A COVID booster vaccine based on Omicron-specific mRNA was launched on Saturday by Union Minister Jitendra Singh. According to a statement, Gennova developed India’s first mRNA vaccine, GEMCOVAC-OM, with support from the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) and the Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC).

The Drug Control General of India (DCGI) approved this vaccine for Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) a few days ago.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi to hold a virtual meeting with 40 district magistrates of the nation where the Covid-19 vaccination coverage has been sluggish so far.Presence of a number of chief ministers are also expected to attend the meeting.

A press statement issued by the Prime Minister’s Office said.“Immediately upon returning to the country after attending the… COP26 [in Glasgow, Scotland], Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a review meeting with districts having low vaccination coverage, on November 3 at noon via video conferencing,”

The main focused districts of the meeting will be, where less than 50% of their population has taken the first shot of the Covid-19 vaccine, and an even lower percentage has been doubly vaccinated against the disease.

States with majority districts with low Covid-19 vaccination percentages are Arunachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Manipur, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Nagaland and a few others.
Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya recently held a review meeting with state health ministers, during which he announced the “Har Ghar Dastak (door-to-door campaign)” to boost vaccination numbers.

ANI quoted the minister as saying following the meeting.“We are going to launch the vaccination campaign: “Har Ghar Dastak”. We decided that for the next one month, healthcare workers will go from door to door to vaccinate people eligible for the second dose, and also those who have not taken the first dose,”

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India has administered more than 100 crore vaccines. Around 75 per cent of the eligible Indian population has been administered at least the first dose and around 31 per cent has received both the doses of the vaccine.

According to the Union Health Ministry data.It took just 85 days for India to cross 10 -crore vaccination landmark, 45 more days to reach the 20-crore mark and 29 more days to touch the 30-crore mark.

The country took 24 days to reach the 40-crore mark from 30-crore doses and then 20 more days to surpass the 50-crore vaccination mark on August 6.It then took 76 days to go past the 100-crore mark.

The top five states of the country which have administered the highest number of doses are Uttar Pradesh followed by Maharashtra, West Bengal, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh.

“After 100 crore doses are administered, we will go in mission mode to ensure that those who have taken their first dose take their second dose too to ensure they are protected against COVID-19 ,” Mandaviya had said.

Mandaviya on Wednesday had appealed to all those who are eligible to get inoculated without delay and contribute to the historic vaccination journey of India.

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The registration for vaccination for those between 18-45 years old opened up finally, on Wednesday, at 4 p.m. and as expected servers of the CoWIN app and website, UMANG app and Aarogya setu app crashed.

Earlier in the day, the Centre had made it clear that states cannot use the vaccine provided by the government of India for people below 45 years of age. On the other hand, states are also awaiting a fresh supply of vaccines which is likely to begin from the third week of May.

Both Serum Institute of India and Bharat Biotech have revised prices for the vaccines. A single dose of SII’s Covishield is priced at Rs 400 for state governments and Rs 600 for private hospitals. Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin is priced at Rs 600 per dose for state governments and Rs 1200 per dose for private hospitals.

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Guwahati: Approx 9000 people have received Covid 19 vaccines in Assam on Thursday, which is highest in a day so far according to the State Health department.

Almost a triple rise in the number of vaccination drive since January 16. More than 3000 healthcare workers were vaccinated each day. About 8973 recipient received vaccines till 6pm on Thursday through 174 sessions. On Thursday itself at 7pm the number of healthcare workers increased and gets vaccination against Covid-19 has exceeded to 28 Lakh (28,47,608) through 52,667 sessions across the country, according to a report stated by the State Health department.

“The cumulative total number of vaccinated healthcare workers across Assam now stands at 28,918 with no case of serious or severe Adverse Event Following Immunization (AEFI) reported. The 8^th day of the countrywide Covid-19 vaccination programme conducted successfully in Assam,” said a Health department spokesperson.

On Thursday, 155 conducted Covishield to 8299 recipients, while 19 conducted Covaxin to 674 recipients. “ Only seven minor cases of AEFI have been reported yesterday, with six minor AEFI cases from Dhemaji district and one minor AEFI case from Golaghat district,” the official stated.

For the second dose, which is going to be organised in the mid-February onwards. Many health officials are also getting ready for the second dose of vaccination drive despite of all the controversies and cases of AEFI, which is creating hesitance among a section of health officials who skipped vaccination. Dr. Shyamanta Madhab Sharma, Joint Director of Health Services, Sivasagar, said “As a preventive measure against Covid-19 the government is providing us with the Covid vaccine. It has been 12 days since I was administered the first dose on January 16, and I have not faced any difficulties. The vaccine is safe and I would like to appeal to all frontline workers to get themselves vaccinated without any hesitation.” Sharma received the first shots of Covishield on the first day of the drive.

