Ground report: After healthcare workers, frontline Covid warriors get vaccinated in Delhi
3 years, 11 months ago

Ground report: After healthcare workers, frontline Covid warriors get vaccinated in Delhi

India Today  

India's biggest coronavirus vaccination drive took another step after it began inoculation of 2 crore frontline workers across the nation on Thursday. Two hospitals in Delhi's Shahdara district of the national capital - Delhi State Cancer Institute and Swami Dayanand hospitals - have started vaccinating many essential workers. At Delhi's State Cancer Institute, scores of essential workers, who provided immense support to not just the healthcare system but also allied forces such as food deliveries through Anganwadis, small dispensaries, stood in serpentine queues to get the Covid-19 vaccine. Dr Pragya Shukla, nodal officer of the vaccine centre at DSCI, who also became the first woman doctor to get the Covid shot said, “I am also a hypertensive patient, but I have taken the vaccine.

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‘Faulty’ COVID vaccine behind recruitment drive deaths: Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren
4 months ago

‘Faulty’ COVID vaccine behind recruitment drive deaths: Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren

The Hindu  

Jharkhand Chief Minister and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha leader Hemant Soren on Wednesday alleged that “faulty” COVID-19 vaccine doses administered by the BJP-led Union government were responsible for 12 candidates losing their lives during physical tests for an excise constable recruitment drive in the State. The Chief Minister alleged that the BJP-led government had given “faulty vaccines”, which have had a …

Uttar Pradesh puts frontline workers, hospitals on ‘alert mode’, amid partial rise in COVID-19 cases
1 year, 9 months ago

Uttar Pradesh puts frontline workers, hospitals on ‘alert mode’, amid partial rise in COVID-19 cases

The Hindu  

The Uttar Pradesh government on Thursday put all the frontline workers working in government as well as private hospitals on ‘alert mode’, while stepping up precautionary measures in light of a partial rise in COVID-19 cases in a few districts of the State. The State government issued the directions after a presentation regarding Communicable Disease Control and Dastak Abhiyan attended …

India need not panic given excellent COVID-19 vaccination coverage: Adar Poonawalla
2 years ago

India need not panic given excellent COVID-19 vaccination coverage: Adar Poonawalla

The Hindu  

Serum Institute of India CEO Adar Poonawalla on Tuesday expressed concern over reports of a rising COVID-19 graph in China but said there is no need to panic as the vaccination coverage in India is excellent. Mr. Poonawalla's tweet came a day after the Union Health Ministry urged all states and UTs to ramp up the whole genome sequencing of …

'Rising Covid cases in China concerning,' says Serum Institute's Adar Poonawalla
2 years ago

'Rising Covid cases in China concerning,' says Serum Institute's Adar Poonawalla

Hindustan Times  

Raising concern on the rising COVID-19 cases in neighbouring China, Serum Institute of India CEO Adar Poonawala on Wednesday asked the people not to panic because of India's "excellent vaccination coverage and track record". Expressing concern over the spurt in Covid-19 cases in China, former Indian diplomat KP Fabian on Tuesday said, "over 60 per cent of China and 10 …

Delhi Reports Nearly 20% COVID Positivity; 917 New Cases, 3 Deaths in 24 Hours
2 years, 4 months ago

Delhi Reports Nearly 20% COVID Positivity; 917 New Cases, 3 Deaths in 24 Hours

The Quint  

Amid a spike in COVID-19 cases in Delhi, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Tuesday said that people who have taken the precaution dose of vaccines are safer from infection than others. In order to keep Delhiites safe from the coronavirus, the Delhi government has increased the pace of inoculation of precaution doses, the government said. Sharing figures, he said …

People with booster doses safer than others, hospitalisations lower: Sisodia
2 years, 4 months ago

People with booster doses safer than others, hospitalisations lower: Sisodia

Live Mint  

Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said on Tuesday that people who have taken their booster or precaution doses are safer than those who have not been inoculated with them. Manish Sisodia also said that the number of hospitalisations due to Covid-19 infection has been recorded to be lower in those who have been jabbed with the booster doses. Manish …

Centre Asks All Depts to Organise Free Covid Vaccination Camps at Workplaces
2 years, 5 months ago

Centre Asks All Depts to Organise Free Covid Vaccination Camps at Workplaces

News 18  

The Centre has asked all its departments to organise Covid vaccination camps at the workplaces for providing free precaution doses of the vaccine to the eligible employees and their family members. As part of celebration of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, government of India has recently launched a new initiative ‘COVID Vaccination Amrit Mahotsav’ to provide free precaution dose to all …

