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1st Covaxin Dose For 15-18 Years Category Within Jan 9: Assam Minister
The Assam government is targeting to administer the first dose of Covaxin to all teenagers in the 15-18 years age group within seven days from the beginning of the national inoculation drive for this category from January 3, Health Minister Keshab Ma
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Assam Aims To Vaccinate All Eligible People With Both Doses By January 15
The Assam government is targeting to complete COVID-19 vaccination of all its eligible population, estimated to be around 2.1 crore, with both doses by January 15 next year, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said today.
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Assam Turns Poll Booths To Covid Vaccine Points To Cover Those Left Out
Only about half of Assam's population has received its first dose of Covid vaccine till now. The government has now adopted a new strategy to quicken the pace of coverage. It is turning polling booths to vaccination centres and using voter lists.
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Assam Needs 75 Lakh Doses Per Month To Vaccinate Population By December
Assam needs at least 75 lakh doses of anti-Covid vaccines every month to inoculate all eligible adults by December this year.
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Those Who Got Both Vaccine Doses Must Also Take Covid Test To Enter Assam
The Assam government has made Covid testing mandatory for passengers entering the state by train and flight who have received both the doses of vaccines.
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Assam Covaxin Shortage Grows Into Crisis, Some Miss Second Dose Deadline
For the last five days, Baisistha Deka has been visiting the Hengrabari Medical Unit vaccine centre in Guwahati, the only permanent vaccine centre in the city that has access to Covaxin supplies, in the hope of getting his second dose.
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Assam Starts Special Covid Vaccination Drive For Transgenders
Thirty members of the transgender community got their first Covid vaccination dose in Guwahati on Friday. It was the first such step reported in the entire country, sources in the government told NDTV.
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5 Lakh Vaccine Doses In Assam's Stock, Will Get Another 1 Lakh Doses Soon
As India fights the second wave of Covid and witnesses an unprecedented surge in infections, Assam is ramping up efforts to vaccinate more and more people in the state.
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Latest News Highlights: Covaxin Shows Interim Clinical Efficacy Of 81% In Phase 3 Results, Says Bharat Biotech
Phase 3 results for Bharat Biotech's coronavirus vaccine - Covaxin - were released Wednesday afternoon, with the drug demonstrating "81 per cent interim efficacy in preventing COVID-19 in those without prior infection after the second dose", according to a statement by the company.
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Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma Gets Covid Vaccine
Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine on Monday as the state government launched the third phase of the inoculation drive for senior citizens and people in the age group of 45-59 with comorbidities.
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Assam Schools Not Letting Guard Down Amid Dip In Covid Cases
As India prepares for the next phase of coronavirus vaccination from March with over 1.3 crore doses administered since January 16, several states are witnessing a surge in cases. Assam, which has logged 2.17 lakh cases so far, recorded just 30 new cases in the last 24 hours, the government data shows.
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Assam Orders Probe After Covid Vaccine Found Frozen In Storage
The Assam Health Department had decided to send a batch of 100 vials of Covishield containing 1,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to a laboratory after this batch was found frozen in the vaccine storage unit of Silchar Medical College in the state's Cahchar district.
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Assam First To Get Both Covid Vaccines, Storage Ready For 3 Crore Doses
Assam became the first state in the northeast to have received both the coronavirus vaccines -- Covishield and Covaxin -- ahead of the mass inoculation programme set to start January 16.
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Guwahati, Gateway To Northeast, Becomes Region's Covid Vaccine Hub
Assam has received the first consignment of 2.4 lakh doses of COVID-19 vaccine Covishield, and the airport in Guwahati, known as the gateway to the northeast, has been made a nodal hub for its distribution across the seven states in the region.
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Covid Vaccine Dry Run To Continue In Assam Till Actual Dose Arrives: Official
In order to prepare the medical staff and infrastructure, the dry run for the COVID-19 vaccine will continue regularly across Assam till actual vaccination takes place, a senior official said on Saturday.
