Plea Seeking Setting Up Of 'COVID Drive-In Vaccination Centres' For Delhi: Delhi High Court Directs Govt To Treat It As Representation
3 years, 8 months ago

Plea Seeking Setting Up Of 'COVID Drive-In Vaccination Centres' For Delhi: Delhi High Court Directs Govt To Treat It As Representation

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A division bench comprising of Chief Justice D. N. Patel and Justice Jasmeet Singh directed that the plea be treated as representation and it be decided in accordance with the law. The plea before the Court The Petition filed by Amandeep Aggarwal, through Senior Advocate, AS Chandhiok, Advocate Rushab Aggarwal & Advocate Priyanshi Chokshi sought setting up of such drive-in vaccination centres whereunder the citizens can drive into a vaccination centre and get themselves vaccinated without coming in contact with others and maintaining social distancing, similar to the ones set up by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation in Mumbai. Underlining that the purpose of imposing a lockdown would be defeated on account of crowding at vaccination centres and hospitals, the plea stated, "The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has implemented Drive-in vaccinations in Mumbai whereunder the citizens can drive into a vaccination centre and get themselves vaccinated without coming in contact with others and maintaining social distancing." vacant Stadiums and seeking a direction to Delhi Government to set up drive-in vaccination centres in Delhi.

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‘Faulty’ COVID vaccine behind recruitment drive deaths: Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren
4 months, 1 week 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 …

Delhi to launch MR vaccination drive from Monday
1 year, 11 months ago

Delhi to launch MR vaccination drive from Monday

Hindustan Times  

The Delhi government is set to launch its campaign for the administration of the measles-rubella vaccine to children between the age of nine months and five years from Monday, the department of health and family welfare said on Friday, adding it aims to eliminate the diseases from the Capital by December this year. A senior official of the Delhi government’s …

After Centre Says 200-Crore COVID Vaccinations Crossed, Delhi High Court Disposes Of PIL Seeking Door-to-Door Inoculation
2 years, 3 months ago

After Centre Says 200-Crore COVID Vaccinations Crossed, Delhi High Court Disposes Of PIL Seeking Door-to-Door Inoculation

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Following the Centre's submission that more than 200 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered across the country, the Delhi High Court has disposed of a Public Interest Litigation seeking a helpline for assistance of those registering for inoculation.A bed-ridden senior citizen had approached the court last year, stating she was at a high risk of getting exposed to the …

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 …

Mumbai: Civic Body Asked To Step Up Testing, Remain Alert Amid Surge In Covid Cases
2 years, 7 months ago

Mumbai: Civic Body Asked To Step Up Testing, Remain Alert Amid Surge In Covid Cases

ABP News  

New Delhi: In the wake of a ‘tremendous’ rise in Covid-19 cases in Mumbai over the last few weeks, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation Commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal on Wednesday directed the civic officials to step up Covid testing immediately and keep the staff of field hospitals on alert, news agency PTI reported. "The new cases daily have tremendously gone up in …

Jabbed or Not, Mumbai Local Opens for Everyone as Railways Removes Vaccination Criteria
2 years, 9 months ago

Jabbed or Not, Mumbai Local Opens for Everyone as Railways Removes Vaccination Criteria

News 18  

In further removal of Covid-19 restrictions in Maharashtra, the railways on Sunday said it has deleted the vaccination-linked option from its ticketing app with immediate effect. In February, the Maharashtra government’s order of permitting only those fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to travel in local trains in Mumbai is “illegal” and has brazenly affected the fundamental rights of citizens, said the …

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 …

61% get jabbed against Covid in vaccination – at – your - doorstep scheme in Navi Mumbai
2 years, 10 months ago

61% get jabbed against Covid in vaccination – at – your - doorstep scheme in Navi Mumbai

Hindustan Times  

At the micro-level vaccination programme undertaken in Navi Mumbai akin to the polio immunisation system, 61% of the 15,800 people who have been given the cards through Covid lasikaran aaplya daari scheme received their jabs. According to Navi Mumbai municipal commissioner, Abhijit Bangar, Covid lasikaran aaplya daari programme is the best way to make sure all the beneficiaries received their …

Booster Vaccine Shots For All: Bombay High Court Seeks Response From Centre & State
2 years, 11 months ago

