COVID-19 vaccination: MHA asks states to prosecute people for vaccine safety rumours
In a letter to chief secretaries of all states and UT, Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla advised them to take penal action against those who are found to be involved in dissemination of wrong and ill-informed rumours regarding safety and immunogenicity of the COVID-19 vaccine candidates
BusinessToday.In | January 25, 2021 | Updated 21:36 IST
COVID-19 vaccination drive was launched on January 16
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has asked state governments to check the spread of misinformation regarding safety and immunogenicity of the COVID-19 vaccine candidates and advised them to take penal action against those who are found to be involved in dissemination of wrong and ill-informed rumours.
EC officials to visit poll bound Assam today
India
Published: Monday, January 18, 2021, 10:52 [IST]
New Delhi, Jan 18: Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora along with Election Commissioners Sushil Chandra and Rajiv Kumar will visit Assam and West Bengal beginning Monday to take stock of preparations for assembly polls to be held in the next few months.
The commission would reach Guwahati on Monday evening and leave for Kolkata on January 20 evening according to the programme decided last week, official sources said.
Deputy Election Commissioner Sudip Jain was in West Bengal last week to meet officials. This was Jain s second visit to West Bengal.
Can Use Data For Vaccine Drive, Delete Later, Says Election Body: Report Can Use Data For Vaccine Drive, Delete Later, Says Election Body: Report Some senior Election Commission officials will be in touch with nodal officers of the Union home ministry and the Union health ministry to settle day-to-day issues, the sources said.
The cost of vaccination of healthcare and frontline workers will be borne by the central government.
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New Delhi:
The Election Commission will extend full assistance to the government in identifying targeted beneficiaries at the polling station level for the COVID-19 vaccination drive, but wants health authorities to delete the data once the inoculation exercise is over, sources privy to the development said on Friday.
Read more about EC nod to use its data for vaccination drive; wants data deleted later on Business Standard. The Election Commission wants health authorities to delete the data once the inoculation exercise is over, sources privy to the development said on Friday