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Guwahati: SOP for COVID Vaccination Centres in Assam: Vaccination against COVID is ongoing in all the districts of Assam, strictly as per the guidelines issued by Government of India from time to time. Further, Assam Government has also procured and distributed vaccine for 18-44 age group in all districts. This order shall come in to force with immediate effect. SOP to Be Followed At Assam Covid-19 Vaccination Centres In order to ensure strict discipline, COVID appropriate behaviour and smooth vaccination process in all Covid Vaccination Centres so that vaccination against COVID in Ass...

Updated: Share Article AAA Alappuzha Municipality in Kerala recently got flak for its suggestion to use an ayurvedic powder for fumigation to contain COVID-19 spread. Now, popular science activists and Ayurveda practitioners are engaged in a debate over the efficacy and scientific validity of that powder even as one more grama panchayat in Thiruvananthapuram district has conducted a similar event. The civic body in Alappuzha had urged all the 50,000 households in its jurisdiction to observe ‘Dhooma Sandhya’ at 6.30 p.m. on May 8 by fumigating their surroundings with the smoke generated fr...

Express News Service KOCHI: Phones are always buzzing at the newly-set up Covid war room in the Kochi Metro building near Jawarharlal Nehru Stadium at Kaloor. More than 50 people, including officials from district administration, doctors, and young volunteers, are monitoring and updating data on the availability of beds and oxygen supply in both government and private hospitals. The war room works round the clock and its members work in two shifts. Eldhose, a post-graduate in social work, has been monitoring and handling patient data  from hospitals in the district for the past six months. A...

Express News Service JHARKHAND:  Malti Kumari, a housewife from Maheshlitti village under Patthargama block in Godda, was like any other women in her village. The difference lay in her rejection of the poverty they were condemned to. In the last two years, she has proved a point: she is trained enough to earn Rs 12,000-15000 every month. Malti is grateful to the Phulo Jhano Saksham Ajivika Sakhi Mandal (PJSASM) which helped her learn to stitch school uniforms. It changed her life making her self-reliant and skilled. The initiative,  started by the district administration in early 2017, aims...

How Bijapur fought acute malnutrition through millets, decentralisation ​ Tue, Apr 6 2021 11:27 IST | ​ 8 Views How Bijapur fought acute malnutrition through millets and decentralisation. Image Source: IANS News How Bijapur fought acute malnutrition through millets and decentralisation. Image Source: IANS News Bijapur, April 6 : The district of Bijapur in Chhattisgarh, around 480 km from state capital Raipur, has been tackling an acute problem of malnutrition for years, especially among children. A region comprising primarily a Scheduled Tribe population, Bijapur saw a malnutrition rate...