At a time when states are urging the central government to lower the age limit for Covid-19 vaccination so that more people could be inoculated, the Union health ministry on Tuesday said the aim for vaccination is to cover people who need the vaccine, not those who want it. Faced with an exponential spike in daily new Covid-19 cases, chief …
More than 6.5 crore vaccine doses have been administered across the country so far, including frontline and healthcare workers as well a section of the population aged 45 but with comorbidities and some above 60 years of age As India recorded its highest daily rise in COVID-19 cases this year with 72,330 new infections in a span of 24 hours, …
In view of the fact that a large population is about to visit the cities of Haridwar and Rishikesh for Kumbh Mela, the Uttarakhand High Court on Wednesday directed the State Government to increase the number of daily testing to at least 50,000 persons per day.The Bench of Chief Justice Raghvendra Singh Chauhan and Justice Alok Kumar Verma has further …
People, especially from states where cases of Covid-19 are increasing, will be required to produce a negative Covid test report before they can enter Uttarakhand, Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat said on Tuesday. Taking to Twitter, CM Tirath Singh Rawat wrote, “In view of Kumbh Mela, the Uttarakhand government has directed to conduct special campaigns for vaccination and RT-PCR test …
India on Tuesday recorded 12,584 new cases of coronavirus, the lowest in around seven months, taking the country’s COVID-19 caseload to1,04,79,179, as per the Union health ministry’s morning update The countrywide COVID-19 vaccination drive was set in motion on Tuesday with vials of the Covishield vaccine being flown from Pune to 13 cities, including Bhubaneshwar, Patna, Delhi, Kolkata and Guwahati. …