Over 97.79 crore COVID vaccine doses provided to states, UTs: Centre
India | October 13, 2021 11:23 ISTOver 8.43 cr balance and unutilised vaccine doses are still available with states and UTs to be administered, it said.
Over 8.43 cr balance and unutilised vaccine doses are still available with states and UTs to be administered, it said.
Senior administration officials previewed the new policy late Tuesday on the condition of anonymity to speak ahead of the formal announcement.
IMF chief economist Gita Gopinath on Tuesday said that India is doing well in vaccinating people.
JP Nadda said, "Within 2-4 days, 100 cr vaccinations will be over which is world's largest vaccination program taking place in India. Approximately, 17.5 lakh vaccine doses have been given in Manipur. I congratulate CM N Biren Singh for this."
More than 60 lakh vaccine doses were administered till 7:00 pm today, as per the ministry.
The Prime Minister was responding to a tweet by Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya who had posted a video of health workers carrying the vaccines and navigating a tough terrain, and said their contribution in keeping the country safe will be remembered forever.
Reviewing the progress of COVID vaccination with principal secretaries and mission directors of National Health Mission from all major states, Mandaviya underlined that administering 100 cr doses of COVID vaccine is the immediate milestone in India's inoculation journey.
As per provisional reports, till 7:00 am today, 92,63,68,608 vaccine doses have been administered so far through 90,14,182 sessions.
The company is not accepting any export orders and has diverted supply of 100 mn pieces from an order for UNICEF order to govt from Sept to December 2021.
SII has supplied 20.29 lakh doses of Covishield to Health Ministry in Sept as committed in Aug by Prakash Singh, Director, Govt and Regulatory Affairs at the Pune-based firm.
The daily vaccination tally is expected to increase with the compilation of the final reports for day by late night, the ministry said.
Odisha has about 17 lakh stock of vaccines at present and in the next months, there is an allocation of 70 lakh doses to the state.
As winter approaches, bringing the threat of a new COVID surge, Britain’s light touch is setting it apart from more cautious nations.
Referring to the latest guidelines issued by the UK government that will come into effect on October 4, another UK officials had said that London does not have any problem with the Covishield vaccine but there are certain issues related to vaccine certification in India.
"This is the first such series of 7 modules released in India, providing extensive guidelines for the medical fraternity. This includes a module for healthcare providers to deal with mental health, which is of utmost importance," Mansukh Mandaviya added.
The FDA authorized booster doses for Americans who are 65 and older, younger adults with underlying health conditions and those in jobs that put them at high risk for COVID.
Covaxin production would touch 55 million doses in October as against 35 million in September.
In addition to requiring for nationals to be fully vaccinated, the new international air travel system will acquire other proven disease mitigation strategies, enhanced testing contact tracing and masking.
A bench of Justices D Y Chandrachud and B V Nagarathna issued notice to the Centre on the plea of Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR) and sought its response within two weeks.
For the first time in the last nine months, the number of COVID-19 cases in Gujarat dropped to a single digit in a day on Sunday.
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