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2,24,301 beneficiaries given COVID-19 vaccine so far; 447 cases of adverse effect reported: Govt
Addressing a press briefing, the ministry”s Additional Secretary Manohar Agnani said out of the 447 adverse events following immunisation, only three required hospitalisation
Metropolis Healthcare to acquire Hitech Diagnostic Centre in a cash, stock deal
By the acquisition, Metropolis will get an access to 31 laboratories, including three NABL- and ICMR-accredited laboratories and 68 collection centres of Hitech. The acquisition is expected to be completed within three months, it added.
Metropolis Healthcare Managing Director Ameera Shah said, “In line with the strategy to grow, gain market share and increase B2C (business-to-consumer) revenues in focus cities, we are acquiring Hitech Diagnostic Centre which will strengthen our leadership position in the South India market.”
Vaccination: ”Wait and watch” approach, CoWin app snags blamed for 53 pc turnout in Delhi on Day 1
“There is a little bit of apprehension (about the vaccine). Also, people in India adopt a ”wait and watch” approach in important matters, be it purchasing a new car or an appliance. People consider the experiences of others before taking a call,” B L Sherwal, Medical Director of Rajiv Gandhi Super Specialty Hospital, said.
India kicks off ‘world’s largest’ vaccination campaign
India, the world’s most populous country after China, has said it may not need to vaccinate all of its 1.35 billion people to create herd immunity. Still, covering even half its population will make it one of the largest immunisation programmes in the world, even if countries like the United States were to vaccinate every resident.
EC nod to use its data for Covid vaccination drive; wants data to be deleted after exercise is over
On December 31 last year, Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla wrote to Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora requesting the commission’s help in identifying people above 50 years of age at the polling station level, the sources said.
On the issue of data security, the home secretary wrote that the government is complying with the current best practices for ensuring cybersecurity.
Twelve identity documents, such as Voter ID, Aadhaar card, driving license, passport, and pension document, will be required for beneficiary identification.
Covid-19 Vaccine:One ‘severe’, 51 ‘minor’ cases of adverse events reportedin Delhi
According to World Health Organisation (WHO), any untoward medical occurrence which follows immunisation and does not necessarily have a causal relationship with the usage of the vaccine, is known as AEFI.
The COVID-19 vaccination trial, has been temporarily halted in Maharashtra until January 18 due to technical issues with the CO-WIN app..
The Odisha government said it would pause the first phase of the COVID-19 vaccination drive for a day.
Govt nod to vehicle scrappage policy likely soon: Nitin Gadkari
“We have submitted the proposal and I am expecting that we will get approval as early as possible for the scrapping policy,” the Road Transport and Highways Minister said.
The policy is for scrapping of vehicles which are more that 15 years old and includes cars, trucks and buses, the Minister said addressing the “Atmanirbhar Bharat Innovation Challenge 2020-21” event.
Pregnant, lactating women should not be administered Covid-19 vaccine at this time: Health ministry
“Interchangeability of Covid-19 vaccines is not permitted. The second dose should also be of the same Covid-19 vaccine which was administered as the first dose,” the letter written by Manohar Agnani, Additional Secretary, Union health ministry said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off India’s Covid-19 vaccination drive at 10.30am on January 16 with 3,006 sites where the roll-out will get under way virtually connected during the launch. The Co-WIN IT platform that will track the drive from back-end to beneficiaries is also likely to be activated with its use initially limited to central and state governments.
A dedicated 24×7 call centre — 1075 — has also been established for addressing queries related to the Covid-19 pandemic, vaccine rollout and the Co-WIN software, said an official release. “Around 100 beneficiaries will be vaccinated at each session site on the inaugural day,” the government said on Thursday.
WhatsApp scrambles as users in big Indian market fret over privacy
Though WhatsApp has yet to see mass uninstalls of its app in India, users concerned about privacy are increasingly downloading rival apps such as Signal and Telegram, research firms say, propelling them higher on the download charts and putting those apps ahead of their ubiquitous rival in India for the first time.
India’s new Covid-19 cases per million population in last 7 days among lowest in the world: Health ministry
“New cases per million population in India in the last seven days are 87. It is one of the lowest in the world. The number is significantly low when compared with countries like Russia, Germany, Brazil, France, Italy, USA and UK,” the ministry highlighted.
“The gap between Covid-19 recoveries and active cases is steadily increasing and has crossed 99 lakh and currently stands at 99,49,711,” the ministry underlined.