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COVID-19 Vaccination Drive in India
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- India started the world's largest vaccination drive from January 16, 2021.
- Two Made in India vaccines have been given emergency use approval.
- The Drugs Controller General of India (DGCI) had granted Emergency Use Authorisation to two vaccines — Covishield and Covaxin.
- The government plans to vaccinate around 30 crore people under the vaccination drive.
- Initially it will include healthcare professionals and front-line workers and people over 50 years of age.
- The beneficiaries will get administered with these vaccines - Oxford-AstraZeneca's Covishield and Bharat Biotech's Covaxin.
- Covishield vaccine will be available at a price of Rs 200 per dose.
- The real-time information will be available on the unique digital platform Co-WIN Vaccine management system.
- It is a digitalized platform named Covid Vaccine Intelligence Network.
- People need to self-register on the Co-WIN website or app.
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