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In April 2021, the Indian Council of Medical Research reported that the vaccine has shown promising results in neutralising lineage B.1.617. [ 54 ] [ 55 ] In May 2021, a joint investigation by the scientists of the National Institute of Virology , found the vaccine effective in neutralising the Zeta variant or lineage P.2 (previously known as B ...
CoWIN (Covid Vaccine Intelligence Network) is an Indian government web portal for COVID-19 vaccination registration, owned and operated by India's Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. It displays booking slots of COVID-19 vaccine available in the nearby areas and can be booked on the website.
On 15 April 2021, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced a weekend curfew along with tight restrictions on weekdays in order to curb the second wave of COVID-19 infections. On 17 April 2022, Delhi saw a rise in cases, but the positivity rate has relatively reduced from 5.33% to 4.21% [ 22 ]
Vaccine Maitri (English: Vaccine Friendship) [166] is a humanitarian initiative undertaken by the Indian government to provide COVID-19 vaccines to countries around the world. [167] The government started providing vaccines from 20 January 2021. As of 6 March 2022, India had delivered around 16.3 cror doses of vaccines to 96 countries. [168]
COVID-19 vaccination roll out in AIIMS, New Delhi, India on 16 January 2021. Vaccination in India includes the use of vaccines in Indian public health and the place of vaccines in Indian society, policy, and research.
Director S.P. Ramakrishnan at the sign for the newly renamed Central Institute for Communicable Diseases (ca. 1964). Credit: Wellcome Institute The origin of the National Centre for Disease Control can be traced to the Central Malaria Bureau, which was established at Kasauli, Himachal Pradesh, India in 1909.
The ICVP's nickname Yellow Card or its French equivalent Carte Jaune derives from the yellow colour of the document. The fact that yellow fever is a commonly required vaccination for travel has contributed to the document's association with the colour yellow, even though the ICVP can cover a wide range of vaccinations and booster shots, not just yellow fever.
Viral vector vaccines have benefits over other forms of vaccinations depending on the virus which they produced thanks to their qualities of immunogenicity, immunogenic stability, and safety. [ 18 ] [ 7 ] Specific immunogenicity properties include highly efficient gene transduction, highly specific delivery of genes to target cells, and the ...