With Just 1.07 Lakh Doses, Staggered Jabs For 18-44 Age Group In Himachal
Vaccines for this group only on Mondays and Thursdays to stagger jab drive
Ashwani Sharma 13 May 2021, Last Updated at 10:20 pm Dinesh Parab/Outlook Ashwani Sharma 2021-05-13T22:13:48+05:30 With Just 1.07 Lakh Doses, Staggered Jabs For 18-44 Age Group In Himachal outlookindia.com 2021-05-13T22:20:27+05:30
With just 1.07 lakh doses reaching the state against a demand for 73 lakh, Himachal Pradesh is grappling with the problem of vaccinating people in the 18-44 age group.
Though Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur had announced the rolling out of the third phase of vaccination for the 18-44 age group from May 17, the health officials are not certain as to how long the stock will last.
Himachal Pradesh: Top Bureaucrats Test Positive For Covid-19, Under Home Quarantine
A senior official in the personnel department admits that Covid-19 has severely affected several bureaucrats from top to lower ranks.
Ashwani Sharma 06 May 2021, Last Updated at 9:58 pm Outlook Ashwani Sharma 2021-05-06T15:08:13+05:30 Himachal Pradesh: Top Bureaucrats Test Positive For Covid-19, Under Home Quarantine outlookindia.com 2021-05-06T21:58:37+05:30
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Amid an unprecedented surge in Covid cases and a high fatality rate, several bureaucrats including the chief secretary, director-general have also tested positive for Coronavirus.
Chief secretary Anil Khachi, a 1986-batch IAS officer, who has been at the forefront of enforcing Covid-19 guidelines, is under home isolation after he contracted Covid-19.
Himachal Pradesh: 10-day corona curfew from May 7, offices to remain shut - Details
However, essential services like health, electricity, telecommunication, water supply, sanitation, etc., would be open.
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Updated: May 5, 2021, 06:15 PM IST
To break the coronavirus chain, the Himachal Pradesh government on Wednesday decided to impose curfew in the state from May 7 (Thursday midnight) to May 16.
All government and private offices and establishments will remain closed. However, essential services like health, electricity, telecommunication, water supply, sanitation, etc., would be open.
The decision to impose the corona curfew in the state was taken at a Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur.
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597 The Central Government had asked the states to raise the proportion of RT-PCR tests in the overall testing up to 70 per cent, as they give more reliable results.
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To ramp up Covid testing facilities, the state will procure more RT-PCR machines. The additional machines will help in ensuring timely reports of the samples, which are getting delayed due to a thrust on extensive testing, especially RT-PCR tests. “The state is purchasing more RT-PCR machines for the existing centres and will also provide more staff for multiple runs in these centres,” said Dr Nipun Jindal, MD, National Health Mission.