Updated Jan 02, 2021 | 15:31 IST
As many as 30 flights will operate every week 15 each by Indian and UK carriers. This schedule is valid till January 23, Puri added. Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri (File photo) | Photo Credit: Twitter
New Delhi: Union Civil Aviation Minister
Hardeep Singh Puri on Saturday clarified
that
flights from India to the UK will restart from January 6 while air travel from Britain to India will be allowed from January 8 onwards.
As many as 30 flights will operate every week 15 each by Indian and UK carriers. This schedule is valid till January 23, the minister added.
Flights will be allowed from Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, and Hyderabad only till January 23. The restrictions were placed after the discovery of cases pertaining to the new Covid-19 variant in India. The mutated virus, which first surfaced in southeast England, is believed to be even more contagious than SARS-CoV-2 version fou
Read more about Harsh Vardhan visits Delhi s GTB hospital to review vaccine dry run drill on Business Standard. Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan arrived at Guru Teg Bahadur (GTB) hospital here on Saturday to review the dry run of administering the COVID-19 vaccine.The dry run will be conducted by all the States and Union Territories governments from
Harsh Vardhan urges people not to pay heed to rumours about COVID-19 vaccine ANI | Updated: Jan 02, 2021 14:24 IST
New Delhi [India], January 2 (ANI): Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Saturday appealed to people not to pay heed to rumours about COVID-19 vaccine.
After reviewing the dry run of administering the COVID-19 vaccine at Guru Teg Bahadur (GTB) hospital in Delhi, Vardhan spoke to the media. I appeal to people not to pay heed to rumours. Ensuring safety and efficacy of vaccine is our priority. Different kinds of rumours were spread during polio immunisation but people took the vaccine and India is now polio-free, he said.
Highlights
The dry run is being conducted by all the states and Union Territories from Saturday.
Vaccination drill is being conducted in all states/UTs today in 116 districts across 259 sites.
New Delhi: Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Saturday stated that COVID-19 vaccine will be provided free of cost across the country. The Health Minister made the statement while talking to the media after reviewing the dry run of administering the COVID-19 vaccine at Maternity & Child Welfare (MCW) Centre in Daryaganj.
Asked if the
COVID-19 vaccine will be provided free of cost, like in Delhi, Vardhan replied that not just in Delhi, it will be free across the country.
New Delhi [India], January 2 (ANI): Delhi Health Minister Satyender Jain on Saturday asserted that the vaccination for COVID-19 will be provided for free in the national capital.