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India is heading towards victory against COVID-19.

New Delhi said it plans to inoculate some 300 million people in the first phase of the vaccination exercise, including health-care and other frontline workers.

Updated: Country’s active caseload down to 2.14 lakh Share Article AAA A BBPM health worker collecting a swab sample for COVID-19 test in Bengaluru on Tuesday.   | Photo Credit: Sudhakara Jain Country’s active caseload down to 2.14 lakh The total number of persons found to be positive with the new U.K. variant genome stands at 102, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday and added that India’s active caseload had fallen to 2.14 lakh (2,14,507). “The share of active cases in the total positive cases has shrunk to 2.04%. This is the lowest after 197 days. The total active cases were 2...

The Ministry also said that the COVID-19 vaccination drive scheduled to kick-start from January 16 is a massive country-wide exercise and will use the principles of people’s participation (Jan Bhagidari) and utilise the experience of elections (booth strategy) and the Universal Immunization Program (UIP). The provision for mandatory publication of notice, derived through “simplistic reading” of the particular law, “would invade in the fundamental rights of liberty and privacy, including within its sphere freedom to choose for marriage without interference from state and non-state acto...

New Delhi: India will launch the much-awaited COVID-19 vaccination drive from Jan. 16 as it  is considered to be auspicious because it marks the first day of the sun’s transition into the sun sign Capricon or Makara. This festival is observed each year and is dedicated to the Sun God. The good news came around 5 pm yesterday, when Prime Minister tweeted “On 16th January, India takes a landmark step forward in fighting COVID-19. Starting that day, India’s nationwide vaccination drive begins. Priority will be given to our brave doctors, healthcare workers, frontline workers including Sa...