PM Modi tells states: Covid-19 not over yet, give kids jabs swiftly
2 years, 8 months ago

PM Modi tells states: Covid-19 not over yet, give kids jabs swiftly

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged all chief ministers on Wednesday to remain alert as “the threat of Covid-19 was not fully over.” During an interaction with the chief ministers on the emerging Covid-19 situation in the country, he also said that the government's priority was to vaccinate all eligible children at the earliest with special campaigns needed in …

DDMA to huddle today as Delhi logs 632 Covid cases
2 years, 8 months ago

DDMA to huddle today as Delhi logs 632 Covid cases

Hindustan Times  

The Capital on Tuesday added 632 cases of Covid-19 but there were no new deaths or hospitalisations, the state’s health bulletin showed, a day before the Delhi Disaster Management Authority was scheduled to meet and review the city’s pandemic situation. Senior officials of the Delhi government’s health department said authorities are keeping a close watch on the case trajectory and …

Two Kerala nurses selected for Best COVID-19 vaccinators\' awards
2 years, 10 months ago

Two Kerala nurses selected for Best COVID-19 vaccinators\' awards

Deccan Chronicle  

Thiruvananthapuram: Two nurses from Kerala have been selected for the best vaccinators' award as part of the National COVID-19 vaccination programme and will be presented with the honours in Delhi on March 8 to commemorate the International Women's Day. Health Minister of Kerala Veena George, congratulating the health care workers, said, "Priya, a grade one nursing officer from General Hospital, …

Being ready: The Hindu Editorial on vaccination and India’s third COVID-19 wave
2 years, 10 months ago

Being ready: The Hindu Editorial on vaccination and India’s third COVID-19 wave

The Hindu  

The COVID-19 pandemic is on a discernible wane. Balram Bhargava, Director-General, ICMR, said at a press conference this week that 92% of those who died of COVID-19 since January this year were unvaccinated, and underlined that vaccines and the wide vaccination coverage had played an important role in protecting hundreds of lives. The initial scepticism regarding the vaccines not having …

Rajasthan's Forgotten, and Frustrated, Covid Warriors
2 years, 11 months ago

Rajasthan's Forgotten, and Frustrated, Covid Warriors

News 18  

Dhruv Bishnoi has been doing the tough job of a Covid Health Assistant in Rasuwala village in Rajasthan for five gruelling months. Thousands of youth like him were hired as CHAs in various districts in Rajasthan on the orders of the state government, but no arrangement was made to actually pay them. SPIRALLING RESPONSIBILITIES In May this year, when Covid …

Govt. healthcare staff bearing the brunt of Covid onslaught in Telangana
2 years, 11 months ago

Govt. healthcare staff bearing the brunt of Covid onslaught in Telangana

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The state government’s healthcare workers are facing a Covid onslaught with infections rising rapidly in many hospitals. Director of medical education, Telangana, Dr K Ramesh Reddy said the department did not have a count of the overall number of healthcare workers infected in the state. A member of a state doctors’ association said that almost 80 per cent of …

Over 75% of those who died in current COVID wave in Delhi were unvaccinated: Satyendar Jain
2 years, 11 months ago

Over 75% of those who died in current COVID wave in Delhi were unvaccinated: Satyendar Jain

India TV News  

Highlights Satyendar Jain said that Delhi is expected to record less than 25,000 coronavirus cases on Friday The minister added that more than 13,000 hospital beds are lying vacant in the city Out of 15,433 Covid beds in hospitals, 2,424 were occupied on Thursday More than 75 per cent of those who succumbed to the novel coronavirus infection in the …

1,700 Delhi Police personnel tested COVID positive from January 1 to January 12: Data
2 years, 11 months ago

1,700 Delhi Police personnel tested COVID positive from January 1 to January 12: Data

India TV News  

Highlights A special camp has been organised to administer booster doses to staffers of police headquarters The Delhi Police force comprises over 80,000 personnel Total 396 personnel were given booster dose, including a number of senior officers A whopping 1,700 Delhi Police personnel have tested positive for the coronavirus infection since January 1, officials said on Wednesday, adding that a …

Delhi Govt to Open Covid Vaccination Centers for Children Aged 15-18 Years in 20 School Health Clinics
2 years, 11 months ago

