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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NEW DELHI: In a move to prevent fraudulent entries for Covid vaccination by those who are not eligible, the Center has decided to stop any new registration of frontline and healthcare workers. However, healthcare and frontline workers who have already registered will receive their vaccine. In addition, registration of individuals, …
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NEW DELHI: With India opening up Covid-19 vaccination to all citizens over the age of 45 as of April 1, the Center on Wednesday he asked the states not to keep vaccines for the second dose and instead increase inoculation by identifying foci of low vaccine coverage, especially in districts …
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Coronavirus: India reported 16,432 new cases of Covid-19 with 252 deaths in the last 24 hours. (Archive) New Delhi: COVID-19 has affected men more than women in India, where 70 percent of the roughly 1.47 lakhs of people who died since the national outbreak in January were men. The data …
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NEW DELHI: Covid-19 cases and deaths are declining in India, which is very reassuring, the Center said Tuesday, but cautioned against any laxity, saying that an overwhelming proportion of the country’s population remains “very, very susceptible “to the virus and that the situation could escalate unexpectedly. While there is a …
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NEW DELHI: India, the world’s largest vaccine maker, is expected to launch its first vaccines in the coming weeks with at least three candidates under active consideration by India’s drug regulator. The Pune-based Serum Institute of India and Hyderabad-based pharmaceutical company Bharat Biotech have already approached the Controller General of …
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NEW DELHI: With three anti-Covid vaccines under regulatory review for emergency use, the government is preparing 28,947 cold chain points with 85,643 pieces of equipment across the country that are capable of storing the vaccines needed for the first set than 3 crore of health and frontline workers. The Center …
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India recorded 36,604 new cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in the past 24 hours, data from the Union Ministry of Health showed at 8 a.m. Wednesday. With this, the national count has reached 9,499,413. The number of active cases remains below the five lakh mark – on Wednesday, the …
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The Union Health Ministry said on Wednesday that the number of daily cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in India has remained below 50,000 for more than 10 days. He shared a graph along with the tweet showing the number of cases from November 21 to December 1. The ministry …
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Coronavirus: In India, the total number of people who contracted the virus so far is 94.62 lakh. New Delhi: The government has never talked about vaccinating the entire country when a coronavirus vaccine is approved, Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said Tuesday. The government had previously demarcated a priority list, which …
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