Mumbai: Woman gets vaccination certificate without getting a jab, BJP demands audit
3 years, 7 months ago

Mumbai: Woman gets vaccination certificate without getting a jab, BJP demands audit

Op India  

Maharashtra BJP MLA Mihir Kotecha on Monday revealed that a woman residing in Vikhroli, Mumbai received the vaccination certificate of the first dose without even getting inoculated. Informing that he will soon write to the Maharashtra Chief Minister and Home Minister if the matter isn’t probed, Kotecha warned, “Any officer of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation found guilty should be terminated.” However, Yashwant Jadhav, the Chairman of BMC Standing Committee refuted the allegations and claimed that there is no question of any inquiry based on ‘random complaint’. There is no question of inquiry on the basis of some random complaint: Yashwant Jadhav, Chairman BMC Standing Committee on Mulund BJP MLA’s allegations pic.twitter.com/bhIJKzvpFh — ANI May 11, 2021 As of now, the state of Maharashtra has stalled the vaccination drive for 18-44 years of age citing a shortage of vaccine. “Looking at the need for adequate vaccines to ensure that vaccination is swift and efficient, after discussing the issue with Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, as guardian minister of Mumbai, we have asked BMC to explore possibilities of global procurement of vaccines,” he said in a tweet.

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Health Talk | Why vaccinating girls between 9 to 14 years against cervical cancer is vital
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Health Talk | Why vaccinating girls between 9 to 14 years against cervical cancer is vital

Hindustan Times  

Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced during her Budget speech on Thursday that the Centre planned to encourage cervical cancer vaccination for girls in the age group of 9 to 14 years. Experts said that vaccinating young girls is key to eliminating cervical cancer — one of the leading cancers in Indian women, and vaccine-preventable. “The results of the effectiveness …

Budget 2024 | Government to focus on vaccination against cervical cancer
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Budget 2024 | Government to focus on vaccination against cervical cancer

The Hindu  

February 01, 2024 12:08 pm | Updated February 02, 2024 06:05 pm IST Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on February 1 announced the government’s plans to focus on vaccination against cervical cancer for girls aged 9 to 14 as part of her Interim Budget 2024. Ms. Sitharaman presented the last Budget of Narendra Modi’s government before the general elections, and …

Barriers to scaling up HPV vaccination in India
1 year, 5 months ago

Barriers to scaling up HPV vaccination in India

Hindustan Times  

On September 1, 2022, the Government of India launched the new indigenous cervical cancer vaccine, Cervavac, in partnership with Serum Institute of India Private Limited. The introduction of this vaccine is a welcome step in the battle against cervical cancer in India where every eight minutes, one woman dies of this preventable disease. As cervical cancer is linked to sexual …

Serum Institute launches country’s first HPV vaccine against cervical cancer: Adar Poonawalla
1 year, 11 months ago

Serum Institute launches country’s first HPV vaccine against cervical cancer: Adar Poonawalla

Live Mint  

On the occasion of National Girl Child Day, the Serum Institute of India on Tuesday launched the first indigenously developed human papillomavirus vaccine -- “CERVAVAC,” against the cervical cancer in women. “On the occasion of India’s National Girl Child Day and Cervical Cancer Awareness Month, @SerumInstIndia is pleased to launch the first made-in-India HPV vaccine by the hands of our …

Cervical cancer vaccine to be launched in few months
2 years, 3 months ago

Cervical cancer vaccine to be launched in few months

Firstpost  

Initially, the vaccine will be made available through the government channel and from next year onwards some private partners would be involved too New Delhi: India’s first indigenously developed quadrivalent Human Papilloma Virus vaccine for the prevention of cervical cancer will be launched in a few months and made available to the people in an affordable price range of Rs …

India crosses milestone of 200 crore vaccinations against COVID-19 in 18 months
2 years, 5 months ago

India crosses milestone of 200 crore vaccinations against COVID-19 in 18 months

The Hindu  

India’s cumulative COVID-19 vaccination drive surpassed the 200-crore milestone on Sunday and as per provisional reports till 1 p.m., a total of 2,00,00,15,631 doses have been administered across the country. It took the country almost nine months to reach the 100-crore mark and another nine months to touch the 200-crore vaccination mark since the start of the drive on January …

India Set to Achieve Milestone of 200 Crore Covid Vaccinations
2 years, 5 months ago