“Our healthcare workers toiled day and night at the height of the pandemic to keep us safe. We have got a wonderful to stay protected with the vaccine and I would appeal to all to come forward and get vaccinated,” said Hitesh Das from Gaurisagar BPHC , Sivasagar, who received the first dose of Covishield on Thursday.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched India’s COVID-19 vaccination drive and asserted that the made-in-India vaccines being rolled out will ensure a “decisive victory” for the country over the coronavirus pandemic.

Addressing the nation ahead of the launch, Modi reminded people that two doses of vaccine are very important and asked them to maintain wearing masks and social distancing even after receiving the jabs.

“‘Dawai bhi, kadai bhi,” he said.

During his speech, Modi turned emotional as he spoke of the disruption the pandemic caused to people’s lives, isolating victims of the coronavirus and denying the dead traditional last rites.

In a choked voice, the prime minister also referred to sacrifices made by healthcare and frontline workers, hundreds of whom lost their lives to the viral infection.

He also urged the country to show patience during the vaccination drive as it had shown till now in fighting the pandemic.

Normally, it takes years to make a vaccine but in such a short span of time, not one, but two ‘Made in India’ vaccines are ready, Modi said, adding work on other vaccines is also progressing at a fast pace.

India getting two vaccines in such a short time is a testimony to the talent and skills of the nation’s scientists’, the prime minister said.

“Our vaccination programme is driven by humanitarian concerns, those exposed to maximum risk will get priority,” he said.

Modi said that scientists and experts have given permission for emergency use of the made-in-India vaccines only after being absolutely sure of their safety and the people should be aware of any propaganda and rumours.

The made-in-India vaccines will ensure a “decisive victory” for the country over the coronavirus pandemic, he asserted.

Modi also asked people to guard against complacency and follow the mantra ‘Dawaai bhi, kadaai bhi’ (referring to vaccines as well as strict compliance with COVID-appropriate behaviour).

The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) had earlier this month approved Oxford COVID-19 vaccine Covishield, manufactured by the Serum Institute, and indigenously developed Covaxin of Bharat Biotech for restricted emergency use in the country, paving the way for a massive inoculation drive.

This will be the world’s largest vaccination programme covering the entire length and breadth of the country.

According to the government, the shots will be offered first to an estimated one crore healthcare workers, and around two crore frontline workers, and then to persons above 50 years of age, followed by persons younger than 50 years of age with associated comorbidities.

Cost of vaccination of healthcare and frontline workers will be borne by the central government.

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US President Donald Trump on Thursday said that a COVID-19 vaccine is “ready” and going to be announced “within weeks” to combat the deadly disease that has killed over 223,000 Americans, as he debated with his Democratic challenger Joe Biden for the final time before the presidential election.

The debate, just less than two weeks ahead of the crucial presidential elections on November 3, started with opening remarks by both the candidates, when the mike of the other was muted.

The coronavirus dominated the opening minutes of the Trump-Biden face-off with President Trump terming the contagion a worldwide problem .

This has been a worldwide problem, but I’ve been congratulated by many countries on what we’ve been able to do, he said at the debate held in Nashville, Tennessee.

“We have a vaccine that’s coming, it’s ready. It’s going to be announced within weeks and it’s going to be delivered, the President said, adding that companies like Johnson & Johnson, Moderna and Pfizer are doing very well on that front.

Trump claimed that he had done a good job with a worldwide pandemic, saying the country needs to learn to live with it.

Responding to the President, Biden said that Trump has no plan.

He always says people are learning to live with it. People are learning to die with it, Biden said.

I will take care of this. I will make sure we have a plan, the former vice president said.

Biden said that this is a dark winter as he came down heavily on the Trump administration’s handling of the pandemic.

Trump praised the US response to the pandemic, claiming that the crisis is going away .

On the question of lockdown, Trump said: We don’t have the ability to lock ourselves in basement .

We’re not going to shut down and we have to open our schools, Trump said. The cure cannot be worse than the problem itself, Trump said.

According to Johns Hopkins coronavirus tracker, the coronavirus has so far infected more than 41 million people and killed over 1.1 million people globally. The US is the worst affected country with over 8 million cases and 223,000 deaths.

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