Booster Vaccine Shots For All: Bombay High Court Seeks Response From Centre & State

Live Law  

The Bombay High Court on Friday sought responses to a PIL seeking directions to frame and implement a policy for administering the booster vaccine shot against the Covid-19 virus. During Friday's hearing, Kapadia expressed concern regarding the ambiguity around booster vaccine shots. The plea filed by Kapadia and lawyer Kunal Tiwari has sought framing and swift implementation of vaccine-booster policy …

Plea In Supreme Court Challenges COVID Vaccine Mandates Of Delhi, MP, TN & Maharashtra
2 years, 11 months ago

Plea In Supreme Court Challenges COVID Vaccine Mandates Of Delhi, MP, TN & Maharashtra

Live Law  

A plea has been moved before the Supreme Court of India seeking directions to strike down as unconstitutional the vaccine mandates issued by the various States, specifically by the Governments of Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu.The application has been filed by Dr Jacob Puliyel, a former member of the National Technical Advisory Group of Immunization, seeking. A plea …

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

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 …

Over 60% of India's population fully vaccinated against Covid-19: Health Ministry
3 years ago

Over 60% of India's population fully vaccinated against Covid-19: Health Ministry

India TV News  

Highlights The countrywide vaccination drive was launched in Jan 16 with healthcare workers getting inoculated As many as 89% of India's eligible population has received first dose of COVID vaccine, govt said The vaccination drive through locally-made vaccines has proved India's determination to fight Covid Over 60 per cent of the eligible population in India is fully vaccinated against Covid-19, …

Does Policy Mandating COVID-19 Vaccination Affect Citizens' Right To Earn Livelihood? Delhi HC Issues Notice On Teachers' Plea
3 years ago

Does Policy Mandating COVID-19 Vaccination Affect Citizens' Right To Earn Livelihood? Delhi HC Issues Notice On Teachers' Plea

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The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notice on a plea raising a question as to whether the action of mandating COVID-19 vaccination can adversely affect citizens' right to earn livelihood? This is the third such petition before the Court.Justice Rekha Palli issued notice on the plea filed by two teachers seeking quashing of the guidelines issued by the Delhi …

"Matter Of Fundamental Rights" - Bombay High Court Asks Maha Govt Logic Behind Denying Non-Vaxxed Local Train Travel
3 years ago

"Matter Of Fundamental Rights" - Bombay High Court Asks Maha Govt Logic Behind Denying Non-Vaxxed Local Train Travel

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The Bombay High Court has asked Maharashtra Chief Secretary to clarify the reasons behind the government's decision to permit only fully vaccinated people to board local trains in the Greater Mumbai area in an affidavit. A division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice M S Karnik was hearing petitions challenging the State Government's decision to permit only fully …

Explain why non-vaccinated people aren't allowed to use local trains: Bombay HC to Maha govt
3 years, 1 month ago

Explain why non-vaccinated people aren't allowed to use local trains: Bombay HC to Maha govt

India Today  

The Bombay High Court has asked the Maharashtra government to explain the rationale behind non-vaccinated people not being allowed to use the Mumbai local trains. On Thursday, the court said, "Keeping in mind the broader issue of curtailment of the fundamental rights of non-vaccinated citizens to avail suburban rail services, the rationale, therefore, needs to be presented before the court …

More Than Half Of India’s Eligible Adult Population Fully Vaccinated Against Covid-19: Union Health Minister
3 years, 1 month ago

More Than Half Of India’s Eligible Adult Population Fully Vaccinated Against Covid-19: Union Health Minister

ABP News  

New Delhi: In the race against Covid-19, India has passed another milestone to fully vaccinate more than half of the eligible adult population of the country. Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya informed about the same in a tweet and congratulated the people of the country. We will win the battle against COVID-19 together.” हम होंगे कामयाब ✌🏼 Congratulations India 🇮🇳 …

COVID Vaccination To Persons With Disabilities And Pregnant Women: Supreme Court Asks Petitioners To Submit Concrete Suggestions
3 years, 1 month ago

COVID Vaccination To Persons With Disabilities And Pregnant Women: Supreme Court Asks Petitioners To Submit Concrete Suggestions

