COVID: Delhi govt allows walk-in vaccination for people above 45 years
India | May 13, 2021 22:13 ISTThe decision was taken after Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia chaired a review meeting on the ongoing vaccination drive in the city.
The decision was taken after Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia chaired a review meeting on the ongoing vaccination drive in the city.
The Centre has said that over two billion doses will be made available in the country in five months between August and December, enough to vaccinate the entire population.
If these conditions apply, the strategy could prevent between 47 and 26 deaths per 100,000 people, respectively, the study noted.
Bharat Biotech co-founder and Joint MD Suchitra Ella tweeted this on Wednesday amid reports of some states voicing their unhappiness over supplies.
Addressing a press conference, BJP MP Meenakashi Lekhi said, "The Delhi government has not increased its ICU bed capacity. Also, it did not buy any new ventilator in the last one year. Only the ventilators sent through the PM-CARES fund are being used in the city. Oxygen cylinders are being found at AAP leaders' houses."
The Aam Aadmi Party leader urged the Centre to replenish Covaxin and Covishield stocks and said otherwise "we will have no option but to stop vaccination drive".
Over 2,600 people between 18-44 years got vaccinated for COVID-19 in Gautam Buddh Nagar on Monday, as the inoculation for the age category officially began in the western Uttar Pradesh district.
In a letter to Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, he requested the Centre to direct the Serum Institute of India and Bharat Biotech to increase monthly supplies of Covid vaccines to Delhi to 60 lakh doses for the next three months.
She said Delhi currently has 4.65 lakh doses of coronavirus vaccines available for those above 45, and healthcare and frontline workers, while 2.74 lakh doses are available for the 18-44 age category.
A total of 46,61,960 Covid vaccine doses will be received in addition by the States and UTs within the next 3 days, Union Health Ministry said on Sunday.
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COVID-19 vaccines for people in the 18-44 age group in Bengaluru, which has almost half the number of cases and deaths in Karnataka, would be available from May10
According to Delhi government's health bulletin, 1,14,657 beneficiaries were vaccinated in the last 24 hours, of which 80,306 received their first dose.
The AAI, which works under the Civil Aviation Ministry, owns and manages over 100 airports across India.
Namrata Shirodkar lauded the drive-in vaccination centres in Bhopal and Mumbai, saying it is a super cool initiative that will help senior citizens and the differently-abled to get their vaccines.
The decision was taken at a meeting chaired by the chief minister on Tuesday, officials said.
In a letter to Air India's Director of Operations RS Sandhu, ICPA said, "With no healthcare support to the flying crew, no insurance, and a massive opportunistic pay cut, we are in no position to continue risking the lives of our pilots without vaccination."
The Supreme Court has directed the Centre to revisit its COVID-19 vaccine pricing policy.
Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina has assured that her government will procure COVID-19 vaccines at any cost, and has also allocated financial help for marginalized families.
Nearly three-quarters of a million appointments were made on Monday and Tuesday as the National Health Service (NHS) began by first inviting 44-year olds followed by people aged 42 and 43 by text.
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