The court said the state or municipal authorities must be a part of, or have information of all such private vaccination camps being organised by housing societies and offices to ensure citizens do not suffer.
Once cabinet approves, 12-15-year-olds will become eligible for vaccination towards the end of the year, after older groups have had their turn.
Even as claims were galore that getting Covid-19 vaccine could cause infertility in men and women, the Union Health Ministry on Monday said that there was no scientific evidence to support them. It said that getting inoculated was safe and effective.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said the "record-breaking" vaccination numbers were "gladdening" as the country suceeded in administering more than 80 lakh vaccine doses on the first day of the revised guidelines.
When India started its COVID-19 vaccination drive in January, not many would have imagined that a jab could not just protect them against the deadly disease but also get them a discount on their favourite food, ensure extra savings on groceries and even a higher rate of interest on bank deposits.
After taking the first dose, the man was under observation for 30 minutes during which a nurse erroneously administered another dose of the vaccine to him.
The PM had taken an important decision that the Centre will provide free of cost vaccination to those aged 18 and above, Shah said.
The DMRC is already conducting an awareness campaign at various project sites to tell the benefits of vaccination to workers.
India will provide free coronavirus vaccine to states for inoculation of all above the age of 18 from Monday, June 21. The decision was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a national address on June 7.
The Assam government has set a target of administering COVID-19 vaccines to three lakh people daily from Monday for the next 10 days, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Saturday.
The study, published on Thursday in the journal JAMA, recruited 45 healthy male volunteers aged 18 to 50 years scheduled for mRNA COVID-19 vaccination by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna.
As per a release issued by Raj Bhavan, while taking a district-wise appraisal of the COVID situation, the Lt Governor took note of the decrease in positivity rate across the districts.
Wastage of both Covishield and Covaxin has been brought down drastically over the past two and a half months to under 1 per cent, as per the health department data of June 12, 2021.
More than 2.58 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses are still available with the states and UTs and over 19,95,770 doses are in the pipeline, the Union Health Ministry said.
Lt Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan on Friday said Puducherry did not have a shortage or lack of vaccines to cover all the eligible people in the fight against COVID-19.
The presentation made by the health department at the meet portrayed possible scenarios in case a fresh wave of the infection hits Maharashtra.
The fresh supplies are meant for those in the 18 years and above age group. Of the 2,35,500 doses made available to the Delhi government, 62,160 were of Covaxin and 1,73,340 of Covishield.
The Army says that that it wants to continue the recruitment of Nepali youths both male and female in a bid to widen the scope for the youngsters.
The supply price of Bharat Biotech''s COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin to the central government at Rs 150 per dose is not sustainable in the long run, the vaccine maker said on Tuesday.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday urged everyone to follow safety rules and get vaccinated saying no one is safe till the time everyone is.
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