Karnataka health minister urges medical students to take vaccine, find out why
"Medical students in the state should lead the anti-Covid vaccine drive as its ambassadors by getting vaccinated," said Sudhakar. Though the vaccination drive was launched across the state on January 16 with healthcare warriors as its first beneficiaries, only about 40 percent of them took the shot till date.
Feb 11, 2021, 15:55 PM IST
Free COVID-19 vaccination for people above 50? Here’s what the government says
Dr VK Paul, member (health) NITI Aayog and Chairperson, National Task Force For Covid-19, said on Wednesday that no decision regarding free vaccination to people above 50 years of age - who fall in the third priority group of vaccination -- has been made by the Centre so far. He added that meetings with state heads would follow soon to explore the possibility of free vaccination of the subset.
Feb 10, 2021, 14:51 PM IST
About 4.5 million COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in 19 days: Health ministry
Nearly 4.5 million (44,49,552) beneficiaries have received COVID-19 vaccine shots in merely 19 days, the Union Health Ministry said on Thursday (February 4). India became the fastest country in the world to reach the 4 million COVID-19 vaccination mark, achieving this feat in just 18 days.
Feb 04, 2021, 14:15 PM IST
At 10K, India records lowest Covid-19 cases since June, overall tally touches 1,05,81,837
The country has been recording less than 20,000 daily new COVID-19 cases for the past 12 days. Daily toll has been below the 300-mark for the last 25 days.
Jan 19, 2021, 11:17 AM IST
No 'serious or severe' adverse effect post COVID-19 vaccination so far: Health Ministry
A total of 3,81,305 beneficiaries have so far been vaccinated for COVID-19 and 580 adverse events following immunisation were reported in the country till now, the health ministry said
Jan 19, 2021, 08:25 AM IST
Over 2 lakh beneficiaries given COVID-19 vaccine so far; 447 cases of adverse effect reported: Centre
On Day two of the nationwide vaccination drive, the Health Ministry said that out of the 447 adverse events following immunisation, three required hospitalisations.
Jan 18, 2021, 00:07 AM IST
Health Ministry answers all queries as India kicks off world's largest COVID-19 vaccination drive, check full details
The Government of India is geared to launch a COVID-19 vaccination drive on the 16th of January 2021.
Jan 16, 2021, 10:10 AM IST
PM Narendra Modi to launch world’s largest COVID-19 vaccination programme in India today
PM Modi will launch world’s largest COVID-19 vaccination programme in India today. The largest vaccination programme will begin at a total of 3006 session sites across all States/UTs, which will be connected virtually throughout the exercise. Around 100 beneficiaries will be vaccinated at each of the session sites.
Jan 16, 2021, 06:19 AM IST
COVID-19 vaccines' interchangeability not permitted, pregnant and lactating women shouldn't be administered shot: Centre's guidelines
The Centre has issued detailed guidelines stating the precautions and contraindications for COVID-19 vaccination.
Jan 15, 2021, 01:40 AM IST
Nationwide COVID-19 vaccination rollout likely next week, says government
Nationwide COVID-19 vaccination rollout is likely next week, the government has said. Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan has said that the final decision regarding the COVID-19 vaccine rollout lies with the government.
Jan 06, 2021, 16:37 PM IST
Know what is the whole process of mass vaccination in India?
The Health Ministry said on Tuesday that COVID-19 vaccine is ready to be made available for vaccination within 10 days of approval for emergency use.
Jan 06, 2021, 13:38 PM IST
Ready to roll out COVID-19 vaccine in around a week, says Health ministry
Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said healthcare and frontline workers need not register themselves for the vaccination drive as their database has been uploaded on the Co-WIN vaccine delivery management system in a bulk.
Jan 06, 2021, 01:19 AM IST
20 more UK returnees detected with new COVID-19 strain, total 58 positive cases in India, says Health Ministry
This is to be noted that apart from India, the new strain has been reported in several countries including Denmark, Netherlands, Australia, Italy, Sweden, France, Spain, Switzerland, Germany, Canada, Japan, Lebanon and Singapore. Meanwhile, as a precautionary measure, the Civil Aviation Ministry has partially restricted the operations of flights between India and the UK.
Jan 05, 2021, 12:20 PM IST
COVID-19: New daily cases in India remain below 30,000 for the 19th day in a row
A total of 20,035 new infections were reported in a day, while the death toll increased to 1,48,994 with 256 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed.
Jan 01, 2021, 10:21 AM IST
Dry run for COVID-19 vaccination in all states, UTs on January 2
With the objective of gearing up for the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine across the country, the Central Government has asked all States and UTs to ensure effective preparedness for the vaccine rollout.
Dec 31, 2020, 15:26 PM IST
Keep strict vigil to curb 'super spreader' events: Centre directs states ahead of New Year celebrations
Amid concerns over the new coronavirus strain, the Health Ministry on Wednesday directed all states to keep strict vigil to curb “super spreader” events in the wake of New Year celebrations.
Dec 30, 2020, 12:12 PM IST
Govt ready for COVID-19 vaccine rollout soon, dry run to be conducted in 4 states
“Dry run for vaccine administration will be conducted in Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Gujarat and Punjab next week. This will exercise enable end-to-end mobilisation and testing of COVID-19 vaccination process (except the vaccine) and check the usage of Co-WIN,” the government said.
Dec 25, 2020, 12:06 PM IST
COVID-19 vaccination: States receive 41,000 deep freezers, 45,000 ice-lined refrigerators
Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said the guidelines for the management of cold chain at last points and session sites have also been issued.
Dec 15, 2020, 22:32 PM IST
'Adverse effects of COVID vaccines can't be ignored': Health Ministry alerts states
The Union Health Ministry on Tuesday alerted states and union territories of any adverse event that may occur once COVID-19 vaccination begins in the country.
Dec 15, 2020, 21:36 PM IST
India fighting COVID-19 strongly; strategy for vaccine storage and distribution ready, says Govt; check details
29,000 cold-chain points, 240 walk-in coolers, 70 walk-in freezers, 45,000 ice-lined refrigerators, 41,000 deep freezers and 300 solar refrigerators will be used for the COVID vaccine distribution, the govt said.
Dec 15, 2020, 17:59 PM IST
