Another phase of vaccination has started across the country. Prime Minister Narendra Modi (PM Modi) had taken the first dose of the vaccine. PM Modi arrived at Delhi AIIMS early in the morning and got the first dose of vaccine, as well as advising his countrymen to do so. Also, Union home minister Amit Shah took the first dose of covid vaccine. Doctors from the Medanta hospital administrated the vaccine to Amit Shah. Nitish Kumar, the Chief Minister of Bihar, and Naveen Patnaik, the Chief Minister of Odisha, also got the dose of the COVID-19 vaccine as the nationwide inoculation campaign started.
IN NUMBERS: Over 12,000 fresh cases reported India reported 12,286 fresh coronavirus infections on Tuesday, taking the cumulative caseload to 11,124,527, according to a report in the Scroll. The new infections were about 21 per cent lower than Monday’s count. The country saw 91 deaths due to the pandemic, taking the toll to 157,248, according to central health ministry data. The active caseload is at 168,358, while the total recoveries have surged to 10,798,921. As many as 14,854,136 people have been inoculated since the nationwide inoculation programme kicked off on January 16.
One phone number can be used to register up to 4 vaccine beneficiaries A single phone number can be used to register up to four people on Co-Win for the second phase of the Covid-19 vaccination programme that will target the elderly and those above the age of 45 with preexisting conditions, a report in ThePrint said. Except for the mobile number, the beneficiaries will have nothing else in common,”
India will start the next stage of vaccinating those above 60 years of age and those above 45 with comorbidities, such as diabetes and heart ailments, from March 1, the government announced in a Cabinet briefing on Wednesday. The vaccines will be given for free in over 10,000 government hospitals and will come for a price, which is yet to be decided, in more than 20,000 private centres. Around 270 million people are expected to be covered in the third phase of the vaccination drive. Of these, 100 million will be those aged above 60. The government is likely to put a cap on what the private sector would be allowed to charge for the jab. “In the next 3-4 days, the health ministry will announce the price at which private hospitals would provide the vaccine,” Union minister Prakash Javadekar told mediapersons.
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