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1st Covaxin Dose For 15-18 Years Category Within Jan 9: Assam Minister
The Assam government is targeting to administer the first dose of Covaxin to all teenagers in the 15-18 years age group within seven days from the beginning of the national inoculation drive for this category from January 3, Health Minister Keshab Ma
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Assam Aims To Vaccinate All Eligible People With Both Doses By January 15
The Assam government is targeting to complete COVID-19 vaccination of all its eligible population, estimated to be around 2.1 crore, with both doses by January 15 next year, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said today.
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Assam Turns Poll Booths To Covid Vaccine Points To Cover Those Left Out
Only about half of Assam's population has received its first dose of Covid vaccine till now. The government has now adopted a new strategy to quicken the pace of coverage. It is turning polling booths to vaccination centres and using voter lists.
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Assam Needs 75 Lakh Doses Per Month To Vaccinate Population By December
Assam needs at least 75 lakh doses of anti-Covid vaccines every month to inoculate all eligible adults by December this year.
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Those Who Got Both Vaccine Doses Must Also Take Covid Test To Enter Assam
The Assam government has made Covid testing mandatory for passengers entering the state by train and flight who have received both the doses of vaccines.
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Assam Covaxin Shortage Grows Into Crisis, Some Miss Second Dose Deadline
For the last five days, Baisistha Deka has been visiting the Hengrabari Medical Unit vaccine centre in Guwahati, the only permanent vaccine centre in the city that has access to Covaxin supplies, in the hope of getting his second dose.
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Assam Starts Special Covid Vaccination Drive For Transgenders
Thirty members of the transgender community got their first Covid vaccination dose in Guwahati on Friday. It was the first such step reported in the entire country, sources in the government told NDTV.
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5 Lakh Vaccine Doses In Assam's Stock, Will Get Another 1 Lakh Doses Soon
As India fights the second wave of Covid and witnesses an unprecedented surge in infections, Assam is ramping up efforts to vaccinate more and more people in the state.
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Latest News Highlights: Covaxin Shows Interim Clinical Efficacy Of 81% In Phase 3 Results, Says Bharat Biotech
Phase 3 results for Bharat Biotech's coronavirus vaccine - Covaxin - were released Wednesday afternoon, with the drug demonstrating "81 per cent interim efficacy in preventing COVID-19 in those without prior infection after the second dose", according to a statement by the company.
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Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma Gets Covid Vaccine
Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine on Monday as the state government launched the third phase of the inoculation drive for senior citizens and people in the age group of 45-59 with comorbidities.
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Assam Schools Not Letting Guard Down Amid Dip In Covid Cases
As India prepares for the next phase of coronavirus vaccination from March with over 1.3 crore doses administered since January 16, several states are witnessing a surge in cases. Assam, which has logged 2.17 lakh cases so far, recorded just 30 new cases in the last 24 hours, the government data shows.
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Assam Orders Probe After Covid Vaccine Found Frozen In Storage
The Assam Health Department had decided to send a batch of 100 vials of Covishield containing 1,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to a laboratory after this batch was found frozen in the vaccine storage unit of Silchar Medical College in the state's Cahchar district.
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Assam First To Get Both Covid Vaccines, Storage Ready For 3 Crore Doses
Assam became the first state in the northeast to have received both the coronavirus vaccines -- Covishield and Covaxin -- ahead of the mass inoculation programme set to start January 16.
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Guwahati, Gateway To Northeast, Becomes Region's Covid Vaccine Hub
Assam has received the first consignment of 2.4 lakh doses of COVID-19 vaccine Covishield, and the airport in Guwahati, known as the gateway to the northeast, has been made a nodal hub for its distribution across the seven states in the region.
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Covid Vaccine Dry Run To Continue In Assam Till Actual Dose Arrives: Official
In order to prepare the medical staff and infrastructure, the dry run for the COVID-19 vaccine will continue regularly across Assam till actual vaccination takes place, a senior official said on Saturday.