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On a plea seeking ease of access to vaccination to persons with disabilities, the Supreme Court on Friday granted liberty to the petitioners to formulate concrete suggestions to strengthen the existing framework for protecting the disabled citizens in ensuring that they have proper access to vaccination against COVID-19. The bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and AS Bopanna required that the …

With 38.11 crore, India’s fully vaccinated population surpasses those with one jab
3 years, 1 month ago

With 38.11 crore, India’s fully vaccinated population surpasses those with one jab

Firstpost  

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya expressed confidence that the country will have vaccinated every Indian by the end of the month-long ‘Har Ghar Dastak’ campaign New Delhi: The number of fully vaccinated individuals against COVID-19 has surpassed the partially vaccinated eligible population for the first time in the country, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Wednesday. “In a significant …

Indore doctors announce they'd only offer services to fully vaccinated people starting Nov 30
3 years, 2 months ago

Indore doctors announce they'd only offer services to fully vaccinated people starting Nov 30

Hindustan Times  

In order to spread awareness regarding Covid-19 vaccination, two doctors in the Indore district has decided that they will not give their services to those patients who have not taken both the doses of vaccine from November 30. "In the letter written to the DC, I have extended my support to the mega vaccination drive being carried by the district …

‘10,000 vaccinations in 10 days’: Covid-19 inoculation drive launched in Mumbai
3 years, 3 months ago

‘10,000 vaccinations in 10 days’: Covid-19 inoculation drive launched in Mumbai

Hindustan Times  

A large-scale Covid-19 vaccination drive has been launched for fisherfolk and the people from vulnerable communities in Mumbai. The Covid-19 vaccination drive will serve marginalised people who have not been able to access them earlier due to the nationwide vaccine supply shortage and vaccine hesitancy. As part of the drive, 10,000 fisherfolk and people from vulnerable communities in south Mumbai …

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 …

Bengal Vaccination Centre Stampede: Parties Scramble to Shift Blame
3 years, 4 months ago

Bengal Vaccination Centre Stampede: Parties Scramble to Shift Blame

News 18  

Ever since health experts expressed concerns over the havoc a possible third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic may prompt, government-run vaccination centres in West Bengal have been witnessing chaotic scenes regularly with panic-stricken people scrambling to get jabs. Mamata Banerjee, the unelected CM, is also the Home, Health Minister of Bengal and responsible for this tragedy.” The West Bengal chief …

COVID- Plea Before Bombay High Court Challenges State's Decision To Allow Only Fully-Vaccinated Persons To Use Local Trains
3 years, 4 months ago

COVID- Plea Before Bombay High Court Challenges State's Decision To Allow Only Fully-Vaccinated Persons To Use Local Trains

Live Law  

A petition has been filed before the Bombay High Court challenging the Maharashtra Government's decision to permit only 'fully vaccinated persons against Covid-19' to use local trains and visit malls and workplaces. The plea filed by Activist Feroze Mithiborwala further avers that vaccination is completely voluntary according to the Centre's answer as given in Lok Sabha on 19th March 2021 …

OPINION: With 1 Crore Jabs in a Day, Indian State Has Given Befitting Reply to Detractors
3 years, 4 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 …

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 …

Fully vaccinated Mumbaikars can travel in local trains from 15 August, says Uddhav Thackeray; check details here
3 years, 5 months ago

Fully vaccinated Mumbaikars can travel in local trains from 15 August, says Uddhav Thackeray; check details here

Firstpost  

However, the local railway services will be open for only those persons who have completed 14 days after the second dose of the vaccine, he added. Mumbaikars who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 will be allowed to travel on the city’s local trains from 15 August, Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray announced on Sunday. “Mumbai locals to start for general …

'Local Train Travel Essential For Mumbai People' : Bombay High Court Urges State To Reconsider Curbs
3 years, 5 months ago

'Local Train Travel Essential For Mumbai People' : Bombay High Court Urges State To Reconsider Curbs

Live Law  

The Bombay High Court on Monday stressed on the importance of local train travel for citizens to earn their livelihood in a city like Mumbai. On Thursday, the court was hearing a clutch of PILs seeking directions for local train travel for vaccinated lawyers, journalists and fully vaccinated citizen in Mumbai. Local Train For Lawyers The State informed the court …