India Set to Achieve Milestone of 200 Crore Covid Vaccinations

News 18  

India is on the brink of administering 200 crore Covid-19 vaccine doses. Before India’s new milestone is achieved in what is being called the “largest vaccine drive” by the central government, union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya tweeted saying history was about to be created under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The countdown to two billion doses began earlier …

India Likely to Reduce Gap Between 2nd Covid Vaccine Shot, Booster Dose for Those Flying Abroad
2 years, 7 months ago

India Likely to Reduce Gap Between 2nd Covid Vaccine Shot, Booster Dose for Those Flying Abroad

News 18  

India may reduce the gap between the second Covid-19 vaccine shot and the precautionary third dose from nine to six months for citizens who are scheduled to travel abroad, especially to countries that have made it compulsory for travelers to produce their booster certificates. According to the advisory issued by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the gap …

Karnataka COVID-19 vaccination guidelines as of April 28, 2022: BBMP says…
2 years, 7 months ago

Karnataka COVID-19 vaccination guidelines as of April 28, 2022: BBMP says…

Hindustan Times  

Karnataka is seemingly gearing up to reinstate a few restrictions in place and speed up last-minute vaccinations to the remaining population in preparation for a possible fourth wave of the pandemic in June, as a steady increase in daily new infections of the coronavirus are recorded. A press note dated April 27 by the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike chief Gaurav …

Poor vaccination coverage among 12-15 age group in city
2 years, 8 months ago

Poor vaccination coverage among 12-15 age group in city

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai About 25% of Maharashtra’s 12-15 age group population have been inoculated with the first dose, figures revealed. Since the beginning of the drive for 12-15 age groups on March 16, 22,104 out of the four lakh eligible children took their first dose. “The current academic year is almost coming to an end, so unless the Covid scenario becomes more …

Being ready: The Hindu Editorial on vaccination and India’s third COVID-19 wave
2 years, 9 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 …

HC asks Maharashtra govt if it allow Covid unvaccinated people to travel in local trains
2 years, 10 months ago

HC asks Maharashtra govt if it allow Covid unvaccinated people to travel in local trains

India TV News  

The Bombay High Court on Monday asked the Maharashtra government if it was willing to withdraw its notification issued last year prohibiting people not vaccinated against COVID-19 from travelling in local trains in the city. Let there be a new beginning," Chief Justice Dipankar Datta said, adding that Chief Secretary Debashish Chakraborty must inform the court on Tuesday if the …

Authorities Must Follow Centre's Policy That Aadhaar Isn't Mandatory For COVID Vaccination: Supreme Court
2 years, 10 months ago

Authorities Must Follow Centre's Policy That Aadhaar Isn't Mandatory For COVID Vaccination: Supreme Court

Live Law  

Recording the Centre's clarification that the Aadhaar card is neither mandatory for registration on the COWIN portal nor a precondition for availing of vaccination facilities at a COVID Vaccination Centre, and that any one of nine identity documents can be produced, the Supreme Court on Monday directed that all concerned authorities shall act in pursuance of this stated policy. The …

Mumbai vaccinated just 24% teens, half of state’s average
2 years, 11 months ago

Mumbai vaccinated just 24% teens, half of state’s average

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai A fortnight after the vaccination drive to inoculate the age group of 15 to 17 years started, Mumbai has managed to cover just about 24% of its target. The city’s first dose coverage in this category is much below the state’s average at 43% and some other districts like Thane and Pune, that have administered double the number of …

India's Covid-19 vaccination drive, one year on | Recap
2 years, 11 months ago

India's Covid-19 vaccination drive, one year on | Recap

India Today  

One year ago, India set out on the challenging journey of vaccinating its massive 1.38 billion-strong population against Covid-19. In the year since the country’s vaccination drive began, 90 per cent of the eligible population has received the first dose and 60 per cent has got their second dose too. More than 156 crore vaccine doses have been administered in …

All Eligible in 15-18 Age Group in Lakshadweep Vaccinated, Says Administration
2 years, 11 months ago

All Eligible in 15-18 Age Group in Lakshadweep Vaccinated, Says Administration

News 18  

Lakshadweep has become first among the Union Territories and the states to have achieved the feat of vaccinating all those eligible in the age group of 15 to 18 years in a short span of time. In a statement, the administration said all those eligible in the 15-18 age group in the islands were vaccinated within a week after the …

