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GUWAHATI: Assam government will utilize the contribution of over Rs 100 crore made by people of the state to help the state government combat Covid-19 pandemic to purchase vaccines for general people if Centre does not bear the entire cost.
State health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that Centre will bear the cost of vaccines required for only the 2.9 lakh registered beneficiaries from two categories health care workers (HCWs) and frontline workers (FLWs) of the state, who will be vaccinated in the first two phases starting from Saturday.
The third phase of vaccination will be for people of 50 years of age and above and those with morbidities of any age. After the completion of the vaccination of these three prioritized groups, vaccination will be carried out for the general people.
COVID-19 vaccination drive set to begin today; will be beginning of end of pandemic, says Harsh Vardhan On the eve of the vaccine rollout, Harsh Vardhan reviewed the preparations and visited the dedicated COVID -19 control room set up in premises of the health ministry FP Staff January 16, 2021 00:01:23 IST Representational image. AP
The Centre and state governments are set to carry out the world s biggest COVID-19 vaccination programme on Saturday (16 January) for three lakh healthcare workers. The Union health minister Harsh Vardhan said that the extensive exercise is probably the beginning of the end of COVID-19 in the country.
A total of 3,006 session sites across the country will be virtually connected during the launch at 10.30 am by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
BJP chief JP Nadda on 2-day Assam visit from today, to address rally in Silchar
He would visit the famous Kamakhya temple in Guwahati on Tuesday, before leaving for Delhi. He attended various party programmes in West Bengal.
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Updated: Jan 11, 2021, 06:09 AM IST
BJP national President JP Nadda would arrive in Assam on Monday on a two-day visit and address a public rally in Silchar to kick-start the ruling party`s campaigning for the coming Assembly elections, party leaders said on Sunday.
Bharatiya Janata Party`s Assam unit General Secretary Rajdeep Roy said that besides addressing the public gathering at the Police Parade Ground in Silchar on Monday, Nadda would also meet with senior party leaders.
BJP will return to power in Assam with 100 plus seats: Nadda
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Silchar : , Jan 11 (IANS) BJP s national President J.P. Nadda said on Monday that the saffron party has been winning all the elections in the country from Jammu and Kashmir to Telangana, and it would return to power in Assam once again with 100 plus seats in the upcoming state Assembly polls due in April-May.
Kick starting the Assembly election campaign for the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Nadda, while addressing a public rally here, said that the BJP would return to power in Assam as the current dispensation has ensured all-round development of the state in the last five years, ensuring peace and ethnic harmony.
Nadda on 2-day Assam visit from Monday, to address rally in Silchar
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Nadda on 2-day Assam visit from Monday, to address rally in Silchar (Photo credit: Twitter/@JPNadda). Image Source: IANS News
Guwahati, Jan 10 : BJP national President JP Nadda would arrive in Assam on Monday on a two-day visit and address a public rally in Silchar to kick-start the ruling party s campaigning for the coming Assembly elections, party leaders said on Sunday.
Bharatiya Janata Party s Assam unit General Secretary Rajdeep Roy said that besides addressing the public gathering at the Police Parade Ground in Silchar on Monday, Nadda would also meet with senior party leaders.