‘Tika Utsav’ | Three States administered more than one crore vaccinations
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April 15, 2021 14:17 IST
‘Tika Utsav’ saw many Workplace Vaccination Centres (CVCs) operational across private and public work places, the Ministry said.
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On an average 45,000 COVID-19 Vaccination Centres (CVCs) used to be functional on any given day. | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma
‘Tika Utsav’ saw many Workplace Vaccination Centres (CVCs) operational across private and public work places, the Ministry said. Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh administered more than one crore COVID-19 vaccinations during the four-day ‘Tika Utsav’, the Health Ministry said on April 15.
The vaccination festival from April 11-14 saw intense vaccination activity with 29,33,418 doses being given on April 11, and another 40,04,521 jabs administered the next day, the Ministry said. The corresponding figure for 13th and 14th April stands at 26,46,528 and 33,13,84
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Maharashtra, Delhi, Chhattisgarh and Gujarat saw the most fatalities
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A healthcare worker checks the temperature of a rice mill worker during a coronavirus disease vaccination drive at Bavla village on the outskirts of Ahmedabad on April 13, 2021.
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Maharashtra, Delhi, Chhattisgarh and Gujarat saw the most fatalities
India registered 1,99,376 new COVID-19 cases on April 14. As many as 1,037 deaths were also recorded on the day as of data updated at 12.24 a.m. IST on April 15.
The figures do not include cases and deaths from Ladakh. The data is sourced from covid19india.org, an independent aggregator of daily COVID-19 figures.
Coronavirus | Mutations found in Maharashtra samples, says Uddhav Thackeray
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April 14, 2021 23:48 IST
Administration on a war footing to make oxygen available at medical facilities, says Maharashtra Chief Minister
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Administration on a war footing to make oxygen available at medical facilities, says Maharashtra Chief Minister
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday said mutations of the novel coronavirus had been found in a number of samples and the administration was on a war footing to make oxygen available at medical facilities across the State.
“Several samples have revealed mutations of the virus. The rate of infection is much higher than last year, with many among the younger generation now getting infected. Reining in the contagion will be even more challenging this year and all restrictions announced by the government must be strictly enforced
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The 4-day drive was organised to accelerate vaccination
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A health worker prepares to administer COVID-19 vaccine in Visakhapatnam on April 14, 2021. Vaccinations tend to pick up during the middle of the week, the CoWin portal shows.
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The 4-day drive was organised to accelerate vaccination
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s exhortation to Indians to commemorate ‘Tika Utsav’ by encouraging COVID-19 vaccination has elicited a middling response with only 11.4 million vaccines administered from April 11 to 14, data from the CoWin website show.
Concomitant with a slew of festivals that mark these days, the aim was to accelerate vaccinations.