Delhi Govt to Open Covid Vaccination Centers for Children Aged 15-18 Years in 20 School Health Clinics

News 18  

The Delhi government on Wednesday announced Covid-19 vaccination centres will be opened for 15-18 age group in 20 schools where health clinics are operational. In the last 24 hours, India recorded 1,94,720 fresh Covid-19 cases and 442 deaths as the daily positivity rate of infections stood at 11.05%. Meanwhile, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan has written to chief secretaries of …

Over 300 Delhi Police personnel infected with Covid
2 years, 11 months ago

Over 300 Delhi Police personnel infected with Covid

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Amid a surge in coronavirus infections in the national capital, more than 300 Delhi Police personnel, including the Additional Commissioner of Police, have tested positive for COVID-19, officials said on Monday. Recently, Delhi Police Commissioner Rakesh Asthana had issued a Standard Operating Procedure for preventing the spread of the coronavirus among police personnel. Since police personnel are frontline …

Coronavirus live updates | Defence Minister Rajnath Singh tests positive for COVID-19
3 years ago

Coronavirus live updates | Defence Minister Rajnath Singh tests positive for COVID-19

The Hindu  

The number of COVID-19 cases continued to rise on Sunday, with 1,79,339 new infections, taking the total number of active patients in India to over seven lakh. - AP Delhi Administration of precautionary dose of Covid vaccine begins in Delhi Amid a surging third wave of coronavirus infections, Delhi on Monday started administering a third or "precautionary dose" to people …

India starts COVID booster shots for the vulnerable as cases rise
3 years ago

India starts COVID booster shots for the vulnerable as cases rise

Al Jazeera  

Healthcare and front-line workers along with people above 60 with health problems line up at vaccination centres amid Omicron variant surge. India has begun administering booster doses of COVID-19 vaccine to front-line workers and vulnerable elderly people, with the fast-spreading Omicron variant driving an almost eight-fold rise in daily infections since the start of the year. India reported 179,723 new …

Assam govt announces incentives for frontline workers engaged in vaccination drive
3 years ago

Assam govt announces incentives for frontline workers engaged in vaccination drive

India Today  

The Assam government has announced monetary incentives for the frontline workers of the state who are engaged in the vaccination drive. Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that the state government has decided to give a monetary incentive of Rs 1,500 per month to each Auxiliary Nurse Midwife along with their monthly salary till completion of vaccination. Also, the …

India vaccinates teens aged 15 to 18 as virus cases rise
3 years ago

India vaccinates teens aged 15 to 18 as virus cases rise

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — Indian health authorities Monday began vaccinating teens in the age group of 15 to 18, as more states started to enforce tighter restrictions to arrest a new surge stoked by the infectious omicron variant. State governments across India administered doses at schools, hospitals and through special vaccination sites amid a rapid rise in coronavirus infections, particularly in …

Delhi, Mumbai See Huge Spike in Daily Cases; Punjab Bans Entry of Unvaccinated in Public Places from Jan 15
3 years ago

Delhi, Mumbai See Huge Spike in Daily Cases; Punjab Bans Entry of Unvaccinated in Public Places from Jan 15

News 18  

Delhi on Tuesday reported 496 Covid-19 cases, its highest single-day rise since June 4. An expert panel of the country’s central drug authority has recommended granting emergency use authorisation to Serum Institute of India’s COVID-19 vaccine Covovax and Biological E’s vaccine Corbevax with certain conditions, official sources said on Monday. The Subject Expert Committee on COVID-19 of the Central Drugs …

India to give COVID booster shots to health workers, elders: Modi
3 years ago

India to give COVID booster shots to health workers, elders: Modi

Al Jazeera  

The Indian leader says healthcare and front-line workers and those above 60 with comorbidities to receive booster vaccine from January 10. India will start administering COVID-19 booster shots as a precautionary measure to healthcare and other front-line workers from January 10, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said, as cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant rise across the country. In a …

Booster doses for frontline, healthcare workers starting January 10: PM Modi
3 years ago

Booster doses for frontline, healthcare workers starting January 10: PM Modi

India Today  

Frontline and healthcare workers will be administered booster doses starting January 10, 2022, PM Narendra Modi has announced. "We have all experienced that healthcare and frontline workers have made a major contribution in the country's fight against the coronavirus," PM Modi said. He also said that those aged 60 and above will be able to receive booster doses of Covid-19 …

On CM’s agenda for Delhi: COVID-19 booster dose for health workers
3 years, 1 month ago

