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Ahead of the roll-out of vaccination of people aged between 18 and 45 from May 1, the Centre on Saturday asked states to register additional private vaccination centres and ensure effective crowd management at sites and stressed on inoculation through "only online registration" for beneficiaries in the age bracket. Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan and Empowered Group on Technology and Data Management to Combat COVID-19 chairman R S Sharma held a high-level meeting on Saturday to guide states and union territories on effective implementation of the new vaccination strategy (Phase-3) and...

‘Rope in private sector to augment hospital infrastructure’ April 24, 2021 Centre also guides States on the vaccination strategy from May 1 A comprehensive action plan to augment the existing hospital infrastructure is on the cards, with the States being guided by the Centre. Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan and Empowered Group on Technology and Data Management to combat Covid-19 Chairman RS Sharma chaired a high-level meeting today. They guided the States/UTs on ways to boost hospital infra and effectively implement the new vaccination strategy (Phase-III) from May 1. Under the vac...

Covid-19: What all is being done to resolve oxygen crisis Several hospitals across states are witnessing shortage of oxygen supply, leading to deaths at many places. The Centre, states and the armed forces have stepped up to mitigate the short supply. Here's what they are doing to fight against the Covid crisis. advertisement UPDATED: April 23, 2021 16:01 IST A worker carrying a cylinder filled with medical liquid oxygen in Bengaluru. (Image for representation: PTI) SOS oxygen calls are in the news as the second wave of Covid-19 pandemic infects more and more people, breaking records every da...

Over 330,000 fresh cases reported India reported 332,730 fresh coronavirus infections on Friday, taking the cumulative caseload to 16.2 million, according to central health ministry data. This is also the biggest ever one-day jump in cases reported by any country so far. The country saw 2,263 deaths due to the pandemic, taking the death toll to 186,920. The active caseload is at 2.4 million infections, while the total recoveries have surged to 13.6 million. As many as 135 million shots have been administered since the nationwide inoculation programme kicked off on January 16. Of these, 3.1 m...

Taking  suo motu cognizance of the ‘national health emergency’, the Supreme Court directed the Centre to come up with a feasible plan within 24 hours to address some of the glaring paucities that have been exposed by the lethal second wave of the coronavirus pandemic. The apex court’s energy has, however, caused some dismay. This is perhaps because as many as six high courts were examining — critically — some of the shocking instances of administrative failure; India’s highest court is likely to transfer these issues to itself to avoid ‘confusion’. Clarity is, indeed, a virt...