3,800 health workers trained for vaccination
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Capital witnesses 677 new COVID-19 cases in 24 hours
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Capital witnesses 677 new COVID-19 cases in 24 hours
The Capital witnessed 677 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of cases to 6,24,795, according to a health bulletin released by the Delhi government on Wednesday.
Also, 21 more deaths have been reported in the past 24 hours, taking the total number of deaths to 10,523. Of the total cases, 6,08,434 people have recovered and there are 5,838 active cases.
Cold chain handling
In another development, the Delhi government has trained over 3,800 healthcare workers for the vaccination drive till now, and will start training of auxiliary nurse midwife (ANMs) for cold chain handling.
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BMC prepares blueprint for COVID-19 vaccine administration, distribution and storage plan ANI | Updated: Dec 22, 2020 11:11 IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 22 (ANI): As India may begin its COVID-19 vaccination drive as early as January 2021, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has prepared a vaccine administration, distribution and storage plan.
The BMC initially aims to train its staff for vaccination by January 7 and around eight BMC hospitals have started preparations for the same. Till now 80 thousand health workers have registered on COVID portal in Mumbai, the BMC informed on Monday.
In order to combat the COVID-19 surge, the Maharashtra government has imposed a night curfew between 11 pm to 6 am in the state in all municipal corporations from December 22, 2020, to January 5, 2021.
Meanwhile, the Pune district administration is also gearing up to vaccinate the front-line workers as soon as the vaccine is made available following government guidelines. According to data available with the district collector office, over 1.10 lakh front-line workers including doctors and Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) workers have been identified for vaccination in the first round of programme. I have held two different meetings with officials and we are ready with required infrastructure as well as facilities to go for the first round of vaccination as soon as the vaccine is made available , said Rajesh Deshmukh, district collector of Pune.