Vaccination Day 1: Over 40 lakh teens aged 15-18 jabbed with first dose | Top points
2 years, 11 months ago

Vaccination Day 1: Over 40 lakh teens aged 15-18 jabbed with first dose | Top points

India TV News  

Highlights Over 40 lakh teenagers were vaccinated in India aged 15-18 today. On the first day of vaccination for those aged 15 to 18, over 40 lakh teenagers got jabbed with the Covid vaccine across the country today. Over 4.94 lakh children in the age group of 15-18 years were administered the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in Gujarat. …

Should vaccination be made mandatory? | The Hindu Parley podcast
2 years, 11 months ago

Should vaccination be made mandatory? | The Hindu Parley podcast

The Hindu  

It is going to be almost a year since vaccination against COVID-19 was rolled out in India for the adult population. The latest issue is that some States have come up with their own strategies to ensure wider vaccination coverage — such as by making vaccination mandatory for entry into public places and workplaces — even though the Central Government …

Don't Persuade People To Get Vaccinated Or Provide For Disincentives Upon Their Refusal: Meghalaya HC To State Govt
3 years ago

Don't Persuade People To Get Vaccinated Or Provide For Disincentives Upon Their Refusal: Meghalaya HC To State Govt

Live Law  

Dealing with a Public Interest Litigation plea filed to deal with the COVID pandemic situation in the state, the Meghalaya High Court on Thursday asked the State Government not to relent on the vaccination drive or try to persuade people to take the vaccination or even provide for disincentives upon their refusal.This direction came from the Bench of Chief Justice …

Instances of fake Covid inoculation camps, vaccines reported from Maharashtra, Bengal, UP: Govt in LS
3 years ago

Instances of fake Covid inoculation camps, vaccines reported from Maharashtra, Bengal, UP: Govt in LS

India Today  

Instances of fake Covid-19 vaccination camps and vaccines have come to the central government's notice from Maharashtra, West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh, the Lok Sabha was told on Friday. The Ministry of Health has directed the state governments to investigate these instances and take stringent legal and administrative actions so that such fraudulent activities are not repeated in future, Minister …

Opinion | How rumours are still spreading fear about Covid vaccine in India
3 years, 1 month ago

Opinion | How rumours are still spreading fear about Covid vaccine in India

India TV News  

Today I want to write about people who are deliberately trying to avoid Covid vaccination. Salman has millions of fans and his words carry weight, but when our reporters explored further, they found that people mostly living in Muslim-dominated localities of the state are now showing vaccine hesitancy. The state health minister Rajesh Tope said, the government decided to rope …

Scripting history: The Hindu Editorial on 100 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses
3 years, 2 months ago

Scripting history: The Hindu Editorial on 100 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses

The Hindu  

India scripted history on Thursday with its COVID-19 vaccine doses administered crossing the one-billion mark — accomplished in just about nine months after the vaccination programme rollout on January 16. It became possible only because vaccine manufacturers, the Serum Institute and Bharat Biotech, were able to ensure uninterrupted vaccine availability even if supply was limited in the beginning. If there …

Few takers for first jab, Bihar may revise vaccination target
3 years, 2 months ago

Few takers for first jab, Bihar may revise vaccination target

Hindustan Times  

Bihar may have to revise its vaccination target when it got the first indication that there were few takers for the first jab during a mega vaccination camp on October 18. This was the first time that the trend of vaccination at a mega camp had reversed, with beneficiaries for the second dose far outnumbering the first, when 35% of …

Over 92 Crore Vaccine Doses Administered in India So Far, Says Health Ministry
3 years, 2 months ago

Over 92 Crore Vaccine Doses Administered in India So Far, Says Health Ministry

News 18  

The cumulative COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country crossed 92 crore on Tuesday, the Union Health Ministry said. Over 54 lakh vaccine doses have been administered on Tuesday till 7 pm and the tally is expected to increase with the compilation of the final reports by late in the night, it said. The vaccination exercise as a tool to …

Nearly 89 Crore Covid Vaccine Doses Administered in India: Govt
3 years, 2 months ago

Nearly 89 Crore Covid Vaccine Doses Administered in India: Govt

News 18  

Nearly 89 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses have so far been administered in the country, the Union health ministry said on Thursday. According to the ministry’s data, a total of 64,98,28,333 first doses and 23,97,86,150 second doses of the vaccine have been administered across the country. The vaccination exercise as a tool to protect the most vulnerable population groups in the …