Delhi HC Seeks Response Of Centre, Delhi Govt In Plea Seeking Door To Door Vaccination Policy For Super Senior, Bed Ridden Citizens On Urgent Basis
3 years, 5 months ago

Delhi HC Seeks Response Of Centre, Delhi Govt In Plea Seeking Door To Door Vaccination Policy For Super Senior, Bed Ridden Citizens On Urgent Basis

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has sought response of the Centre and Delhi Government in a plea filed by a 84 year old woman seeking door to door vaccination policy for super senior and bed ridden citizens on urgent basis in the national capital.A division bench comprising of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh issued notice on the plea. …

Street Vendors Expected To Take Pro Active Steps For Getting Vaccinated To Avoid Third Covid Wave: Delhi High Court
3 years, 5 months ago

Street Vendors Expected To Take Pro Active Steps For Getting Vaccinated To Avoid Third Covid Wave: Delhi High Court

Live Law  

While dealing with a plea challenging the Delhi Government's decision to open malls and markets but not weekly markets, the Delhi High Court on Monday remarked that it is expected that the street vendors are expected to take Pro active steps in getting vaccinated in order to avoid a third covid wave.A single judge bench comprising of Justice Rekha Palli …

Why vaccinated people can't be allowed to travel by local trains? Bombay HC asks Maharashtra
3 years, 5 months ago

Why vaccinated people can't be allowed to travel by local trains? Bombay HC asks Maharashtra

India Today  

The Bombay High Court on Monday asked the Maharashtra government why people who have received both doses of the Covid-19 vaccine are not being allowed to travel by local trains in Mumbai. Not only for lawyers, but also for people coming from other walks of life," the division bench of Chief justice Dipankar Datta and Justice GS Kulkarni said this …

Enumerate method of distributing Covid-19 vaccines: Bombay HC to Centre, Maharashtra govt
3 years, 5 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 …

Maha Disaster Management Dept Favours Opening Local Trains for Vaccinated People: Tope
3 years, 5 months ago

Maha Disaster Management Dept Favours Opening Local Trains for Vaccinated People: Tope

News 18  

The Maharashtra disaster management department is in favour of allowing people fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to travel in local trains in Mumbai, state Health Minister Rajesh Tope said on Thursday. However, a final decision would be taken by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, Tope told a TV channel before a meeting called by the CM with the state COVID-19 task force. …

Special Covid vaccination drive on July 25 for people in commercial activities: Gujarat Dy CM Nitin Patel
3 years, 5 months ago

Special Covid vaccination drive on July 25 for people in commercial activities: Gujarat Dy CM Nitin Patel

India Today  

A special Covid-19 vaccination drive will be held in Gujarat for people involved in commercial activities, including shopkeepers, traders and street vendors, on July 25, said Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel on Thursday. Patel, who also holds the health portfolio, said Covid-19 vaccine doses will be administered across all 1,800 vaccination centres in the state on Sunday as a “special …

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 …

Take vaccines to people instead of drawing them to vax centres
3 years, 6 months ago

Take vaccines to people instead of drawing them to vax centres

Live Mint  

Our capacity to vaccinate will soon hobble our campaign to tackle the pandemic. India’s shortage of vaccines has till now obscured the question of our vaccine delivery system’s capacity, as also the matter of public demand for vaccination. The very rational bases for many people’s unwillingness to take a covid shot is visible in depressed demand for the required second …

In Mumbai, No Covid-19 Vaccination on Saturday Too Due to Dose Shortage
3 years, 6 months ago

In Mumbai, No Covid-19 Vaccination on Saturday Too Due to Dose Shortage

News 18  

The Covid-19 vaccination drive will remain suspended at civic and government-run centres in Mumbai on Saturday due to a shortage of doses and no inoculation will take place on Sunday on account of weekly off of staffers, the BMC said on Friday. On Friday, too, the drive remained suspended in BMC and Maharashtra government-run centres in the metropolis due paucity …

Mumbai Suspends Covid-19 Vaccine Drive on Friday Due to Shortage
3 years, 6 months ago

Mumbai Suspends Covid-19 Vaccine Drive on Friday Due to Shortage

News 18  

The Covid-19 vaccination drive at civic and government-run vaccination centres in Mumbai will remain suspended on Friday due to a shortage of vaccines, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation said on Thursday. “Citizens of Mumbai are constantly informed about the vaccination, depending on the availability of vaccine stocks, and an appropriate decision has been taken,” the BMC’s statement said. Earlier on July …

