Coronavirus live updates: India has so far vaccinated 450,000 people. Globally, nearly 96 million people have been infected, of which, 10,572,672 are in India
Bhutan, Maldives, Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar and Seychelles are the countries that will receive the vaccines
India began its vaccination drive last week
Bhushan informed that the Covid-19 cases per million in the country is 7,668 while the active cases are less than two per cent of the total number of cases
The WHO panel also questioned whether the UN health agency should have labelled it a pandemic sooner
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Technical problems encountered initially could be another factor, experts say
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The approach can be used to test vaccine strategies against novel pandemic pathogens
The lockdowns and travel bans come ahead of next month's Lunar New Year holiday
The Panel's report, available in six UN official languages, will be discussed at the on-going World Health Organization (WHO) Executive Board meeting
A doctor at a vaccination centre in Mumbai said the response was slow in the morning, but the process was gradually picking up
. Bharat Biotech said it has also donated 16.5 lakh doses to the Government of India. Sources further said the supplies from the company depend on the orders being placed by the government
The vaccine maker in the fact sheet on Covaxin, posted in its website, said the clinical efficacy of the vaccine is yet to be established and is being studied in Phase 3 clinical trial
The country has been recording less than 20,000 daily new cases for the past 12 days
Both the Oxford and Sinopharm vaccines were evaluated for their safety and quality and granted EUA "with certain conditions", the statement added
The US is the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 24,073,555 and 398,977, respectively, according to the CSSE
"More than 39 mn doses of vaccine have been administered in 49 higher-income countries. Just 25 doses have been given in one lowest-income country. Not 25 mn; not 25 thousand; just 25," said Tedros