Covid-19

private Covid-19 vaccination centres are witnessing rush for Covid vaccinations
01 Jul

private Covid-19 vaccination centres are witnessing rush for Covid vaccinations

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The rush for Covid vaccinations, which had lessened a little after the Center expanded the interval between the two doses of Covishield, has multiplied twofold since thousands of patients who had to wait 84 days for the second injection are now clamouring for it. Many private vaccination centres are witnessing a huge jump in the turnout and most of the people queuing up are waiting for the second dose, officials said.  At most private hospitals on Wednesday, people had to wait for two to three hours to get vaccinated because of long queues. Some hospitals said they had to turn…
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Covid Delta variant detected in 96 countries: WHO
01 Jul

Covid Delta variant detected in 96 countries: WHO

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The Delta Covid-19 variant has now been detected in 96 countries, 11 more than last week, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in its latest update. The Delta variant, also referred to as a “double mutant” because it carries two mutations, is 55 per cent more transmissible than the Alpha variant, initially detected in the UK, and will rapidly become the dominant strain of globally, Xinhua news agency quoted the WHO as saying in the update issued on Wednesday. Africa has reported many new outbreaks of the variant as Tunisia, Mozambique, Uganda, Nigeria, and Malawi are among the 11 countries…
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India logs 45,951 new COVID-19 cases, 817 deaths
30 Jun

India logs 45,951 new COVID-19 cases, 817 deaths

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India on Wednesday recorded 45,951 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours. 817 people succumbed to the disease in the last 24 hours. The country crossed the mark of over three crore caseload of Covid on Wednesday. Active cases are now below 8 lakh mark at 5,37,064. Active cases constitute 1.94% of total cases. In the last 24 hours, 60,729 patients recovered from the infection. The total tally of people who have recovered so far from the disease is 2,94,27,330. The recovery rate has increased to 96.75%. 33.28 crore. vaccine doses were administered so far under a nationwide vaccination…
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Nissan India launches ‘COVID 2.0’ campaign
30 Jun

Nissan India launches ‘COVID 2.0’ campaign

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As the country gradually unlocks, Nissan India launches an integrated general awareness and safety campaign with Kapil Dev that aims to educate & empower India against COVID-19 through Cricket, a force that unifies the country. The campaign hopes to amplify the message of safety by urging Indians to come together as the country faces one if its toughest matches yet on health and safety. The 7-video series campaign is available on all digital-led platforms, with a new video going live every third day. Nissan India has chosen the iconic Cricket ambassador of India, Kapil Dev, as the voice of the…
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28 Jun

Maharashtra strengthens COVID-19 restrictions in response to ‘Delta Plus’ variant concerns, signalling the start of the third wave

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The state of Maharashtra has strengthened restrictions with effect from Monday, amid worries of a third wave of coronavirus and cases of its highly virulent 'Delta Plus' form emerging. The new decision will have an impact on places such as Nagpur, Thane, and Pune, which have seen more relaxations than Mumbai, and remains under 'level 3' limitations despite qualifying for 'level 1', it allows all curbs to be withdrawn. The Maharashtra government had announced a'state-level trigger' for placing limits in administrative units regardless of the weekly positive rate or oxygen bed occupancy percentage earlier on Friday. The Maharashtra government implemented…
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25% of youth, 50% of 45+ vaccinated in Delhi
28 Jun

25% of youth, 50% of 45+ vaccinated in Delhi

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25 per cent of the youth in Delhi has been vaccinated with a single dose of Covid-19 vaccine while the primer dose immunisation among the age group of 45+ years has reached 50 per cent. The development has come after a record vaccination of 2,07,559 people was done, out of which more than 1.5 lakh doses were administered to the youth. 73, 29,652 people have been given vaccine doses in Delhi. Of them, more than 56 lakh people have received the first dose and more than 17 lakh people have received both the shots of two-dose regimen Covid-19 vaccines. The…
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COVID-19 vaccines do not cause infertility
26 Jun

COVID-19 vaccines do not cause infertility

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We are soon going to have the world’s first DNA-plasmid vaccine by Zydus Cadilla which has been Made in India. The other vaccine that we can expect soon is Biological E – a protein sub-unit vaccine, informs Dr Narendra Kumar Arora, Chairman of COVID-19 Working Group of the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunization (NTAGI). He further informs that the trials of these vaccines have been quite encouraging. “We are hopeful that this vaccine will be available by September. The Indian m-RNA vaccine which can be stored at temperature 2 – 8 Degree Celsius should also be available by September.…
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India logs 54,069 new COVID-19 cases, 1321 deaths
24 Jun

India logs 54,069 new COVID-19 cases, 1321 deaths

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India’s Covid-19 cases recorded 54,069 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours. In the same time span, 1321 deaths were reported, according to data released by the Union health ministry on Thursday. India crossed the mark of over three crore caseload of Covid on Wednesday. This is the seventh consecutive day in the last two months when the toll has been below the 2,000-mark. The Covid-19 caseload in the country now stands at 3,00,82,778. Active cases are now below 8 lakh mark at 6,27,057. The death toll stands at 3,91,981. It is also the 17th consecutive day when India…
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Ujjain collector tells no vaccine, no salary to the govt staff
23 Jun

Ujjain collector tells no vaccine, no salary to the govt staff

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In a bid to achieve the target of 100 per cent vaccination against COVID-19, on Tuesday , the Ujjain collector Ashish Singh issued an order to this effect tells government staff in Madhya Pradesh that they will not get their salaries from next month until they are not vaccinated. A district official said, the salaries of employees for July will be disbursed only after producing the vaccination certificate. while confirming the order, on Wednesday , Singh told PTI that we are making all the efforts to get the vaccine as soon as possible. Eventhe district treasury officer has been directed to…
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“Vaccines for All-Free for All” programme launched at holy town of Katra
22 Jun

“Vaccines for All-Free for All” programme launched at holy town of Katra

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“Vaccines for All-Free for All” programme launched from the holy town of Katra situated in the lap of Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine, the Minister said it is an occasion for all of us, particularly the youth, to take a pledge to accomplish the world’s largest Free Vaccination Drive initiated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh has called for extending the drive-in Vaccination facility wherein the individual seeking vaccination has the option to drive into the nearest Vaccination centre in his or her own vehicle or transport and receive the jab while sitting in the vehicle itself.…
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