Coronavirus: India starts one of the world’s largest vaccination campaigns

by

About This Source - Global News

Global News is the news and current affairs division of the Canadian Global Television Network, based in Vancouver, Canada.

Recent from Global News:

  • Walter Gretzky memorial service: Saying goodbye to “Canada’s hockey dad” | FULL
  • Myanmar coup: Military crackdown continues on protests across the country
  • “Canada’s hockey dad” Walter Gretzky dead at 82

    • Global News published this video item, entitled “Coronavirus: India starts one of the world’s largest vaccination campaigns” – below is their description.

    Sanitation worker Manish Kumar became the first person in India to be vaccinated against COVID-19 on Saturday as Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched one of the world’s largest immunization campaigns to bring the pandemic under control.

    First in line for the vaccine are some 30 million health and other frontline workers, such as those in sanitation and security, followed by about 270 million people older than 50 or deemed high-risk because of pre-existing medical conditions.

    Kumar received his shot at Delhi’s premier All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), just one of 3,006 vaccination centres established around the country.

    India, which has reported the highest number of coronavirus infections after the United States, plans to vaccinate around 300 million people with two doses in the first six to eight months of the year.

    Some 10.5 million people in India have been infected with the coronavirus, including more than 151,000 who died, though the rate of infection has come down from its peak in mid-September.

    For more info, please go to https://globalnews.ca/news/7580936/india-covid-19-vaccination/

    Subscribe to Global News Channel HERE: http://bit.ly/20fcXDc

    Like Global News on Facebook HERE: http://bit.ly/255GMJQ

    Follow Global News on Twitter HERE: http://bit.ly/1Toz8mt

    Follow Global News on Instagram HERE: https://bit.ly/2QZaZIB

    #GlobalNews

    Global News YouTube Channel

    Got a comment? Leave your thoughts in the comments section, below. Please note comments are moderated before publication.

    In This Story: COVID-19

    Covid-19 is the official WHO name given to the novel coronavirus which broke out in late 2019 and began to spread in the early months of 2020.

    Symptoms of coronavirus

    The main symptoms of coronavirus are:

    • a persistent new cough (non productive, dry)
    • a high temperature (e.g. head feels warm to the touch)
    • shortness of breath (if this is abnormal for the individual, or increased)

    Latest News about Covid-19

    Below are stories from around the globe related to the 2020 outbreak of novel Coronavirus – since the WHO gave the Covid-19 naming. Most recent items are posted nearest the top.

    5 Recent Items: COVID-19

  • President Biden Speaks After Senate Passes $1.9 Trillion Stimulus Bill
  • Senate passes Biden’s $1.9 trillion Covid-19 stimulus bill
  • ‘Help is on the way:’ Biden speaks after Senate passes COVID bill | ABC News
  • Biden: Senate passing relief bill puts U.S. on track to beat coronavirus – 3/6 (FULL LIVE STREAM)
  • Senate votes to pass $1.9 trillion pandemic relief plan

    • In This Story: India

    India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the second-most populous country, the seventh-largest country by land area, and the most populous democracy in the world. New Delhi is the capital.

    It has an exceptionally diverse population, with Hindus, Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains and other religions speaking over 21 recognised languages.

    2 Recent Items: India

  • Delhi doctor is a hero at home and the hospital
  • Reacting to England’s Test series defeat to India | Hussain, Atherton, Key & Ward

    • In This Story: United States

    The United States is a country also known as the United States of America, USA, US or just America. There are fifty states in the union, which is a federal republic ruled by a representative democracy. Nearly ten million square kilometres are inhabited by over 300 million people. The majority of Americans speak English.

    4 Recent Items: United States

  • Mars rover travels 6.5 metres in ‘flawless’ first drive
  • Eddie Huang on the message behind ‘Boogie’ | Stephen A’s World
  • Jair Bolsonaro tells Brazilians to stop ‘whining’ about Covid
  • IMAX CEO on the timeline for reopening U.S. theaters

    • In This Story: Vaccine

    A vaccine is a biological preparation that provides active acquired immunity to a particular infectious disease. A vaccine typically contains an agent that resembles a disease-causing microorganism and is often made from weakened or killed forms of the microbe, its toxins, or one of its surface proteins.

    9 Recent Items: Vaccine

  • WHO 20 million vaccine doses released under COVAX initiative
  • Dalai Lama receives COVID-19 vaccine
  • Coronavirus: European Union backs AstraZeneca vaccine block | 9 News Australia
  • First doses of AstraZeneca arrive in Brisbane as Europe blocks vaccine shipments | 7NEWS
  • Outside Looking into HK: Talking to Martin Jacques
  • Coronavirus: Johnson & Johnson shot adds to Canada’s vaccine arsenal
  • Vaccine cakes served up in Prague café
  • Global National: March 5, 2021 | Johnson & Johnson approval moves up vaccine timeline
  • Canada still plans to use its share of COVAX vaccines

    • Leave a Comment