New Delhi [India], February 1 (ANI): With 11,427 new COVID-19 cases reported in the last 24 hours, India's tally has reached 1,07,57,610, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) on Monday.
New Delhi [India], January 31 (ANI): India reported 13,052 new COVID-19 cases, 13,965 discharges and 127 deaths in the last 24 hours, as per the Union Health Ministry on Sunday.
India Covid-19: Misleading claims shared about vaccines
By Shruti Menon
image captionLike other countries, India has seen misleading claims about vaccines being shared widely
India started its Covid vaccination programme on 16 January, and in the days before and since then, various claims about vaccines have been doing the rounds on social media.
The government has urged people to have the vaccines, and to ignore rumours and disinformation .
Here s the truth behind some widely-shared claims.
Claim: The vaccine will make you impotent
A politician from the northern state of Uttar Pradesh recently claimed this - but offered no evidence at all.
With 13,052 new coronavirus cases, India's COVID-19 tally has climbed to 1,07,46,183, while the number of people who have recuperated from the disease has surged to 1,04,23,125, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday.
President Kovind launches Pulse Polio Programme for 2021 ANI | Updated: Jan 30, 2021 23:25 IST
New Delhi [India], January 30 (ANI): On the eve of the Polio National Immunization Day, PresidentRam Nath Kovind on Saturday launched the first round of the Pulse Polio Programme for 2021 by administering polio drops to children less than five years of age at the Rashtrapati Bhawan.
Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan and Minister of State for Health Ashwini Kumar Choubey were also present here.
Polio National Immunization Day will be observed on January 31, also popularly known as Polio Ravivar. Polio drops are administered to children in the age group of 0 to 5 years.