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Maharashtra, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh, Kerala and Punjab cumulatively account for three-fourth of the total active cases in the country.

Highlights Centre has directed states, UTs to not allow fresh registrations of healthcare and frontline workers for COVID-19 vaccination. No fresh registrations should be allowed since some ineligible beneficiaries were getting their names enlisted under this category, in violation of rules. New Delhi: The Centre has directed states and UTs to not allow fresh registrations of healthcare and frontline workers for COVID-19 vaccination, according to a PTI report. No new registrations should be al...

Coronavirus: Don’t register healthcare, other frontline workers for vaccines, Centre tells states The health ministry said some ineligible beneficiaries in these categories were found enlisting themselves for the shot. 8 hours ago A health worker inoculates a private medical staff member with a Covid-19 vaccine at Sunshine Hospital in Hyderabad on January 29, 2021. | Noah Seelam/AFP The Centre on Saturday said that healthcare and other frontline workers can no longe...

Campaign on COVID-appropriate behaviour planned from April 6-14

Coronavirus | Nod soon for Sputnik V rollout, amid virus surge Updated: Updated: PM chairs meeting; number of new cases crosses 1 lakh. Share Article AAA Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a high-level meeting to review the COVID-19 related issues and vaccinations happening in the country, in New Delhi on April 4, 2021.   | Photo Credit: PTI PM chairs meeting; number of new cases crosses 1 lakh. The Russia-made Sputnik V vaccine may be cleared for emergency use in India within 10 days, a hig...

Elderly in Uttarkashi walk 8 kms of tough terrain to get COVID vaccine jab ANI | Updated: Apr 02, 2021 13:22 IST Uttarkashi (Uttarakhand) [India], April 2 (ANI): With no facilities, senior citizens residing in a far-flung area of Uttarkashis Sar Badiyar region are left with no option but to walk for eight kilometres to get the COVID-19 vaccine jab at the health center. The route is risky for elderly people as they have to cross raw trails. "As per the gover...

FPNS The nationwide COVID-19 vaccination for people above 45 years of age will start today. Rajesh Bhushan, Union Health Secretary, and Dr R S Sharma, CEO, National Health Authority (NHA) and Chairperson, Empowered Group on COVID vaccination chaired a high-level meeting to review the status, pace, and issues regarding COVID vaccination across the country as well as the preparations for April when vaccination would be extended to all persons above the age of 45. The Union Health Secretary Rajesh...

Amid surge in COVID-19 cases, third phase of vaccination drive begins ANI | Updated: Apr 01, 2021 10:49 IST Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], April 1 (ANI): The third phase of COVID-19 vaccination for all above 45 years began across the country on Thursday. According to the health ministry, advance appointments for vaccination can be booked through http://cowin.gov.in, or one can visit their nearest vaccination center after 3 pm and get on-site registration done...

Health worker in Papua New Guinea. Image tweeted by Natalie Whiting, ABC PNG Correspondent Medical research institutes, including Burnet, have joined NGOs and Church groups in seeking strong, additional support for PNG’s COVID-19 emergency from the Australian Government, warning the intervention is “urgently” needed. Australia urged to send 1 million vaccines to PNG https://t.co/lYbHaZJu4P The Australian Council for International Development, ACFID, of which Burnet is a committed member, ...

LUCKNOW: Over 39% health and frontline workers in UP are yet to take the second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine. As per state government data, while 56 lakh vaccine doses have been administered in UP, over three lakh health and 3.5 lakh frontline workers are yet to take the second dose, reports Shailvee Sharda. Data revealed that of 8,90,246 health workers who took the vaccine first dose, 5,85,298 have taken the second shot. No second dose is equivalent to no vaccination: Experts Likewise, of 7,6...