Covovax is likely to be available on the portal in a few days at a price of Rs 225 per dose plus applicable GST.
The recommendation for Covishield is yet to be implemented in the national COVID-19 vaccination programme.
The state government said that all the children in the age group of 12 to 14 will be covered under the vaccination drive.
In an official statement issued on Saturday, Animal Husbandry Minister Laljit Singh Bhullar said the vaccination drive is nearing completion ahead of the April 30 deadline.
More than 2.15 crore precaution doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered to healthcare and frontline workers, and those aged above 60 years.
The COVID-19 vaccine to be administered to the 12-14 years age group would be Corbevax manufactured by Biological E. Limited, Hyderabad.
The Maharashtra health department has also formed a state-level task force headed by Dr Subhash Salunke to tackle rising measles cases, an official statement said.
A total of 50,000 children in this age category are eligible to take the vaccine in the coastal state, he said.
Doses of oral polio, BCG, Hepatitis B, rota virus, PCV, IPV, penra, measles, rubella and DPT vaccines are being given to children, he said.
More than 710 COVID-19 patients were in critical or serious conditions, up from 200-300 in mid-February, while nearly half of the country's intensive care...
The daily rise in the number of Covid-19 cases has been below 30,000 for straight 13 days. 318 new fatalities were recorded.
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Fiji has reported a record 1,285 new cases in its latest daily update and 193 deaths since the outbreak began in April
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The local unit opened weak at 74.93 a dollar and touched a low of 74.95 and high of 74.55 during the day.
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California has seen a steady rise in virus cases since the state fully reopened its economy on June 15 and did away with capacity limits and social distancing
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Trudeau noted Canada continues to lead G20 countries in vaccination rates with approximately 80% of eligible Canadians vaccinated with their first dose and...
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Inadequate global supply, complicated geography of the world's largest archipelago nation, and hesitancy among some Indonesians stand as major roadblocks in...
On April 14, 6,28,961 people were vaccinated in AP, then a national record for the highest vaccination in a day in the country.
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Official data showed about 2,000 COVID-19 deaths per day in Brazil in the past week, representing one-fifth the global total.
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Some popular European tourist destinations open for the tourist, but with some rules.
France is putting itself back on the menu as a destination for international tourists who have had coronavirus jabs.
