Centre closes vaccine registration for healthcare, frontline workers
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Send The Central government has decided to close the registration of healthcare and frontline workers for Covid-19 vaccination after reports of fake registration under these categories came to the fore. About 24 per cent spike in registration under these categories has been observed in last few days.
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New Delhi:
In a letter to states and union territories, Health Ministry Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said that some ineligible beneficiaries are being registered as healthcare and frontline workers and getting vaccinated in complete violation of the prescribed guidelines.
He stated that there has been 24 per cent increase in healthcare workers database in the past few days. .it has been decided that no fresh registrations in categories of HCWs and FLWS wi
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Feb 27, 2021, 19:46 PM IST
New Delhi: The coronavirus vaccination at government facilities will be provided for free and the cost will be borne by the Central government, the Union Health Ministry announced on Saturday (February 27, 2021) whereas at private facilities will be charged subject to a financial ceiling.
Addressing a press conference in New Delhi, Health Ministry Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said, Vaccination at private facilities will be charged subject to a financial ceiling whereas vaccination at government facilities is totally free, the cost being borne by Central government.
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The Union Health Ministry has asked all states and UTs to implement a time-bound action plan for regulating online health service aggregators who have neither provided any details of laboratories on behalf of which they are providing services, nor their registration status, including compliance to minimum standards. The ministry has further advised that the Department of Home of the state concerned may also be requested to investigate such matters with an objective to prevent any kind of violation (civil or criminal/cyber or otherwise) of applicable laws. In a letter written to all states and UTs on January 19, Health Ministry Secretary Rajesh Bhushan referred to an August 2020 order by the Delhi High Court which directed the concerned authorities to initiate action against any illegal online health service aggregators operating in Delhi in violation of the applicable laws , including the Clinical Establishments (Registration and Regulations) Act, 2010.