, interacted with […]

Pune district receives 1.13 lakh doses of Covishield

10:53 pm January 13, 2021

Pune : Pune district received over 1.13lakh doses of the Covishield vaccine against coronavirus on Wednesday, officials said. The transportation of the vaccine, manufactured at Serum Institute of India (SII) here, began on Tuesday morning. District Collector Rajesh Deshmukh said all the preparations are completed as inoculation drive will begin on January 16. The number […]