On CM’s agenda for Delhi: COVID-19 booster dose for health workers

The Hindu  

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai will raise the issue of administering a booster dose of the vaccine against COVID-19 to health workers with the Union Health Minister during his visit to New Delhi on December 2. Addressing mediapersons in Hubballi on December 1, Mr. Bommai said that more than six months had passed after health workers and frontline workers had …

Chandigarh hospitals on high alert amid new Covid-19 variant Omicron scare
3 years, 1 month ago

Chandigarh hospitals on high alert amid new Covid-19 variant Omicron scare

India Today  

The Health Department has put the hospitals of Chandigarh on high alert to activate Covid beds for patients amid the new Covid-19 variant Omicron scare. The major hospitals in the city, such as Government Multi-Specialty Hospital, Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 16, Sector 32 and other sub-district hospitals will conduct rapid antigen tests for all OPD and admission cases. …

PM Modi lauds health workers involved in COVID-19 vaccination
3 years, 3 months ago

PM Modi lauds health workers involved in COVID-19 vaccination

India TV News  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday lauded health workers who went to different heights to successfully carry out the nation's vaccination drive. He was responding to a tweet by Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya who had posted a video of health workers carrying the vaccines and navigating a tough terrain and said their contribution in keeping the country safe will be …

Mandaviya urges States to increase vaccination pace, ensure adherence to COVID-19 protocols during festivities
3 years, 3 months ago

Mandaviya urges States to increase vaccination pace, ensure adherence to COVID-19 protocols during festivities

The Hindu  

COVID-19 containment can derail if festivals are not celebrated following protocols, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya warned on Saturday and exhorted 19 States to escalate their inoculation pace so that India can achieve administering 100 crore vaccine doses in the next few days. Reviewing the progress of COVID-19 vaccination with principal secretaries and mission directors of the National Health Mission …

How Covid vaccine certificates are issued at rural vaccination camps in UP | Ground report
3 years, 3 months ago

How Covid vaccine certificates are issued at rural vaccination camps in UP | Ground report

India Today  

With UK raising questions over India's Covid vaccination certification while announcing its international travel guidelines, India Today carried out a ground reality check of the vaccination drive in Uttar Pradesh. India Today inspected the ground reality about the process of Covid vaccine certification and data management at the rural vaccination camps in Uttar Pradesh. India Today carried out a reality …

Mumbai makes covid vaccine accessible to the LGBTQ community
3 years, 4 months ago

Mumbai makes covid vaccine accessible to the LGBTQ community

Live Mint  

A new civic-run covid-19 vaccination centre for transgenders and those from the LGBTQIA+ community has opened up in Vikhroli, Mumbai. In an interview with PTI, a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation official mentioned that within the first few hours of the centre’s opening, around 100 members of the queer community received their vaccines doses. The law student at the University of Mumbai …

Uttarakhand CM Dhami says state to achieve 100% vaccination against Covid, gives timeline
3 years, 5 months ago

Uttarakhand CM Dhami says state to achieve 100% vaccination against Covid, gives timeline

Hindustan Times  

Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said on Saturday his government will vaccinate everyone against the coronavirus disease in the next four months and that they are setting up camps in all the remote parts of the hill state. Dhami made the comments as he inaugurated a vaccination camp at the Sant Nirankari Bhawan in the state capital of Dehradun …

Destitute/ Homeless Stand More Exposed To Covid-19; Require Urgent Vaccination: Madras High Court
3 years, 6 months ago

Destitute/ Homeless Stand More Exposed To Covid-19; Require Urgent Vaccination: Madras High Court

Live Law  

The Madras High Court on Wednesday directed the Tamil Nadu Government to ensure that vulnerable persons such as homeless, pavement dwellers, etc. A division bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and SenthilKumar Ramamoorthy directed that all the Corporations, Municipalities and Town Panchayats should be sensitized to ensure that these vulnerable persons be regarded as candidates for 'immediate urgent vaccination'. The …

Coronavirus | Jab status linked to business, salary of some employees in Northeast
3 years, 6 months ago

Coronavirus | Jab status linked to business, salary of some employees in Northeast

The Hindu  

The COVID-19 vaccination status has been linked to the opening of shops and business establishments, operation of commercial passenger vehicles as well as the salaries of some government employees in the Northeast. Chief Secretary Jishnu Barua, also the chairperson of the State Disaster Management Authority, Assam, issued the order after officials found out that many frontline government employees had not …

