Karnataka CM Yediyurappa appeal to people above 45 years to get vaccinated

Karnataka has in stock 13.5 lakh doses of Covishield vaccine and 1.5 lakh doses of Covaxin vaccine

India's gift of 200,000 COVID vaccine doses will be sent to UN peacekeepers on Mar 27

More than 58 million Made in India coronavirus vaccine doses have reached about 70 countries in the recent weeks

Several other states have also started imposing restrictions on movement of people

The firm has already produced Covishield vaccine, co-developed by the University of Oxford and British-Swedish company AstraZeneca

50 persons developed minor adverse reactions following immunisation

The government and the companies should have been upfront about the products from the beginning

If a vaccine is under trial and has not gone through the due process, its administration should be called clinical trial, not vaccination

This round of vaccination program will be held all over the country, at a total of 3,006 sites which will be connected virtually

The ministry has listed precautions and contraindications for COVID-19 vaccination along with a comparative factsheet for both the vaccines

Modi is likely to interact via video link with some healthcare workers fwho will be receiving the shots on the first day