Updated Mar 03, 2021 | 00:05 IST
The cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country has crossed 1.54 crore today. Representational Image | Photo Credit: IANS
Key Highlights
States/UTs urged to utilise 100% capacities of private hospitals functioning as Covid-19 vaccination centres (CVCs)
Private hospitals not under AB-PMJAY, CGHS and state insurance schemes can also be utilised as CVCs
There is no shortage of vaccines; adequate vaccine doses to be allocated to all hospitals functioning as CVCs
New Delhi: A total of 1,54,61,864 vaccine doses have been given, as per the provisional report till 07:00 pm today. These include 67,32,944 HCWs who have taken the 1st dose and 26,85,665 HCWs who have taken the 2nd dose, 55,47,426FLWs (first dose), 828 FLWs (second dose), 4,34,981 beneficiaries more than 60 years old and 60,020 beneficiaries aged 45 and above with specific co-morbidities.
States/UTs being urged to utilise 100 pc for CVCs
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Centre has told the states witnessing a surge in COVID-19 cases that there s a need for effective testing and comprehensive tracking.
Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba chaired a high-level review meeting with Chief Secretaries of 8 states/UT.
New Delhi: The Centre has told the states witnessing a surge in COVID-19 cases that there s a need for effective testing and comprehensive tracking. The Centre has also directed these states to monitor the mutant strain and clustering of cases for early hotspot identification and control.
The Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba chaired a high-level review meeting with Chief Secretaries of Maharashtra, Punjab, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, Telangana and Jammu and Kashmir. These states/UT have been reporting a high active caseload in the last week.
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New Delhi: Rajesh Bhushan, Union Health Secretary today interacted with Health Secretaries and MDs (NHM) of States and UTs on the vaccination of age-appropriate groups through a video conference (VC) today.
The nationwide COVID-19 Vaccination drive was launched on 16thJanuary, 2021. From this date onwards, Health Care Workers (HCWs) were given the first dose of the COVID vaccine while Front Line Workers (FLWs) were included from 2nd February, 2021. So far, more than 1.5 core vaccinations have been done.
This nationwide vaccination program is now to be exponentially expanded to the following age-groups from 1st March, 2021:
i) all citizens above 60 years of age, and