Covid Vaccine Distribution

As Covid cases in China continue to rise, Beijing will soon start distributing Pfizer's Covid-19 drug Paxlovid to the community health centres in forthcoming days, CNN reported citing state media on Monday.

The WHO has published the Global Vaccine Market Report 2022, showing inequitable distribution is not unique to COVID-19 vaccines with poorer countries consistently struggling to access other vaccines that are in demand by wealthier countries.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday urged G20 member nations to ensure expeditious and equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines to aid global recovery.

Singapore’s Zuellig Pharma is using a new “eZTracker” app to filter out improperly stored or expired vaccines from being distributed for administration. The vaccine management system is based on SAP blockchain that enables end-to-end tracking and reporting of multiple business processes and objects.

Germany's coronavirus situation is dramatic, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday, calling for a push to distribute booster shots faster and appealing to those sceptical of vaccination to change their minds.

G20 trade ministers on Tuesday promised to work towards a fair distribution of Covid-19 vaccines by lifting export restrictions and making the trade system more transparent.

Government has said drones would play a significant role in providing vaccines in remote territories across the country

There aren't many places left for the COVID-19 virus to mutate and evade immunity as it will only get weaker with time, said the creator of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, the most widely distributed jab in the world.

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres termed the inequitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines as an "obscenity".

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday chaired a high-level meeting to review the COVID-19 related situation in the country and the vaccination drive to battle the pandemic.

The WHO on Wednesday called for a moratorium on Covid-19 vaccine booster shots until at least the end of September to address the drastic inequity in dose distribution between rich and poor nations.

The BJP-ruled states have been asked by the party to use banners carrying Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the state Chief Minister's pictures at centres where free ration is being distributed under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana.

Allocation of Covid vaccines to a state is done based on its population, caseload, utilisation efficiency and wastage factors, the Union Health Ministry on Thursday said and dismissed media reports alleging non-transparent distribution of the jabs.

Of the two billion COVID-19 vaccine doses distributed globally till now, about 60 per cent have gone to just three countries - the US, India and China, a senior adviser at the World Health Organisation said.

US President Joe Biden unveiled his plan Thursday for the first of 80 million coronavirus vaccine doses being distributed globally, with 75 percent of shots disbursed via the Covax program.

As Covid cases in China continue to rise, Beijing will soon start distributing Pfizer's Covid-19 drug Paxlovid to the community health centres in forthcoming days, CNN reported citing state media on Monday.

The WHO has published the Global Vaccine Market Report 2022, showing inequitable distribution is not unique to COVID-19 vaccines with poorer countries consistently struggling to access other vaccines that are in demand by wealthier countries.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday urged G20 member nations to ensure expeditious and equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines to aid global recovery.

Singapore’s Zuellig Pharma is using a new “eZTracker” app to filter out improperly stored or expired vaccines from being distributed for administration. The vaccine management system is based on SAP blockchain that enables end-to-end tracking and reporting of multiple business processes and objects.

Germany's coronavirus situation is dramatic, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday, calling for a push to distribute booster shots faster and appealing to those sceptical of vaccination to change their minds.

G20 trade ministers on Tuesday promised to work towards a fair distribution of Covid-19 vaccines by lifting export restrictions and making the trade system more transparent.

Government has said drones would play a significant role in providing vaccines in remote territories across the country

There aren't many places left for the COVID-19 virus to mutate and evade immunity as it will only get weaker with time, said the creator of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, the most widely distributed jab in the world.

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres termed the inequitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines as an "obscenity".

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday chaired a high-level meeting to review the COVID-19 related situation in the country and the vaccination drive to battle the pandemic.

The WHO on Wednesday called for a moratorium on Covid-19 vaccine booster shots until at least the end of September to address the drastic inequity in dose distribution between rich and poor nations.

The BJP-ruled states have been asked by the party to use banners carrying Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the state Chief Minister's pictures at centres where free ration is being distributed under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana.

Allocation of Covid vaccines to a state is done based on its population, caseload, utilisation efficiency and wastage factors, the Union Health Ministry on Thursday said and dismissed media reports alleging non-transparent distribution of the jabs.

Of the two billion COVID-19 vaccine doses distributed globally till now, about 60 per cent have gone to just three countries - the US, India and China, a senior adviser at the World Health Organisation said.

US President Joe Biden unveiled his plan Thursday for the first of 80 million coronavirus vaccine doses being distributed globally, with 75 percent of shots disbursed via the Covax program.