On-Site Vaccine Registrations For Health Workers Only At Government Sites: Centre On-Site Vaccine Registrations For Health Workers Only At Government Sites: Centre This move has come after the Centre uncovered instances of vaccination of ineligible beneficiaries in the name of healthcare workers (HCWs) and frontline workers (FLWs) at some Covid-19 vaccine centres.
On-Site Vaccine Registrations For Health Workers Only At Government Sites. (FILE)
New Delhi:
The Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan in a letter on Monday said that on-site registration for health care workers and front line workers will now only be done at government coronavirus vaccination centres and these workers will need to produce original photo identity cards and employment certificates.
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Centre has directed states, UTs to not allow fresh registrations of healthcare and frontline workers for COVID-19 vaccination.
No fresh registrations should be allowed since some ineligible beneficiaries were getting their names enlisted under this category, in violation of rules.
New Delhi: The Centre has directed states and UTs to not allow fresh registrations of healthcare and frontline workers for COVID-19 vaccination, according to a PTI report. No new registrations should be allowed since some ineligible beneficiaries were getting their names enlisted under this category, in violation of rules. Various inputs have been received from different sources that in some of the COVID-19 vaccination centres (CVCs), some ineligible beneficiaries are being registered as HCWs and FLWs and are getting vaccinated in complete violation of the prescribed guidelines, PTI quoted Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan as saying.
COVID scene in eleven States worries Centre
The Central government on Friday said that the coronavirus situation in 11 states/Union Territories is a matter of “serious concern” and urged the Chief Secretaries
| 3 April 2021 1:35 AM GMT
NEW DELHI: The Central government on Friday said that the coronavirus situation in 11 states/Union Territories is a matter of serious concern and urged the Chief Secretaries and Directors General of Police concerned to take appropriate action in this regard.
The directions were given during a review meeting Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba held with Chief Secretaries, DGP and Health Secretaries of Maharashtra, Punjab, Karnataka, Kerala, Chhattisgarh, Chandigarh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Delhi and Haryana.
Centre tells states not to allow fresh registrations of healthcare workers for Covid vaccination
Centre tells states not to allow fresh registrations of healthcare workers for Covid vaccination
Centre on Saturday told states and Union Territories (UTs) that no fresh registrations for Covid-19 vaccination of healthcare workers (HCWs) and frontline workers (FLWs) will be allowed from now on.
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UPDATED: April 4, 2021 10:11 IST
The countrywide vaccination drive was rolled out on January 16 with HCWs getting inoculated and the vaccination of FLWs started from February 2. (PTI)
The Centre on Saturday directed states and Union Territories (UTs) to stop fresh registrations for Covid-19 vaccination of healthcare workers (HCWs) and frontline workers (FLWs) with immediate effect.