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Centre s COVID-19 Vaccine Communication Strategy OUT Amid Wait For Approval; Document Here
The Health Ministry has released an 88-page document giving out details of its communication strategy to support the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine in India.
The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Thursday released an 88-page document giving out details of its communication strategy to support the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine in India. The introduction of the document says that the communication strategy that supports the COVID-19 vaccine rollout in India seeks to disseminate timely, accurate and transparent information about the vaccine(s) to alleviate apprehensions about the vaccine, ensure its acceptance and encourage uptake.
Updated Jan 01, 2021 | 20:30 IST
Around 10 days ago, a medical college official’s son returned from the United Kingdom and the youth’s Covid-19 test result turned out to be positive. A passenger being tested upon arrival at Kolkata airport. | File photo
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He was under treatment at a government Covid-19 facility in the city after the infection
Upon further probe, his sample showed the new strain that was discovered in Britain around 10 days ago
He’s now been shifted to an isolation facility near the Kolkata airport
Kolkata: West Bengal joined several states in India to report infections due to the new strain of the Covid-19 virus after one youth in Kolkata tested positive for the mutated coronavirus variant.
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On the Centre s directive, Punjab and Haryana will conduct a dry run for COVID-19 vaccination on Saturday.
The Centre had said a dry run will be conducted by all state and union territories on January 2 to test the linkages between planning and implementation, and to identify the challenges.
The Punjab government will conduct the drive in Patiala on January 2 and 3, state Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu said in a statement here.
He said as per the Centre s guidelines, Punjab has selected Patiala district where the dry run will be conducted at Government Medical College; Sadhbhavna Hospital; and the Community Health Centre in Shatrana.
New Delhi: Flight operations between India and the United Kingdom, which have been banned due to the emergence of new strain of coronavirus, will resume from January 8, said Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Friday.
“It has been decided that flights between India and the UK will resume from January 8, 2021. Operations till January 23 will be restricted to 15 flights per week each for carriers of two countries to and from Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Hyderabad only,” the Minister said in a tweet.
On December 30, the Ministry had decided to extend the temporary suspension of flights to and from the UK till January 7.
Covid Vaccination Dry Run In Punjab, Haryana Tomorrow Covid Vaccination Dry Run In Punjab, Haryana Tomorrow The Centre had said a dry run will be conducted by all state and union territories on January 2 to test the linkages between planning and implementation, and to identify the challenges.
The UNDP and WHO will be supporting the vaccination drive.
New Delhi:
On the Centre s directive, Punjab and Haryana will conduct a dry run for COVID-19 vaccination on Saturday.
The Centre had said a dry run will be conducted by all state and union territories on January 2 to test the linkages between planning and implementation, and to identify the challenges.