Coronavirus India Live Updates: With over 12,000 new Covid-19 circumstances, India information lowest spike in 7 months

A non-public RT-PCR testing facility on the Ahmedabad airport for travellers. (Express picture)
India is about to begin its Covid-19 vaccination drive on January 16, the central authorities introduced in a press launch on Saturday. In its first part, precedence shall be given to about 3 crore frontline employees, adopted by round 27 crore folks above the age of fifty and others with co-morbidities.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed this as a “landmark step” in India’s battle towards the virus. Before this, India performed two dummy vaccination drives to grasp one of the best ways to manage vaccines and detect any logistical loopholes of their distribution.
India’s medication regulator lately permitted Oxford COVID-19 vaccine Covishield, manufactured by the Serum Institute, and the indigenously developed Covaxin of Bharat Biotech for restricted emergency use within the nation. Two dry runs of the vaccines have additionally been performed throughout the nation to grasp one of the best ways to manage them and plug loopholes in logistics and coaching.