The Centre recently said that over two billion doses will be made available in the country in five months between August and December. but how this will be done, watch report.
Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Saturday said that India will have 51.6 crore Covid-19 vaccine doses by July end including the 18 crore doses already administered.
Stating that the country is fighting an invisible enemy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the government is working in war-footing mode to fight the second wave of COVID-19 and expressed confidence in winning the battle. Addressing a video conference on PM-KISAN scheme, the Prime Minister said 18 crore doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been given so far and the government is making efforts to ensure that people get vaccinated at a fast pace.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be interacting with District Magistrates (DMs) of regions having high Covid caseload, as country fights the second wave of coronavirus. The meeting will be held on May 18 and 20, with DMs of 46 districts across 9 states and 54 districts across 10 states respectively. During these interactions, chief ministers of respective states will also be present in the meetings, government sources said on Thursday.
The PM-CARES Fund has sanctioned the procurement of 1.5 lakh units of Oxycare System at a cost of Rs 322.5 crore. 5 crore from the PM-CARES Fund to help in the treatment of COVID-19 patients.
Many countries have come forward to help India by providing assistance in critical oxygen-related supplies as also in the form of rapid testing kits, masks, PPE kits, etc amid Covid Crisis.
As part of the ongoing Operation 'Samudra Setu II’ to support the nation’s fight against COVID-19, Indian Naval Ship Kolkata arrived at New Mangalore, INS Trikand entered Mumbai and INS Airavat arrived in Visakhapatnam today.
Delhi Health Department says it has vaccinated 2,75,540 people of 18-44 age group so far and has a stock of 2,74,460 vaccine doses for the age group.
Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) on May 08 approved emergency use DRDO's anti-COVID drug which the agency said will be helpful in faster recovery of hospitalised patients. While speaking to ANI, Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences (INMAS-DRDO) scientists spoken about drug 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG). The drug will be of immense benefit to the people suffering from COVID-19.
The Delhi Police on Friday raided a restaurant in the Khan Market area of the national capital and recovered nine oxygen concentrators that were to be sold in the black market at exhorbitant prices. According to police, the recovery was made during a follow-up raid a day after more than 400 oxygen concentrators were recovered from a restaurant in Lodhi Colony.
As India battles the second wave of coronavirus, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that country's armed forces have left no stone unturned in strengthening the fight against Covid-19. PM Modi's remarks have come after Defence Minister Rajnath Singh shared an article on how armed forces were helping fighting the pandemic.
The two medical oxygen plants have been installed at AIIMS and Ram Manohar Lohia hospital in the national capital with PM-CARES fund and will start supplying oxygen to these medical facilities by this evening, the Union Health Ministry said on Wednesday.
India on Tuesday reported 357,229 new Covid-19 cases in a single day to take its total caseload to 20,282,833. And, with 3,449 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 222,408.
The fight with coronavirus has been going on all over the world but in India the matter remains quite sensitive. People of all age groups dying endlessly, shortage of oxygen cylinders, hospital beds, Remdesivir injections are the problems being faced by the citizens. watch special report on PM Modi's WAR Plan against Covid-19 pandemic?
Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Sis Ganj Gurudwara in Delhi and offered prayers on the 400th birth anniversary of Guru Teg Bahadur.
The Council of Ministers met on friday and discuss the situation arising out of the second wave of COVID in the country . The meeting, held through video conferencing, was chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi & attended by Ministers as well Principal Secretary to PM, Cabinet Secretary.
Covid-19 vaccination drive for those above 18 will not begin on May 1 in Maharashtra, state Health Minister Rajesh Tope said. The government will, however, provide vaccine free of cost to all in the state. The decision was taken during a Cabinet meeting presided over by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray video video-conferencing on Wednesday.
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The first consignment of aid left the UK on Sunday and is due to arrive in India on Tuesday. Further shipments will take place later in the week. The aid includes 495 oxygen concentrators - which can extract oxygen from the air when hospital oxygen systems have run out - as well as 120 non-invasive ventilators and 20 manual ventilators.
As many as 551 dedicated pressure swing Adsorption (PSA) medical oxygen generation plants will be set up inside public health facilities across the country to boost availability of the life-saving gas amid its shortage in several states battling the COVID-19 surge.
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