Odisha aims to inoculate all residents with first COVID vaccine jab by year end
3 years, 2 months ago

Odisha aims to inoculate all residents with first COVID vaccine jab by year end

India TV News  

Family Welfare Director and Odisha vaccination in charge Dr Bijay Panigrahi on Wednesday said that the state has administered more than 3 crore doses of COVID-19 vaccination to the people and targets to vaccinate all residents with the first dose by end of this year. He further informed that 70 per cent of the state's population has been given the …

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 …

India's New World Record: Over 2.5 Crore Vaccinated on PM's Birthday; K'taka Tops List
3 years, 3 months ago

India's New World Record: Over 2.5 Crore Vaccinated on PM's Birthday; K'taka Tops List

News 18  

On the occasion of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 71st birthday, India on Friday set a record and administered over 2.5 crore Covid-19 vaccine doses. Thanking the people of the country, the Prime Minister tweeted, “Every Indian would be proud of today’s record vaccination numbers. On the birthday of Prime Minister Narendra Modi today, India has crossed the historic figure of …

COVID-19: Rajasthan High Court Directs State Govt To Take Appropriate Steps For Vaccination Of Transgender Persons
3 years, 3 months ago

COVID-19: Rajasthan High Court Directs State Govt To Take Appropriate Steps For Vaccination Of Transgender Persons

Live Law  

The Rajasthan High Court has directed the State authorities to take appropriate steps for Vaccination of transgender persons in the State against Covid-19.Justice Vinit Kumar Mathur and Justice Sangeet Lodha was dealing with a plea seeking directions to the respondent authorities to facilitate COVID-19 vaccination for transgenders of the State of Rajasthan.Advocate Pushkar Taimni, on behalf. The Rajasthan High Court …

OPINION: With 1 Crore Jabs in a Day, Indian State Has Given Befitting Reply to Detractors
3 years, 3 months ago

OPINION: With 1 Crore Jabs in a Day, Indian State Has Given Befitting Reply to Detractors

News 18  

As of Friday, India had vaccinated over 50 per cent of its eligible population with at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Be it encouraging vaccine hesitancy, to confusing state government and central government powers, to spinning carefully selected communal narratives around super-spreader events while shielding other super-spreader events from criticism, the entire list essentially reads as a chargesheet …

Got jabbed twice but certificates show 2 first doses, alleges Kalyan resident
3 years, 3 months ago

Got jabbed twice but certificates show 2 first doses, alleges Kalyan resident

Hindustan Times  

A 67-year-old Kalyan resident has claimed that she was vaccinated twice but received certificates as having taken her first dose on both the occasions. Beneficiaries in the above-18 age group get inoculated against Covid-19 at a vaccination centre in Vile Parle, Mumbai, India on Wednesday. “I took the first dose on March 15 at Rukminibai Civic Hospital in Kalyan and …

After Months, First Working Day with Local Train Travel for Fully Vaccinated Mumbaikars
3 years, 4 months ago

After Months, First Working Day with Local Train Travel for Fully Vaccinated Mumbaikars

News 18  

It was a return to the familiar after about four months for thousands in Mumbai as local trains opened their doors to fully vaccinated people, 14 days after their second jab, on August 15. “It’s a good thing the government has done to allow people like us from essential services and normal citizens to travel by trains.” Another passenger at …

Fully vaccinated people can use Mumbai local trains from 15 Aug; check steps to generate e-pass here
3 years, 4 months ago

Fully vaccinated people can use Mumbai local trains from 15 Aug; check steps to generate e-pass here

Firstpost  

On 8 August, Maharashtra reported 5,508 new COVID-19 cases and 151 deaths. The number of active cases in the state stands at 71,510 Fully vaccinated people can travel on the Mumbai local trains starting 15 August, Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray announced on Sunday. @CMOMaharashtra has announced that fully #Vaccinated passengers can travel by Mumbai Locals; 14 days gap mandatory …

Uttar Pradesh achieves milestone of vaccinating 5 crore people, 22 lakh jabs administered in a day
3 years, 4 months ago

Uttar Pradesh achieves milestone of vaccinating 5 crore people, 22 lakh jabs administered in a day

