Prime Minister Modi said India is now running the world's largest vaccination campaign and recalled that about 25 million were vaccinated on a single day. "Recently, we vaccinated about 25 million people on a single day. Our grassroots-level healthcare system has delivered over 800 million vaccine doses so far. Over 200 million Indians are now fully vaccinated," he said.
Karnataka Health Minister Dr Sudhakar K on August 19 said that COVID19 has hampered blood and organ donation in the state.
Kerala on Friday recorded more than 20,000 fresh Covid cases for the fourth day with the test positivity rate (TPR) rising to 13.61 per cent. According to state government release, Kerala reported 20,772 positive cases in last the 24 hours, taking the tally of infections in the state to 33,70,137. The death toll increased to 16,701 with 116 new fatalities.
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Mentioning that the second wave of coronavirus is on a downward trajectory at the moment in the country but it is still existent in a limited way, in some areas, the Union Health Ministry on Tuesday said gross violations of Covid-19 appropriate behaviour can nullify the gains so far. Referring to the massive footfall of people in hill stations, Health Ministry Joint Secretary Lav Agarwal on Tuesday stated that people travelling to hill stations are not following COVID-appropriate behaviour. We can nullify the ease in restrictions again if protocols not complied with.
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In his monthly Mann ki Baat broadcast, Modi hailed the feat of most vaccination doses administered in a single day on June 21 at the start of the new phase of inoculation under which all adults are being given free jabs.
Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday released a white paper on Covid-19, saying the purpose of the document is not to point finger at government. Addressing the media, Rahul said that the white paper is aimed at helping the nation to prepare for the third wave of infection. "The aim of this white paper on COVID19 is not finger-pointing at the government but to help the nation prepare for the third wave of infection. The whole country knows that a third wave will strike," he said.
Continuing the downward trend in the new cases of coronavirus infections, India reported 59,958 new Covid-19 cases, records 2,732 deaths in 24 hours.
Delhi on Saturday reported 213 new coronavirus cases, the lowest in over three months. With this, the tally of COVID-19 cases in the national capital has reached over 14.30 lakh, while the death toll mounted to 24,800. As many as 28 fatalities have been recorded in the last 24 hours, according to the latest bulletin issued by the Delhi health department. The COVID-19 positivity rate in the national capital stood at 0.30 percent.
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Rajasthan Health Minister Dr Raghu Sharma informed that vaccination in the state has been halted since May 31. He further said that next batch of vaccines will arrive on June 09.
In his address to nation PM Modi primarily focused on India's new vaccine strategy. He said the Centre, after observing developments during the deadly second wave of infections, has decided to once again take charge of procuring vaccines and will provide them to the States. He added that those in the 18-44 age group will henceforth get their doses free.
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Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar on Sunday conducted an inspection at a hotel in suburban Andheri and found several Covid-19 vaccines stored in a normal fridge, in violation of the laid down norms.
India reports 2,11,298 new COVID-19 cases, 2,83,135 discharges & 3,847 deaths in last 24 hrs, as per Health Ministry
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal inaugurated a drive-in COVID19 vaccination centre at Vegas Mall in Sector 12 of Dwarka today.
Rejecting the allegation that the government failed to effectively tackle the Covid pandemic in the state, CM Capt Amarinder Singh urged the Bhartiya Kisan Union not to go ahead with its proposed dharna, which he said could turn into a superspreader of the contagion.
Mumbai Police will soon have a team of 300 personnel named 'Super Savers' to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. They'll be trained by National Institute of Public Health Training and Research (NIPHTR) to enable them to deal with medical emergencies and provide help to hospitals and medical staff.
There are More than 1 lakh active cases in 13 states, 50,000 to 1 lakh active cases in 6 states and less than 50,000 active cases in 17 states, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare informed on Tuesday.
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