Coronavirus Vaccine

AIIMS-Delhi chief Dr Randeep Guleria on February 27 said India will have 3-4 COVID vaccines in next few weeks and people will be having option to choose among the vaccination centres available. However, he clarified that no particular centre will have more than one vaccine but different centres in an area will offer different vaccines. Citing low vaccination turnout, Guleria claimed the strategy aims to increase vaccine volunteers' number … read-more

Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that the rules for the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) would be framed once the vaccination process begins in India. Addressing a press conference, Shah said, "the rules of the CAA are yet to be framed as such a massive process could not be carried out because of Corona." He also slammed West Bengal's CM Mamata Banerjee for exploiting the 'outsider-insider' issue to divert public attention.

As US sanctions on Iran remain, Irani officials have stated the vaccine-procurement process is hampered since they are unable to utilize the payment system. Reportedly, Iran had planned to deploy funds worth billions in won-denomination of South-Korean banks but was taken aback as the transaction has to be cleared by the US. Though the US had issued 'Office on Foreign Assets Control' license, Iran said it had 'little effect'.