People to now get Covid vaccine at MNREGA sites in Rajasthan
3 years, 6 months ago

People to now get Covid vaccine at MNREGA sites in Rajasthan

Hindustan Times  

In Rajasthan, people can now be vaccinated against coronavirus disease at MNREGA sites at the panchayat, village and ward level, and at offices in urban areas. To speed up vaccination in the state, the health department has issued new guidelines for rural and urban areas, ensuring “maximum Covid-19 vaccination and minimum wastage”. Secretary, Health, Akhil Arora said that guidelines have …

More vaccination camps for workers at Delhi Metro project sites soon
3 years, 6 months ago

More vaccination camps for workers at Delhi Metro project sites soon

India TV News  

The Delhi Metro will organise more vaccination camps at construction sites for its workers for their inoculation against COVID-19. 'Already, multiple vaccination camps have been organised at the sites for the workers, and more are expected to follow,' the DMRC said in a statement. In the statement, the DMRC also shared that despite several constraints induced by the second wave …

Uttar Pradesh to begin vaccination using cluster approach in rural areas
3 years, 6 months ago

Uttar Pradesh to begin vaccination using cluster approach in rural areas

India Today  

The Uttar Pradesh government has devised a micro-plan to increase the vaccination drive to 10 lakh people on average by July. To ensure that the micro plan is properly implemented, the vaccination programme will be expanded as a dry run from June 17 to June 26 by forming various clusters across the state. Speaking to India Today TV, Uttar Pradesh …

Ramesh Taurani says Tips duped in Mumbai fake vaccine scam: Still waiting for certificate
3 years, 6 months ago

Ramesh Taurani says Tips duped in Mumbai fake vaccine scam: Still waiting for certificate

India Today  

The Mumbai vaccination racket has affected Bollywood production houses too. Bollywood film producer Ramesh Taurani, who heads Tips Industries Ltd, confirmed to India Today Television that 365 of his employees were vaccinated on May 30 and June 3, but are yet to receive a certificate. Speaking exclusively to India Today Television, Taurani said, "Yes, we are still waiting for the …

Only 4.09% fully vaccinated healthcare staff across Apollo Hospitals got Covid-19
3 years, 6 months ago

Only 4.09% fully vaccinated healthcare staff across Apollo Hospitals got Covid-19

Hindustan Times  

Only 4.09% of the healthcare workers who had received both the doses of their vaccine developed a subsequent coronavirus infection, according to data from 43 units of Apollo Healthcare across India. The data also showed a higher rate of infection among the healthcare workers who were administered the Indian variant of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine, Serum Institute of India’s Covishield. The …

Health workers battle vaccine hesitancy in remote tribal villages of Bihar
3 years, 6 months ago

Health workers battle vaccine hesitancy in remote tribal villages of Bihar

News 18  

Authorities in several districts of Bihar are facing a major issue of getting the people in rural areas vaccinated due to the prevalent hesitancy for vaccination. Even though the state government is constantly running campaigns and trying to send awareness teams to far-flung areas in order to sensitise people regarding the Covid-19 vaccination, not much impact has been created yet. …

COVID-19: A Look at Cities Offering Drive-In Vaccination In India
3 years, 6 months ago

COVID-19: A Look at Cities Offering Drive-In Vaccination In India

News 18  

Amid the deadly outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic and crippling health infrastructure, getting vaccinated is a glimmer of hope for all countrymen. In wake of this situation, a drive-in vaccination facility has been introduced in multiple cities wherein people can sit in their car and get the COVID-19 vaccination done. Here is a list of cities that have already welcomed drive-in …

Delhi govt sets up vaccine centre for people travelling abroad for studies, work
3 years, 6 months ago

Delhi govt sets up vaccine centre for people travelling abroad for studies, work

India TV News  

The Delhi government on Monday started a special vaccination centre in the city for students, athletes and people who have to travel abroad for work, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said here. Sisodia had on Sunday announced that those travelling abroad for these specific reasons can get their second dose of Covishield vaccine at this particular centre after a gap …

ASHA, ANM, Anganwadi Workers Bravely Fought COVID in Rural India. Time We Train & Equip Them Better
3 years, 6 months ago

ASHA, ANM, Anganwadi Workers Bravely Fought COVID in Rural India. Time We Train & Equip Them Better

News 18  

While the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in India had seemingly spared rural populations, the recent surge in cases from May 2021 has severely impacted districts, towns and villages nationwide. Even as urban centres reported news of severe oxygen crises and lack of hospital beds, in villages across the country, people were losing their lives even before they could …

