New Zealand secured 7.6 mn doses of AstraZeneca vaccine, enough for 3.8 mn people, through an advance purchase agreement with the company last year, Acting Minister for Covid Response Ayesha Verrall said in a statement.
The travel restriction, imposed by the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), will be applicable from August 1 on unvaccinated people of over 18 years of age.
Deputy CM Pawar said the government was mulling an extension of the timings of shops and restaurants from the current deadline of 4 pm. He said a decision on granting relaxations on the weekends is likely next week.
Other key demands of the protest included safely conducting examinations, compensating for the lost academic year of the students and focusing on the future course.
Before taking the decision of taking the vaccine it is advisable that pregnant women should talk to their gynaecologist and take their opinion whether they should take their vaccine shot or not and if yes, then which vaccine.
"The corona vaccine will be given on a priority basis to teachers and non-teaching staff of all government, aided and unaided private schools in the state for the early re-opening of schools keeping the future of children in mind," Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar said
Achieving a significant milestone on the 185th day of the inoculation drive against COVID-19, the total number vaccine doses administered in the country has gone past the 41-crore mark, the Union Health Ministry said.
"India's cumulative COVID vaccination coverage has surpassed 40 crore (40,44,67,526)," according to a provisional report compiled at 7 pm.
Apart from Delhi, few other states such as Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha are also experiencing a vaccine shortage.
The Centre had informed the states on June 19 about how many doses of the vaccine would be made available to them in July, the Health Minister said.
So far, a total of 15,54,026 beneficiaries have received Covid vaccine including 18,453 on Saturday.
Guterres made remarks while virtually addressing 3rd meeting of G20 finance ministers and central bank governors, which was being held in Venice, Italy, reports Xinhua news agency.
Maharashtra Cabinet Minister Nawab Malik, on July 09, informed that due to shortage of vaccines, many centres in Mumbai are shut and to overcome this situation, the Centre should chart a plan.
Over 38.18 crore vaccine doses have been provided to states and UTs so far through all sources and a further 23,80,080 doses are in the pipeline.
India reported 45,892 new COVID cases in last 24 hours. 817 deaths also reported in the same duration taking overall toll to 4,05,028.
HealthifyMe has opened vaccine slot bookings on its app and website HealthifyMe.com.
So far, the zoo has vaccinated tigers, grizzly and black bears, mountain lions and ferrets, the report said.
A 70-year-old retired Auxiliary Nurse Midwife (ANM) Basanti Devi has vaccinated over 500 people in Mayurbhanj.
People who have been fully vaccinated can be exempted from the EU entry ban, unless they are travelling from a country that has been designated as a very high-risk area due to the presence of a variant of concern.
Asserting that when some countries cannot vaccinate, it's a threat to all countries, WHO chief Ghebreyesus called for a global effort to vaccinate at least 10 per cent of the population of every country by September.
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