Uddhav Thackeray writes to PM Modi: Lower age group eligible for COVID vaccination to 25 years
Mirror Online / Updated: Apr 5, 2021, 21:16 IST
PM
Narendra Modi is likely to hold a meeting with the Chief Ministers of States and Union Territories on Thursday
Amid rising
Maharashtra Chief Minister
Uddhav Thackeray on Monday wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and urged him to further lower the age group eligible for
vaccination to 25.
Maharashtra and
Mumbai have seen a massive spike in new COVID cases with eight of ten districts with active cases from the state. I am grateful to you for taking into consideration the request of lowering the age group to 45 in the consultative video call held by your kind self with the Chief Ministers of various States from India, on my humble request. I further request you to lower it to 25, as the states facing the surge are having to place curbs to safeguard the lives of the population. However, if a larger number of our youn
In a meeting with Chief Ministers of states and UTs on March 17, the Prime Minister had said that India needs to take quick and decisive steps soon to stop an emerging second peak of Covid-19 infections
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The Union health secretary has asked the Delhi government to check irregularities in the identification of Covid vaccination beneficiaries below the age of 45. The Union health ministry has written to the principal secretary (health), Delhi, to draw attention to irregularities in the identification of Covid vaccination beneficiaries below the age of 45 by some private Covid vaccination centres (CVCs).
PM to meet CMs on Thursday to discuss Covid resurgence
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Modi speech with Matua Community in Bangladesh. Image Source: IANS News
New Delhi, April 5 : As India s daily Covid tally secured highest position in the world, surpassing Brazil and the United States, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be holding a meeting with the Chief Ministers of states and Union Territories on Thursday, sources said on Monday.
The meeting is scheduled to be organised at 6.30 p.m. on Thursday as India has been reporting an average of 78,489 Covid-19 cases a report based on 7-day moving average to visualise the number of new cases of the pandemic.
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GUWAHATI: Based on Centre s instruction to states, Assam health and family welfare department on Monday wrote to districts to immediately discontinue new registration of healthcare workers (HCW) and front line workers (FLW) for Covid-19 vaccination, after giving ample chance to get them inoculated since January.
However, those registered already, will get vaccinated, informed immunization spokesperson and director of health services (family welfare), Assam, Munindra Nath Ngatey.
According to health sources, a considerable number of Anganwadi workers (frontline workers) have been left out from the vaccination drive, as daily Covid cases on Monday touched 70 in Assam- highest in the last several weeks. Two more Covid related deaths were reported in the last 24 hours.