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 …

"Take Effective Steps As Per Centre's Guidelines For Vaccination Of Disabled Persons In Union Territory": Jammu & Kashmir High Court
3 years, 6 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, …

Mumbai fake vaccination: Key accused arrested, two more firms fall prey to scam
3 years, 6 months ago

Mumbai fake vaccination: Key accused arrested, two more firms fall prey to scam

India Today  

Another FIR has been registered in connection with the Mumbai vaccination scam and one more person was arrested after more complaints of fake vaccination were filed with the city police. According to the FIR, Rajesh Pandey posed as a doctor from the hospital and conducted the fake vaccination drive. Vaccination drive at Seepz industries premises Seepz industries filed a written …

Maharashtra to start home vaccination for bedridden people on trial basis: Govt to HC
3 years, 6 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 …

PM Modi holds Covid review meeting, says ’involve NGOs to expand vaccination drive’
3 years, 6 months ago

PM Modi holds Covid review meeting, says ’involve NGOs to expand vaccination drive’

Live Mint  

During a review meeting to assess the status of the Covid-19 vaccination drive in India, officials told Prime Minister Narendra Modi that they are in touch with state governments to explore and implement innovative methods to reach people for vaccination. He was briefed about the age-wise vaccination coverage as well as about the vaccine coverage among healthcare workers, frontline workers …

Hoping That Union & State Would Take Appropriate Measure To Prepare For Next Wave: Madras High Court Closes Suo Moto COVID Case
3 years, 6 months ago

Hoping That Union & State Would Take Appropriate Measure To Prepare For Next Wave: Madras High Court Closes Suo Moto COVID Case

Live Law  

The Madras High Court on Tuesday closed Suo Moto COVID cases noting that it appears now to be under control, and expressing a hope that appropriate measures would be taken by the Union and the State Governments of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry to deal with any further surge by being more prepared than the country if further surge comes. The …

Mumbai Police lodges FIR in housing society Covid jab scam case, 4 people held
3 years, 6 months ago

Mumbai Police lodges FIR in housing society Covid jab scam case, 4 people held

India Today  

After residents of a housing society in Mumbai’s Kandivali area claimed they were the victims of an elaborate “vaccination scam”, the Mumbai Police has lodged an FIR in the matter. Approximately 150 employees and family members of Matchbox Pictures were given their first shot of Covisheld vaccine on May 29, incidentally via SP Events, the same group of people who …

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 …

Mumbai vaccination fraud: No permission was taken from BMC, jabs procured from unauthorised source, say police
3 years, 6 months ago

Mumbai vaccination fraud: No permission was taken from BMC, jabs procured from unauthorised source, say police

India Today  

The Mumbai Police on Friday arrested four people for allegedly cheating residents of a housing society in suburban Kandivali after they expressed apprehensions that the vaccine that was administered was spurious. Speaking to the media on Friday, Dilip Sawant, Additional Police Commissioner confirmed that organisers of the vaccination drive did not take the required permissions from the BMC for a …

Mumbai Vaccination Racket: Production Houses Including Tips Duped After Housing Society Scam
3 years, 6 months ago

Mumbai Vaccination Racket: Production Houses Including Tips Duped After Housing Society Scam

ABP News  

Mumbai: In yet another incident of fake vaccine scam in Mumbai, famous Bollywood producer Ramesh Taurani has alleged that several production houses were also affected in the vaccination racket operational in the city. The revelation comes hours after a housing society in Mumbai's Kandivali area complained to police that it was apparently cheated by some persons who organised a Covid-19 …

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 …

3 detained in Mumbai fake vaccination racket; housing society, production house among targets | Details
3 years, 7 months ago

3 detained in Mumbai fake vaccination racket; housing society, production house among targets | Details

India Today  

The Mumbai Police has detained three people who were allegedly carrying out fraudulent Covid-19 vaccination drives in the city. No certificates, no post-vaccination symptoms Just like the victims at the Hiranandani Estate Society, the production house employees too said they did not experience any post-vaccination symptoms that are commonly reported among vaccine beneficiaries. On the day of the vaccination, the …

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