A vendor sells toys near a coronavirus effigy in Kolkata (Source: PTI)
India reported 18,855 new Covid-19 cases about
7,000 infections more than the previous day taking the overall tally to 1,07,20,048, according to the Union Health Ministry on Friday. The death toll climbed to 1,54,010, with 163 more fatalities. On Thursday, the country recorded 11,666 infections and 123 deaths.
The number of recoveries has surged to 1,03,94,352, pushing the national recovery rate to 96.96 per cent, while the case fatality rate stands at 1.44 per cent.
The number of active coronavirus cases in the country also dropped to 1,71,686, constituting 1.60 per cent of the total infection count, the Health Ministry data showed. The number of active cases has now remained below 2 lakh for the 10th consecutive day.
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The government has been urging healthcare workers, including doctors and nurses, not to hesitate to get vaccinated against COVID-19, stressing that it is their social responsibility to get inoculated.
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Rajesh Bhushan said the number of people vaccinated against COVID-19 in India since the nationwide vaccination drive was rolled out had reached 25,07,556 on Thursday.
New Delhi: The Union health ministry has issued detailed guidelines to the states and Union territories to ensure that there is no wastage of COVID-19 vaccines and for that purpose, the vaccinators at the session sites have been allowed to add additional beneficiaries, apart from the 100 scheduled for the day, in case they do not turn up.
Over 25 lakhs beneficiaries vaccinated against COVID-19 in India
Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said India was the fastest to reach the first 1 million vaccinations.`
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Updated: Jan 28, 2021, 06:56 PM IST
As many as 25,07,556 beneficiaries have been vaccinated for COVID-19 till 2 pm on Thursday across the country, Union Health Ministry informed on Thursday.
In the press briefing, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan informed that there is an increase in COVID-19 vaccination sessions per day. On January 16 when vaccination session started, 3,374 sessions were organised which has increased to 7,764 sessions on January 26. By January 16, over two lakh beneficiaries were vaccinated, but today, the number of beneficiaries has crossed 25 lakhs, he said.
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“India was the fastest country to reach 1 million COVID-19 vaccinations in six days.”
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A vaccinator administering Covishield vaccine to a doctor, at Hamidia Hospital in Bhopal on Thursday. | Photo Credit:
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“India was the fastest country to reach 1 million COVID-19 vaccinations in six days.” India has carried out the fifth highest number of COVID-19 vaccinations by inoculating 2.03 million people till January 26, the Health Ministry said, stressing the number of beneficiaries who have received the shots has crossed 25 lakh till Thursday afternoon. Addressing a press conference, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said that India was the fastest country to reach 1 million COVID-19 vaccinations in six days, while the U.S. took 10 days, Spain 12, Israel 14, the UK 18, Italy 19, Germany 20 and UAE 27 days.
Health ministry directs states, union territories to ensure no wastage of COVID-19 vaccine
Health ministry directs states, union territories to ensure no wastage of COVID-19 vaccine
ANI / Updated: Jan 28, 2021, 19:50 IST
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New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry on Thursday directed all states and Union Territories (UTs) to ensure that there is no wastage of
COVID-19 vaccines as vaccinators at the session sites can add more people or beneficiaries apart from targeted 100 beneficiaries in a day at a particular vaccination site . When we started the COVID-19 vaccination programme, we had factored in at 10 per cent wastage across the country. We have issued very detailed guidelines to the states and UTs about how to avoid wastage of vaccines. We have made our digital platform more flexible and we have permitted that apart from the schedule hundred people, the person who is handling the vaccination session at a particular site can add additional people as long as