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India becomes the fastest country to administer 13 crore COVID-19 doses.

As per an Indian Express report, the state kept silent about its plans to introduce a lockdown during a high-level review meeting chaired by the Cabinet Secretary on Friday.

The INSACOG is a collection of 10 National laboratories designated by the Health Ministry in order to carry out genomic sequencing and analysis of circulating COVID-19 viruses and correlate epidemiological trends with genomic variants.

In the second phase of the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive starting today, age-appropriate people are expected to register themselves on CoWin platform or on Aarogya Setu app for vaccination.

Covid Vaccination program's next phase commenced on March 1, 2021. PM Modi also took Bharat Biotech's vaccine Covaxin today.

PM Modi launched the world's biggest COVID-19 vaccination drive in the country today at 10:30 am via video conferencing

Earlier, Covaxin was approved for children above 12, while SII's Covishield was approved for persons above 18. The new order states that Covaxin will also be administered only to persons above 18.

The government has released a list of FAQs to clear doubts and dispel rumours regarding the the COVID vaccines.

The government has been working with states for four months to prepare for mass COVID-19 vaccination program, said Union Health Minister.

The scale of inoculation for Covid-19 is going to be unprecedented, therefore, the government is preparing in advance, informed Heath Secretary Rajesh Bhushan.