The Health Ministry on Saturday halted new registrations of healthcare and frontline workers to receive coronavirus vaccines, citing a barrage of registrations of ineligible people in these categories in recent days at centers across the country. New registrations will now not be accepted for people in these two categories, who …
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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 that registration …
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The Co-WIN portal allows eligible citizens (seniors and those over 45 who have comorbidities) to register and get an appointment for vaccination. Registration for the second phase of the COVID-19 vaccination campaign across India started on Monday March 1 and the Union government has opened registrations for the same on …
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NEW DELHI: A total of 447 adverse events were reported following immunization against Covid-19 during the first two days of the vaccination campaign. While only three cases were initially hospitalized, two have already been discharged from AIIMS, New Delhi and Northern Railway Hospital, respectively, the Health Ministry said. “One case …
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Eatala Rajender is the Minister of Health for Telangana. Hyderabad: Telangana Health Minister Eatala Rajender, who had stated that he would receive the first vaccine in his state, did not do so today citing Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “strict instruction” that health workers should be first in the row. Yesterday, …
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India will launch one of the largest vaccination programs in the world today. New Delhi: India will launch one of the world’s largest vaccination programs with domestically manufactured vaccines on Saturday, one developed by the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca, the other by Bharat Biotech International with a state institute. …
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NEW DELHI: The government will launch the Covid-19 vaccine next week, and Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said this would happen within 10 days after the emergency use authorization being granted. The Indian regulator granted the EUA on January 3. This is the first time the government has officially spoken of …
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NEW DELHI: Testing of the coronavirus vaccination program began Monday in four states, a day after India recorded its lowest single-day increase in Covid-19 cases in nearly six months. The two-day trial starting Monday in four states is ahead of the Center’s proposed ambitious vaccination campaign, which will likely begin …
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