covid-19 vaccine

Under their VaxNow initiative, the CovidActionCollab conducted camps for women sex workers, transgenders and their families, offering general health counselling, mental health support, screening for non-communicable diseases, ration kits and free COVID-19 vaccinations across five states.

MyVacc, launched by Bengaluru's Dr Sveta Agarwal holds camps throughout the city, as well as in Pune and Mumbai, to provide free of cost COVID-19 vaccination to members of the unorganised sector such as slum dwellers, daily wagers, cab drivers, the homeless, and more.

Mayur Shetty from Manipal, Karnataka, narrates how he came up with the Emvolio device — a portable battery-powered refrigeration unit that ensures the preset temperatures are maintained for up to 12 hours

Earlier this week, after a conversation between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, India announced it will be sending half a million doses of the Covishield vaccine to Canada. But this association, of helping the other out in the face of a devastating health crisis, dates back over 70 years.

B Medical Systems, a Luxembourg-based firm, is gearing up to produce storage and transportation facilities for the COVID-19 vaccines by setting up a manufacturing unit in Gujarat and partnering with a Mumba-based firm.