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Delhi preparing for Covids third wave, more vaccines needed: Kejriwal SECTIONS Last Updated: May 10, 2021, 11:07 PM IST Share Synopsis The Chief Minister, during a visit to the makeshift COVID care center near the GTB hospital, said, "A 500 ICU beds have been set up near GTB Hospital and another 500 ICU beds have been set up near LNJP Hospital." Agencies Kejriwal said that the Delhi government has been left with the Covid vaccine stock for 3-4 days. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monda...

Were prepared for 3rd wave: Delhi CM ANI 10 May 2021, 23:55 GMT+10 New Delhi [India], May 10 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said that the national capital is preparing for the third wave of COVID-19 and the infrastructures are being scaled up to deal with 30,000 daily cases. The Chief Minister, during a visit to the makeshift COVID care center near the GTB hospital, said, "A 500 ICU beds have been set up near GTB Hospital and another 500 ICU beds have been set up near LNJ...

New Delhi [India], May 9 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday wrote to Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan urging to increase the monthly supply of vaccines to the national capital.

The Least the Centre Can Do for People Now Is Provide Free COVID Vaccines It is impossible to understand why a public good has become a market commodity. A woman with breathing problem waits inside an ambulance for her turn to enter a COVID-19 hospital for treatment, amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Ahmedabad, India, April 28, 2021. Photo: Reuters/Amit Dave Rights11 hours ago It is only because vaccination is a public good and the most cost effective way of reducing mo...

Vaccine inequity will make containment measures more difficult In the midst of a raging second wave, which is touching new peaks each passing day, the Central government has abdicated its responsibility to ensure vaccine equity through free vaccination for the poor across all age groups. While State governments were never consulted or given prior notice about the change in vaccination policy, giving the two vaccine manufacturers a free hand to decide the price at which vaccines will be sold to...

India’s Covid-19 vaccination drive may derail its mother-child immunisation programme As sytems are diverted for Covid-19, they may get too strained to handle the routine immunisation programmes, warn experts. Mar 04, 2021 · 01:30 pm India’s immunisation programme for 12 diseases, which targets 2.67 crore infants and 2.9 crore mothers, is one of the world’s largest. | Reuters/ Amit Dave India’s Covid-19 vaccination target of delivering up to 50 crore doses by...

Interview: Could Covid-19 vaccination undo India’s hard-won battle against polio? India has suspended the polio immunisation drive to make way for Covid-19 vaccination. An expert virologist weighs in on the risks. Jan 13, 2021 · 04:23 pm A child getting polio drops during a polio eradication programme in Jammu February 19, 2012. | Mukesh Gupta/Reuters Exactly a decade ago, on January 13, 2011, India reported its last case of polio. Until the early 1990s, the highly ...

Updated Jan 12, 2021 | 10:44 IST Co-WIN, based on five modules, is effectively an upgraded version of the governments Electronic Vaccine Intelligence Network (eVIN) launched in 2015 and used for Indias Universal Immunisation Programme. A health worker uploads her details on the Co-WIN app during the dry run of Covid-19 vaccination at Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences in Lucknow.&nbsp | &nbspPhoto Credit:&nbspPTI Key Highlights eVIN was originally de...

India begins countrywide Covid-19 vaccination rollout from Jan 16 India is set to begin Covid-19 vaccination drive across the country on January 16 in a bid to prevent the people from being infected with the deadly virus. The government came up with an announcement Saturday evening, after Prime Minister Narendra Modi had chaired a high-level meeting to review the pandemic situation in the country. Priority will be given to the healthcare workers and the frontline workers, estimated to be around...

Haryana gears up for COVID-19 vaccination, 1.9 lakh healthcare workers on priority ANI | Updated: Dec 23, 2020 09:57 IST Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], December 23 (ANI): Haryana Government has prepared data of 1.9 lakh health care workers (HCWs) from both private and government sectors on the Co-WIN portal for successful implementation of COVID-19 vaccination drive, whenever the vaccine is made available in the country. Sharing details of the preparedness ...