Rural Resistance to Covid Vaccination in MP over Rumours of Death and Impotence
3 years, 6 months ago

Rural Resistance to Covid Vaccination in MP over Rumours of Death and Impotence

News 18  

Madhya Pradesh has begun a phased unlocking of Covid-related restrictions on residents from June 1 and mass vaccination has also been taken up as a top priority by the administration to keep the pandemic in check. Among the worst performers in terms of two vaccine doses delivered to people in the 45+ age group in Madhya Pradesh are far-lung and …

People from Delhi-NCR Travelling 200 Kms to Get Covid Vaccination, Says Agra Hospital
3 years, 7 months ago

People from Delhi-NCR Travelling 200 Kms to Get Covid Vaccination, Says Agra Hospital

News 18  

People in the 18-44 age group from the Delhi-NCR region are travelling as far as to Agra in Uttar Pradesh to get vaccinated against COVID-19. They are even travelling 250 kilometers to get the jabs, Vibhu Talwar, medical director, Moolchand Medcity, Agra told PTI. It is a good sign that people are travelling 250 kilometers to get inoculated against COVID-19 …

Tractor-cum-bus spreads vaccine awareness in UP's Lucknow, few take jab
3 years, 7 months ago

Tractor-cum-bus spreads vaccine awareness in UP's Lucknow, few take jab

India Today  

In a bid to encourage people residing in a village area in Uttar Pradesh's Lucknow to get themselves vaccinated against Covid-19, Radha Soami Satsang Beas, a private organisation with the help of Lucknow district administration, has started free tractor-cum buses for the villagers to take the jab. Around 11:10 am, India Today team left the Radha Soami Satsang Beas vaccination …

Doctors, Paramedics in Jammu and Kashmir Go All Out to Shoulder Covid-19 Vaccination Work
3 years, 7 months ago

Doctors, Paramedics in Jammu and Kashmir Go All Out to Shoulder Covid-19 Vaccination Work

News 18  

Hundreds of doctors and paramedics in Jammu and Kashmir have been braving the odds in their fight against Covid-19 since last year and many of them are leading the challenge even now when vaccination against the dreaded disease is going on. Ara is posted at the district hospital in south Kashmir's Pulwama, while 31 year-old Kouser serves the people in …

Opinion | Target to vaccinate most of people before Diwali, all before Christmas
3 years, 7 months ago

Opinion | Target to vaccinate most of people before Diwali, all before Christmas

India TV News  

With the number of active Covid cases showing a decline, the entire focus is now on carrying out a nationwide vaccination drive to protect all citizens from the third wave of the pandemic. For the record, India reported a whopping 90.3 lakh Covid cases during the month of May, while nearly 1.2 lakh Indians died due to the pandemic during …

I Live In India. Here’s What I Want You To Know About What’s Happening Here.
3 years, 7 months ago

I Live In India. Here’s What I Want You To Know About What’s Happening Here.

Huff Post  

A worker wearing personal protective equipment cleans the COVID-19 care facility at Tau Devi Lal Stadium on May 27 in Gurugram, India. I live in India, and ever since the latest surge of COVID-19 overran the country with cases, I’ve often asked myself, “Did I come back to the world to die of this disease?” Since last year, I’ve lived …

Delhi International Airport Launches Dedicated COVID-19 Vaccine Centre for Over 60,000 Employees
3 years, 7 months ago

Delhi International Airport Launches Dedicated COVID-19 Vaccine Centre for Over 60,000 Employees

News 18  

Delhi International Airport has announced the launch of a dedicated COVID-19 vaccination centre in association with Manipal Hospital from June 1. Set up at Terminal-1 of Indira Gandhi International Airport, the facility aims to provide vaccination opportunity to over 60,000 employees of various stakeholders — airlines, cargo business, ground handling agencies, Air Traffic Control, among others, working at the airport, …

Global supply of COVAX hit due to coronavirus crisis in India, USAID tells lawmakers
3 years, 7 months ago

Global supply of COVAX hit due to coronavirus crisis in India, USAID tells lawmakers

India TV News  

Due to the unprecedented COVID-19 crisis in India, the global supply of COVAX has been badly hit, so much so that there are many parts of the world where one shot has been dispensed to health workers or frontline workers and the second shot has not been forthcoming, a top Biden administration official told lawmakers on Thursday. "COVAX has suffered …

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