UP: Special 'pink' Covid vaccination booths for women to begin functioning from today
India | Jun 07, 2021, 08:28 AM ISTSpecial 'pink booths' will start functioning in Uttar Pradesh from today to encourage women to take Covid vaccine.
Special 'pink booths' will start functioning in Uttar Pradesh from today to encourage women to take Covid vaccine.
The special vaccination drive, which focuses on students who have to leave for foreign countries for their studies in the next two months, is being held under the supervision of the Institute of Preventive Medicine in Hyderabad.
Madhuri Jaiswal, BJP president of Indore's Ward number 58, however, claimed she had only gone to review the centre's working, but could not refuse when one of her supporters brought a cake.
The Kolhapur district administration along with Manorama Infosolutions has developed a communicable disease management solution (CDMS) to tackle the Covid crisis.
More than 1.65 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses are still available with states and union territories, the Union health ministry said on Saturday.
US will donate 75 per cent of its unused Covid-19 vaccine stockpile to the United Nations-led COVAX global vaccine program which has delivered less than 80 million doses so far.
The Serum Institute has applied to the DGCI seeking permission to manufacture Sputnik V.
The COVID-19 vaccine of Biological-E is currently undergoing Phase-3 clinical trial after showing promising results in Phase 1 and 2 clinical trials.
A total of 1,64,42,938 COVID-19 vaccine doses are still available with the states and UTs to be administered, the ministry has said.
Firozabad district administration has ordered that government employees will not receive their salaries unless they are vaccinated.
Under the updated guidance, people who received a first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine may receive Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna for their second dose, unless contraindicated.
Inoculation of beneficiaries in the said age group began on May 1 in Lucknow, Kanpur, Varanasi, Gorakhpur, Prayagraj, Meerut and Bareilly districts, he said.
The cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country has crossed 21.58 crore, the Union health ministry said on Monday. It said that 12,23,596 people in the age group of 18-44 years received their first dose and 13,402 their second dose of Covid vaccine on Monday.
Government could approve single-dose regimen for Covishield after a study to review the impact of its recent decision to extend the doses' interval.
Arvind Kejriwal said Delhi is likely to get a portion of the Sputnik V consignment that will be imported by the firm concerned after June 20.
Earlier, the top court had constituted a 12-member National Task Force to formulate a methodology for the scientific allocation of oxygen to the states and Union territories for saving lives of COVID patients and to facilitate a public health response to the pandemic.
The Centre on Monday told Supreme Court that entire eligible population will be vaccinated against Covid-19 by 2021-end.
As per the COVID vaccination guidelines, four options are available for carrying out the vaccination drive. Several posts were floating on social media regarding vaccination package offered by star hotels in collaboration with private hospitals.
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In May, an additional 21,54,440 doses of Covaxin are to be supplied. This takes the total vaccine supplied and in pipeline till date to 3,11,87,060 doses.
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