New Delhi: On Saturday, the Center directed states and UT that new registrations of healthcare and frontline workers will not be allowed, as some ineligible beneficiaries in this category were obtaining their names for COVID-19 vaccination in violation of the rules. Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan, in a letter, said …
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Frontline and health workers can no longer register for COVID-19 vaccination: Ministry of Health New Delhi: Front-line health and medical workers can no longer register for COVID-19 vaccination, the Health Ministry said today. He said the move is to ensure that vaccine coverage is expanded rapidly to include more categories …
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NEW DELHI: After arriving at Indira Gandhi International Airport by special cargo planes, the Covid-19 vaccine vials will be brought to the city’s two cold storage facilities in special refrigerated vans. From there, the vaccine will be transported to 609 cold chain points in special vans, some of which could …
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CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu is preparing to administer the Covid-19 vaccine starting in January and has started training 21,170 nurses as a first step. The state is preparing cold storage facilities at 27 government medical college hospitals, another 303 government hospitals and 2,286 primary health centers that will be used to …
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The Center says India does not need to administer COVID-19 vaccine injections to the entire population. Rather, inoculating a “critical mass” in priority will help break the chain of transmission. If the previous presumption was that everyone would be released, what does this mean? Mint delves into What does the …
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The national vaccine committee, headed by Dr. VK Paul, has finalized a comprehensive plan, says senior scientific advisor K. VijayRaghavan. Approximately 30 million people will be part of the first “wave” to receive the COVID-19 vaccine in India. They are made up of healthcare workers, police personnel, people over 50 …
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The Ministry of Health has approved a new category for the selection and nomination of ‘Wards of COVID Warriors’ candidates under the MBBS / BDS core group seats for the 2020-21 academic year. Five MBBS core group seats have been reserved for this category for the 2020-21 year, according to …
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(This story was first published in The Times Of India on October 17, 2020) New Delhi : As the world prepares for a Covid-19 vaccine, India has begun to identify around 30 million priority beneficiaries, including the high-risk population and first responders, from healthcare workers to police, workers sanitation workers, …
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The world is experiencing unprecedented stressful times. With the coronavirus pandemic disrupting life and causing large-scale deaths around the world and no cure in sight, hope is perhaps all that has been driving humanity forward. In such compelling moments, the image of a newborn baby taking off a doctor’s mask …
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NEW DELHI: World Health Organization (WHO) chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan said Thursday that young, healthy people may have to wait until 2022 to receive the Covid-19 vaccine. Swaminathan also stressed that priority should be given to healthcare workers and those most at risk. He noted that despite the many vaccine …
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