Aus researcher develops Covid vax for animals
Nikolai Petrovsky, a professor at Flinders University, and veterinarian Sam Kovac joined forces to adapt COVAX-19 for animals, reports Xinhua news agency.
Nikolai Petrovsky, a professor at Flinders University, and veterinarian Sam Kovac joined forces to adapt COVAX-19 for animals, reports Xinhua news agency.
In the ongoing massive vaccination coverage, 1,02,44,459 Healthcare Workers (HCWs) have so far administered first dose of the anti-Covid jabs and 73,84,439 of them have been provided second dose.
The drive was facilitated by a group of NGOs and a private healthcare facility that has administered more than a thousand individuals a shot in their arms.
Three lakh doses of vaccines were wasted since January 2021, according to the health department.
The development has come at a time when the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) led Delhi government is seeking adequate medical supplies for the national capital, including vaccine doses and oxygen, to meet its growing demand in the wake of the raging second wave of the Covid pandemic.
Three temperature-controlled trucks rolled out of the Serum Institute gates with their precious cargo shortly before 5 am.
Bharat Biotech's Covaxin and Pune based-Serum Institute of India's Covishield - were cleared for emergency use by the DCGI.
The objective of the Dry Run for COVID-19 vaccine introduction is to assess operational feasibility in the use of Co-WIN application in the field environment, to test the linkages between planning and implementation and to identify the challenges and guideway forward prior to actual implementation.
Under the supervision of West Bengal Health Department officials, 25 healthcare workers will be vaccinated at each locations.
This drive will also test the operational feasibility in the use of CoWIN application in a field environment.