India TV News  

Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday administered over 21 lakh vaccines, becoming the first state to administer above 5 crore jabs in total so far. The Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government achieved a big milestone of vaccinating over 21 lakh people in a day thus becoming the first state in the country to administer 5 crore Covid shots. The Uttar Pradesh government …

Enumerate method of distributing Covid-19 vaccines: Bombay HC to Centre, Maharashtra govt
3 years, 4 months ago

Enumerate method of distributing Covid-19 vaccines: Bombay HC to Centre, Maharashtra govt

India Today  

The Bombay High Court has asked the Centre and Maharashtra government to enumerate the method of distribution of Covid-19 vaccines. The court was going through various affidavits in the case and noted that Maharashtra's population was about 11.23 crore with nine crore people eligible for vaccination. READ: Bombay HC asks Centre to approve BMC's plan to re-vaccinate victims of fake …

All those above 18 receive vaccination in remote panchayat in Odisha
3 years, 4 months ago

All those above 18 receive vaccination in remote panchayat in Odisha

The Hindu  

All eligible persons above 18 in a remote panchayat in Odisha’s Nuapada district have received COVID-19 vaccine. Nuapada Collector Swadha Dev Singh and Khariar MLA Adhiraj Mohan Panigrahi appreciated the efforts of the grassroots health workers and Udit Pratap Singh Jyoti, a young sarpanch. A huge achievement “We received formal instruction about vaccinating pregnant women a couple of days ago …

The vaccination drive is entering a challenging phase. Change strategies
3 years, 4 months ago

The vaccination drive is entering a challenging phase. Change strategies

Hindustan Times  

Despite improvements in daily vaccination numbers and the promise of increased supply, challenges persist in India’s vaccination drive. In mass public health campaigns, initial returns are often high on account of governments reaching the easily accessible sections quickly, and rapid coverage of the affluent and the non-hesitant population. In such circumstances, incentives to promote vaccination could become crucial to speed …

No shortage of vaccines, govt providing free jabs to states and UTs, Lok Sabha told
3 years, 5 months ago

No shortage of vaccines, govt providing free jabs to states and UTs, Lok Sabha told

India Today  

There has been no shortage of vaccines and the Government of India has been supplying the jabs to states and Union Territories for free to be given to prioritized beneficiaries as recommended by NEGVAC, Minister of State for Health Bharati Pravin Pawar informed the Lok Sabha on Friday. Asked whether the government is aware that many inoculation sites got closed …

No Fixed Deadline For Completing Vaccination Drive In India: Govt Tells Parliament
3 years, 5 months ago

No Fixed Deadline For Completing Vaccination Drive In India: Govt Tells Parliament

ABP News  

New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry on Friday said the government expects to vaccinate the entire adult population of the country against Covid-19 by the end of December, adding, however, there is not set deadline for the inoculation of the rest of the population yet. In view of the dynamic and evolving nature of COVID-19 pandemic, no fixed timeline at …

Fully Vaccinated Person Given Only 1st Dose Vaccine Certificate?: Delhi High Court Seeks Authority's Response
3 years, 5 months ago

Fully Vaccinated Person Given Only 1st Dose Vaccine Certificate?: Delhi High Court Seeks Authority's Response

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has sought a response from the concerned authorities regarding an alleged discrepancy in the Covid-19 vaccination certificate issued to a fully vaccinated woman. Justice Rekha Palli has granted two weeks' time for filing of a counter affidavit in the matter.The Petitioner, a Delhi woman named J Mangalam, claims that she was issued a certificate for 1st …

Home vaccination to begin in Mumbai from August 1: Maharashtra govt tells Bombay HC
3 years, 5 months ago

Home vaccination to begin in Mumbai from August 1: Maharashtra govt tells Bombay HC

India Today  

The Maharashtra government and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation on Tuesday informed the Bombay High Court that home vaccination against Covid-19 in Mumbai will begin from August 1. Earlier, petitioner Dhruti Kapadia had informed the Bombay High Court that several state governments in India and municipal corporations in Maharashtra had initiated door-to-door vaccination for the local people without waiting for a …

Maharashtra aims to vaccinate one crore citizens with both jabs
3 years, 5 months ago

Maharashtra aims to vaccinate one crore citizens with both jabs

India Today  

Maharashtra has set itself the target of becoming the first state to fully vaccinate one crore citizens. According to the officials, the state can achieve the target of fully vaccinating one crore citizens soon if adequate vaccine doses are supplied. As a result, the number of people who have taken the first dose of the vaccine has now exceeded 3 …

