Second dose for 45+ resumes in Telangana
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Tue, May 25 2021 12:12 IST |
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Hyderabad, May 25 : After a gap of 10 days, the second dose vaccination for beneficiaries above the age of 45 years resumed in Telangana from Tuesday.
The eligible beneficiaries above 45 years due for second dose were being given the jab at government-run vaccination centres.
There were long queues of people at vaccination centres in Hyderabad, Warangal, Karimnagar and other places in the state. There was a confusion among beneficiaries due to the lack of information about the availability of doses.
Coimbatore MLA writes to Centre to tackle Covid crisis in district
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Tue, May 25 2021 21:21 IST |
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Chennai, May 25 : Coimbatore South MLA and national president of BJP Mahila Morcha, Vanathi Srinivasan, wrote to Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Tuesday, urging him to constitute a high-level team to assess and assist the Tamil Nadu government in managing the Covid-19 pandemic.
The senior leader said in the letter that Coimbatore district is witnessing an unprecedented spike in Covid cases at more than 4,000 per day, putting a huge strain on the resources of the state.
The oxygen allocation was revised keeping in view the current scenario of active case-loads across various States, and the amendments would be effective from May 25
However, this feature is being enabled only for government COVID Vaccination Centers (CVCs) at present, it said. This feature will not be available for private CVCs and they will have to publish their vaccination schedules exclusively with slots for online appointments. This feature will be used only upon decision of respective states and UT governments. States and UT must decide on opening of on-site registrations/facilitated cohorts registration and appointments for 18-44 years age group based on the local context just as an additional measure to minimize vaccine wastage and for facilitating vaccination of eligible beneficiaries in the age group of 18-44 years, the ministry said in its statement.
3rd Phase of Vaccination covers more than 1 crore in 18-44 age group
India crossed a major landmark with more than 1 crore vaccine doses administered for 18-44 age group under Phase-3 of Vaccination Drive
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India has surpassed a significant milestone by administering more than 1 crore vaccine doses for the 18-44 year group under the 3
rd phase of the vaccination initiative, said the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Monday.
For the 11
th consecutive day, the number of daily COVID recoveries has outnumbered the aggregate of daily new cases. The summative cases are amounting to 1,06,21,235 in India, the highest number being in Rajasthan with 12,17,060 cases. So far India has administered over 19.60 crore doses of vaccination under Phase-3.