A slowdown in the ongoing vaccination drive in Maharashtra, battling a savage surge in COVID-19 cases, will potentially pave the way for a third wave of the infection in the state, health experts warned on Wednesday.
Following the incident, the civic body will issue show-cause notices to five persons, including one doctor and three pharmacists, the official said.
Total vaccination across the country has crossed over 14.5 crore with more than 31 lakh doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered till 8 pm on Monday, the Health Ministry said.
The Kerala government has imposed new restrictions to curb the spread of coronavirus. As per new guidelines, cinema halls, malls, gyms, clubs, sports complexes, swimming pools, entertainment parks and bars have been asked to remain shut, until further orders.
Getting registered on the CoWIN web portal and taking an appointment to get a COVID-19 vaccine jab would be mandatory for those aged between 18 and 45 years as walk-ins will not be allowed initially, official sources said on Sunday.
A lot of health guidelines have been laid down by health experts including strengthening of immunity and how to treat mild to moderate symptoms at home. Apart from this, the government is urging citizens to get vaccinated. Here are all the health updates on COVID-19 that you need to know.
After a tip off was received, a trap was laid and five people were held on Friday night and seven vials of the anti-viral drug were recovered from them.
India has administered 14 crore doses of COVID-19 vaccine in just 99 days, the fastest in the world, the Health Ministry said on Saturday. More than 24 lakh vaccine doses were administered on Saturday till 8 pm, the ministry said.
The total number of vaccinations against COVID-19 has crossed 13.82 crore in the country with more than 27 lakh doses administered till 8 pm on Friday, the health ministry said.
As the second wave of COVID sweeps the country with alarming speed and severity, govt has announced a liberalised and accelerated Phase 3 strategy of COVID vaccination.
Gorakhpur MLA Dr Radha Mohan Das Agrawal made the remarks after SII on Wednesday announced a price of Rs 600 per dose for Covishield supplies to private hospitals and Rs 400 per dose to state govts.
Hearing a plea by Max Healthcare over shortage of medical oxygen for treatment of over 1,400 Covid-19 patients, the Delhi HC has asked the Centre to supply oxygen to six hospitals in Delhi-NCR at any cost.
Bihar government will run a free vaccination drive against coronavirus for people above 18 years of age, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar informed on Wednesday.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi took to Twitter to alleged injustice on the part of the central government and compared the new vaccine policy to demonetisation.
The central government has announced that everyone above 18 years of age will be eligible to get vaccinated against COVID-19 from May 1
Death toll increased to 60,824 with 351 new fatalities. As many as 52,412 patients were discharged from hospitals, taking the number of recovered patients to 31,59,240.
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"Remdesivir is not a life-saving drug in COVID-19. It is to be administered only in the hospital settings," the Health Ministry said in a tweet.
"LoP in Maharashtra Legislative Council and MLC Prasad Lad few days ago went to Daman to meet the officials of Bruck Pharma, requesting them to sell their exportable stock into Maharashtra," Fadnavis said.
Essential services will be allowed during restrictions that will come into effect at 8:00 pm on Saturday night and will remain in place till Monday 7:00 am.
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