Uttarakhand Govt aims to complete COVID vaccination drive by end of 2021
News | September 13, 2021 22:58 ISTUttarakhand Government is aiming to complete the COVID-19 vaccination drive by December end, said State DG (Health) Tripti Bahuguna.
Uttarakhand Government is aiming to complete the COVID-19 vaccination drive by December end, said State DG (Health) Tripti Bahuguna.
The petition sought direction to the Union of India and all states for door to door COVID vaccination of less privileged, disabled, weaker sections of society as they face difficulty in registering themselves on the CoWIN portal.
The special vaccination camps organised at religious places of various faiths in the city have given a major boost to the vaccination drive against Covid-19.
Himachal Pradesh became the first state in India to be 100% vaccinated. Taking to Twitter, PM Modi congratulated the masses in the state and said that the state had set a precedent.
Himachal Pradesh has successfully covered its entire eligible population with the first dose of Covid vaccination. The efforts by the state included geographical prioritization to focus on difficult terrains, initiatives to ensure mass awareness, and door-to-door visits by ASHA workers, among others.
The district has administered 1,00,60,411 vaccines so far, according to the data on CoWIN portal. While 73,05,020 received the first dose, 29,29,128 received both doses.
As many as 30 volunteers including doctors, their family members and others have administered the first dose of the intranasal vaccine.
India on Friday achieved a milestone by administering more than 1 crore Covid vaccine doses in a single day. It is the highest ever vaccination achieved in a single day, the government said on Friday. In addition to this, the total vaccination coverage in the country has surpassed the 62 crore mark.
The camps will be set up at all the major hospitals in the state and a trial camp was launched at the premises of the Directorate of Public Health, Chennai on Saturday.
In a statement issued on Friday, the BMC said 1,60,240 vaccine doses arrived here on Thursday night, comprising 1.5 lakh Covishield and 10,240 Covaxin vaccines.
The Moradabad jail in Uttar Pradesh claims that it has successfully vaccinated all 3300 inmates with at least the first dose of vaccination and about 50 Percent of them received both the doses.
"On July 21, 2021, India had tested 45 cr COVID samples, which reached the 50-cr mark on Aug 18, 2021," the ICMR said.
In his Independence Day speech from the ramparts of the Red Fort, PM Modi said India takes pride in having the world's largest vaccination programme, and over 54 crore people have already taken the COVID vaccines.
As of Saturday morning, Delhi had 6,87,150 coronavirus vaccines in its balance stock, of which, 3,96,110 doses were of Covishield and 2,91,040 of Covaxin, according to the Covid vaccination bulletin issued by the government.
The Food and Drug Administration ruled that transplant recipients and other similarly immune-compromised patients can get a third dose of either the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine.
According to an SBI report, 43 per cent of the eligible population in India stands vaccinated against Covid-19 with the first dose and 12 per cent with the second dose.
The late-night announcement by the Food and Drug Administration applies to several million Americans who are especially vulnerable because of organ transplants, certain cancers or other disorders.
It said that over 3 crore (3,00,58,190) unutilised Covid vaccine doses are still available with the states and Union Territories and private hospitals to be administered.
In a tweet in Hindi, Gandhi said, "July is gone, the vaccine shortage hasn't gone away. #WhereAreVaccines (July chala gaya hai, vaccine ki kami nahin gayi.)"
Over 48.78 crore vaccine doses have been provided to states and UTs so far through all sources and further 68,57,590 doses are in the pipeline.
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