CURRENT AFFAIRS

2021

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who has launched a nationwide campaign “Covid vaccine with safe forest, money and enterprise” through a virtual medium?
A
Amit Shah
B
Hardeep Singh Puri
C
Arjun Munda
D
Rajnath Singh
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Shri Arjun Munda, Minister of Tribal Affairs, today, virtually launched the nationwide campaign “COVID Teeka Sang Surakshit Van, Dhan aur Uddyam” to accelerate the pace of COVID vaccination among tribals, in India.

Detailed explanation-2: -Bharat Biotech has successfully developed COVAXIN™, India’s 1st vaccine candidate for COVID-19, in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) - National Institute of Virology (NIV). The SARS-CoV-2 strain was isolated in NIV, Pune and transferred to Bharat Biotech.

Detailed explanation-3: -Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh lauds the role of Department of Biotechnology (DBT) for supporting the development of world’s first Intranasal vaccine for COVID by Bharat Biotech International Limited (BBIL)

Detailed explanation-4: -In December 2020, the UK became the first country in the world to approve this vaccine and began rolling out an initial 800, 000 doses at the start of the month, and is now in use worldwide.

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