Adhere to approved categories of frontline workers for Covid vaccination: Centre to states
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Last Updated: May 15, 2021, 10:59 PM IST
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The missive from Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan came after states like Odisha included railway staff, forest guards, oxygen plant employees and other categories as front line workers (FLW).
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The Centre has asked states and union territories to refrain from approving additional categories as frontline workers for vaccination, and recommended doing so using only vaccines procured directly by them.
The missive from Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan came after states like Odisha included railway staff, forest guards, oxygen plant employees and other categories as front line workers (FLW).
NEW DELHI: The Centre on Wednesday clarified that the World Health Organisation (WHO) has not associated the term “Indian variant” with the B.1.617 variant of the coronavirus.
The ministry of health and family welfare in a statement said that the word “Indian” has not been used in the WHO report. Several media reports have covered the news of World Health Organisation (WHO) classifying B.1.617 as variant of global concern. Some of these reports have termed the B.1.617 variant of the coronavirus as an Indian variant the statement added.
The ministry of health and family welfare said that use of the term Indian variant is without basis and unfounded.
On April 22, the court had observed that senior citizens should be given priority and directed the health ministry to have a relook at door-to-door vaccination.
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The Supreme Court listed the matter for further hearing on July 5. (File)
New Delhi:
The Supreme Court has allowed a plea to make the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare a party to a public interest litigation that has sought certain steps, including two-child norm, to control the country s growing population.