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19 days into Covid vaccination drive, India inoculates 4.5 million beneficiaries
Health workers show their coronavirus vaccine cards after getting vaccinated, at a hospital in Prayagraj.
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84,617 sessions have been conducted so far, the Union Health Ministry has said
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Nearly 4.5 million (44,49,552) beneficiaries have been administered shots of coronavirus vaccine under the countrywide exercise till Thursday morning.
In a span of 24 hours, 3,10,604 people were vaccinated across 8,041 sessions. 84,617 sessions have been conducted so far, the Union Health Ministry said today.
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₹6,309.9 crore released to States, Union Territories: Centre
Tamil Nadu has been provided ₹773.24 crore in financial support under the India COVID-19 Emergency Response and Health Systems Preparedness Package, according to information provided in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday.
Under the package, ₹6,309.9 crore had been released to the States and the Union Territories, through the National Health Mission as on January 15.
Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Ashwini Kumar Choubey said this in a written reply to questions about the COVID-19 assistance that was provided to the States.
In all, 18.66 lakh N-95 masks and 5.39 lakh PPE kits had been procured centrally and distributed in Tamil Nadu. Besides, 3,625 oxygen cylinders had been distributed in the State as on January 24.
‘On crucial sectors, the govt. not only sustained the expenditure, but also stepped it up’
The pandemic led to a more than 80% rise in the expenditure of the State government on food and civil supplies during seven months of the current financial year, over the corresponding period in 2019-20.
Between April and October, the government spent ₹11,384 crore to ensure the steady supply of essentials through the public distribution system, as against an expenditure of ₹6,254 crore in 2019, an official in the Finance Department said.
Among the measures taken by the government were the provision of free ‘tur dal’, edible oil and sugar, along with rice, to all cardholders from April to July; cash support of ₹1,000 each to cardholders across the State; another ₹1,000 to cardholders in badly-hit districts in June, and the doubling of rice entitlement, even to non-priority household cards, up to November.
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