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Coronavirus vaccine news highlights: All eyes on India as world's largest inoculation drive begins tomorrow

Preparations are underway as India is set to carry out its first phase of vaccination on Saturday, January 16. PM Modi will on Saturday morning launch the campaign at 3,006 session sites across all the states and Union Territories and around 100 beneficiaries would be vaccinated at each site. Healthcare workers, both in government and private sectors including ICDS workers, will receive the vaccine in this phase. Meanwhile, President-elect Joe Biden on Thursday proposed a $1.9 trillion rescue package to combat the economic downturn and the Covid-19 crisis. The package includes more than $400 billion to combat the pandemic directly, including money to accelerate vaccine deployment.
Last Updated 17 January 2021, 02:45 IST
02:4217 Jan 2021

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16:2215 Jan 2021

4,000 health workers to get Covid-19 vaccine in Mumbai daily

As many as 4,000 health workers will be administered Covid-19 vaccine every day at nine vaccination centres in Mumbai, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said on Friday.

Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray will launch the vaccination drive from a centre at Bandra Kurla Complex on Saturday, the civic body stated in an official release.

The vaccination will start at Vile Parle-based Dr R N Cooper Hospital, it was stated.

15:5015 Jan 2021

Uttarakhand all set to join COVID-19 vaccination drive

Uttarakhand is all geared up to join the first phase of the countrywide COVID-19 vaccination programme that begins on Saturday.

Vaccination sessions will be held at 34 health centres spread over 13 districts of the state with 100 healthcare workers to be administered the first dose of Covishield at each of the centres on the first day, Mission Director Sonika said.

So, a total of 3,400 healthcare workers will be given vaccine shots in the state on the first day, she said.

14:5115 Jan 2021

COVID-19 vaccination programme to be rolled out at 139 centres in Telangana on Jan 15

Covid-19 vaccination programme would be rolled out at 139 centres in Telangana on Saturday.

State Health Minister Eatala Rajender said he would attend the event at the Gandhi government hospital, while Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan would participate in the programme at the state-run Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) (both in Hyderabad).

He said ministers, MPs, MLAs and other public representatives occupying different posts would also attend the event at different places on Saturday.

14:2315 Jan 2021

Noida gets 28,840 doses, vaccination begins Jan 16

Uttar Pradesh's Gautam Buddh Nagar has got 28,840 doses of vaccines for COVID-19 for the first phase of the much-anticipated vaccination drive set to take place on Saturday, according to officials.

Hundreds of frontline healthcare workers will be the first to get jabs of the Covishield vaccine at six centres in Noida and Greater Noida in the district, Additional Chief Medical Officer and District Immunisation Officer Neeraj Tyagi said.

(Published 15 January 2021, 02:19 IST)

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