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By Lokmat English Desk | Published: January 10, 2021 02:30 PM2021-01-10T14:30:00+5:302021-01-10T14:30:00+5:30

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People all over the world are waiting for the corona vaccine. Now the wait of the people of India for vaccination is coming to an end. As per the information given by the government on Saturday, corona vaccination in the country will start from January 16. First of all, the corona vaccine to the health workers.

It was decided at the meeting that the vaccine would first be given to health workers and frontline workers, who number about 3 crore. After this, children over the age of 50 and under will be vaccinated who are already suffering from some serious disease.

The Prime Minister on Saturday briefed the Corona on how the Co-Win app will work. So far, 79 lakh people have registered in this app. The vaccination campaign has so far trained more than 6 lakh people at various levels.

This will be the supply: Pune will be the most important center for the supply of vaccines. From there the vaccine will be supplied to 41 centers across the country. These centers include Kolkata, Hyderabad, Chennai, Delhi and other cities. For this, more than 30,000 centers will be started in the country.

5 crore doses of Covishield vaccine are made by serum. The target is to make 50 crore doses by next July. Bharat Biotech has so far made 10 million doses of the vaccine. The goal is to complete the campaign in six months.

The Center has set a target of vaccinating about 300 million people in six months. But in such a short period of time, it is impossible to complete the campaign with two doses each, say experts in the field.

100 to 200 people will be vaccinated at the booth in each session. They will be monitored for 30 minutes to see the reaction. At the same time, only one person will be vaccinated at the vaccination center. Only people already registered in the Covin app will be vaccinated.