Yavatmal District Council Chief Executive Officer Shrikrishna Panchal said one of the children complained of vomiting and uneasiness after they were given sanitiser instead of polio drops

In a survey conducted by New Delhi-based online platform LocalCircles, 62% of 17,000 respondents were hesitant to get vaccinated immediately, mainly due to worries over possible adverse reactions

The two vaccines - Covishield and Covaxin - have received regulatory approval after extensive studies. The Covishield  vaccine has already been rolled out in the UK

Several states have made all necessary preparations for the first phase of the exercise comprising identifying vaccination sites and registration of healthcare and other frontline workers

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday, January 1, virtually laid the foundation stone of Light House Projects (LHP)

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Besides the housing and urban affairs minister, chief ministers of Tripura, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh will be present on the occasion

Around 2,360 participants have been trained during the national-level training. The state-level training has been completed in all states/UTs and 7,000 district level trainees got hands-on experience on vaccine handling and distribution

Delhi government has identified more than 600 cold chain storage points, beyond training thousands of healthcare staff on technical details to vaccinate people against coronavirus

COVID-19 vaccine will be introduced only when the safety is proven. As is true for other vaccines, the common side effects in some individuals could be mild fever, pain, etc. at the site of injection, said the ministry

Centre will bear the cost of this vast inoculation exercise. States like Bihar and Kerala have already announced that coronavirus vaccines will be administered for free. Others are also expected to make similar announcements

Maulana Azad Medical College (MAMC) has selected three doctors as 'vaccinating officers' who will train more vaccinating officers, who then would pass it on to district-level healthcare workers

Coronavirus vaccine: Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan also said that the ministry has prepared training modules for vaccinators, cold chain handlers and ASHA (Accredited Social Health Activist) coordinators

Dr Randeep Guleria, the head of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), is reportedly heading the team that's preparing the list of patients.

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He said the administration and the medical department should make sure that the COVID-19 patients admitted in private hospitals face no inconvenience

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All medical establishments like medical colleges (allopathic, homoeopathic and AYUSH), health centres, private healthcare units and polyclinics have been asked to send the list of workers

Sharing a BusinessToday.In report stating that the new nasal vaccine can be a game-changer for COVID-19 testing, Shaw tweeted that these inoculations will be far easier to deliver than intra muscular injections

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