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.
Twelve leading doctors of Assam are among the health workers who will be administered COVID-19 vaccine from the first vial on Saturday morning as part of the country-wide vaccination drive, state Health and Family Welfare minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.
An Agitation For Home And Hearth In Assam
Over 2,000 people, representing about 1,486 Mising families from two villages in Dibru-Saikhowa National Park, have been demanding rehabilitation from the Assam government. Manoranjan Pegu 2021-01-13T07:28:46+05:30 An Agitation For Home And Hearth In Assam outlookindia.com 2021-01-13T15:39:48+05:30
Kusmita Morang and her husband Bishnu Morang were expecting their first child. The protest site, with makeshift camps in freezing cold, is not an ideal place for a seven-month pregnant woman.
However, when the fight is about their very survival, staying back is not much of an option. Kusmita and her husband joined the other families on December 25, 2020, resisting eviction from Dibru-Saikhowa National Park. The protest had entered its 5th day. By December 29, her health conditions began to decline. Those at the camps advised her to go back home and rest.
GUWAHATI: The commencement of the Covid vaccination drive at a time when the state is all set to celebrate Bhogali Bihu, has spread cheer and confidence among the community of health workers. This is perhaps the first festival people can enjoy without fear after months of pandemic.
For the last ten months or so health workers have been on their toes, their lives dedicated to the fight against Covid-19. Now there’s a breather for them. Barring some clinics and private healthcare facilities, all frontline health workers from government hospitals and leading private hospitals have been registered in the Co-WIN portal for inoculation.
Cash for job scam: AMCH doctor s husband detained for interrogation
Dr Ajanta Hazarika has been accused of taking money in lakhs from aspirants by promising to provide them jobs in NF Rly
| 11 Dec 2020 9:58 AM GMT
Dibrugarh: The police have detained Simanta Jyoti Saikia, the husband of Assam Medical College Hospital (AMCH) doctor Ajanta Hazarika for interrogation seeking information on the whereabouts of his wife.
Dr Hazarika has been accused of taking money in lakhs from candidates by promising them jobs in Northeast Frontier (NF) Railway. The police conducted a search operation at her residence at Naliapool in Dibrugarh district and detained her husband Simanta Jyoti Saikia. This was the second search operation conducted by the district police, based on the case registered against her under Case No. 2150/20.