Flying to Maharashtra? Fully vaccinated people need not carry Covid -ve report
3 years, 5 months ago

Flying to Maharashtra? Fully vaccinated people need not carry Covid -ve report

India TV News  

The Maharashtra government on Thursday exempted passengers who are fully vaccinated from producing Covid negative report on arrival in the state. According to an official order, persons who have been vaccinated with both doses of the Covid-19 vaccine and 15 days have lapsed since the administration of second dose of the vaccine and is in possession of the final vaccination …

Maharashtra vaccine shortage sparks worry over 3rd wave
3 years, 5 months ago

Maharashtra vaccine shortage sparks worry over 3rd wave

Hindustan Times  

Three weeks after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced universal adult vaccination across the country to curb the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, Maharashtra -- the state which has conducted the highest number of vaccinations – faces an acute shortage of vaccine doses. “It is due to the shortage of vaccines from the central government that many of our vaccination centres …

Maharashtra needs 3 crore anti Covid-19 vaccine doses per month: Rajesh Tope
3 years, 5 months ago

Maharashtra needs 3 crore anti Covid-19 vaccine doses per month: Rajesh Tope

India TV News  

Maharashtra needs a minimum of three crore vaccine doses per month to inoculate the entire eligible population against coronavirus at the earliest, state Health Minister Rajesh Tope said on Monday. Talking to PTI, Tope said the state's capacity is to vaccinate 15 lakh people daily, but as of now only two to three lakh people are being inoculated in a …

Maharashtra govt to urge Centre to cancel vaccine certificates of fake jab scam victims
3 years, 5 months ago

Maharashtra govt to urge Centre to cancel vaccine certificates of fake jab scam victims

India Today  

The Maharashtra health department will write a letter to the central government on Thursday, demanding the cancellation of certificates issued to victims of the Mumbai vaccination scam, an official said. In its letter, the Maharashtra government's health department will ask the Centre to cancel CoWin certificates of all people who received jabs during the fake vaccination drive that took place …

Facial Recognition Used to Verify Vaccine Recipients but Privacy Concerns Not Checked: Govt
3 years, 5 months ago

Facial Recognition Used to Verify Vaccine Recipients but Privacy Concerns Not Checked: Govt

News 18  

In a recent RTI query, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has admitted to the use of facial recognition technology for online verification of beneficiaries at vaccination centres. “Facial recognition authentication is used as one of the methods for Aadhaar Authentication for online verification of beneficiary prior to Covid-19 vaccination wherein facial template is captured and send to UIDAI for …

"Take Effective Steps As Per Centre's Guidelines For Vaccination Of Disabled Persons In Union Territory": Jammu & Kashmir High Court
3 years, 5 months ago

"Take Effective Steps As Per Centre's Guidelines For Vaccination Of Disabled Persons In Union Territory": Jammu & Kashmir High Court

Live Law  

Issuing notice in a plea seeking vaccination for the disabled persons as a special category, the Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Wednesday asked the Centre and the Government of Jammu and Kashmir to take effective steps as per Centre's guidelines for vaccinating such persons.A single judge bench comprising of Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey also directed the Additional Chief Secretary, …

Maharashtra to start home vaccination for bedridden people on trial basis: Govt to HC
3 years, 5 months ago

Maharashtra to start home vaccination for bedridden people on trial basis: Govt to HC

India TV News  

The Maharashtra government on Wednesday told the Bombay High Court that it would soon start home vaccination against COVID-19 for people who are immobile or bedridden on an experimental basis and would not wait for an approval from the Centre. State Advocate General Ashutosh Kumbhakoni told a division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice GS Kulkarni that home …

Maharashtra Ready to Vaccinate 15 Lakh People Per Day, Says CM Uddhav Thackeray
3 years, 5 months ago

Maharashtra Ready to Vaccinate 15 Lakh People Per Day, Says CM Uddhav Thackeray

News 18  

The Maharashtra government is ready to vaccinate 15 lakh people per day against Covid-19, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said on Monday as he cautioned people in light of the anticipated third wave of the pandemic and the danger of the Delta Plus variant. Speaking virtually at the inauguration function of a jumbo Covid Care Centre in suburban Malad, Thackeray said …

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