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Centre says door-to-door vaccination not possible, favours ‘near-to-door’ system
The Centre told the Bombay High Court on Tuesday that a door-to-door COVID-19 vaccination programme for senior citizens, specially-abled, bed-ridden and wheelchair-bound people is currently not possible, but it has decided to start “near-to-door” inoculation centres.
The Union government in its affidavit filed in the HC said the National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration (NEGVAC) has considered the issue of door-to-door vaccination and opined that “near-to-door” vaccination would be an appropriate solution, and not door-to-door vaccination.
The court noted that almost 25 crore people have been vaccinated in India.
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Give info on anti-fungus drugs allocation: Bombay HC to Centre
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday directed the Union government to submit details of the quantity of anti-fungal drugs allocated to various states for treating Mucormycosis, a rare infection found in recovering or recovered COVID-19 patients.
A bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice GS Kulkarni said it wanted to ascertain whether the Union government was ensuring an “equitable distribution” of drugs based on the number of active cases of Mucormycosis in each state.
In the course of hearing on a plea, the bench suggested the allocation of more quantity of anti-fungal drugs to Maharashtra given the number of Mucormycosis cases reported in the state. The bench said that the central government must give wide publicity to its advisory on preventing and managing Mucormycosis, also called “black fungus”.
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Consignment of Sputnik V vaccine arrives at Chennai airport
A consignment of Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine, said to be the first such one for Tamil Nadu, arrived here by a private airline from Hyderabad on Tuesday. The processing of the shipment at the Chennai airport was completed quickly and it was handed over to a transport agency, airportsources said.
It was taken to a private laboratory at Periyapanicheri in Chennai by vehicle. Later, one box of vaccines was disptached to Coimbatore, sources said.
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Centre places order for 25 cr doses of Covishield, 19 cr of Covaxin
The Centre on Tuesday said that it has placed an order to purchase 25 crores doses of Covishield and 19 crore doses of Covaxin. “Government of India has also placed an order to purchase 30 crore doses of Biological E’s vaccine, which will be available by September,” said Dr VK Paul, Member-Health, Niti Aayog.
These 44 crore doses of Covishield (25 crore doses) & Covaxin (19 crore doses) will be available till December 2021, starting now. Additionally, 30 percent of advance for procurement of both the vaccines has been released to Serum Institute of India & Bharat Biotech, said the Health Ministry.
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33% decline in overall reported cases, says Centre
The Centre on Tuesday said that 86,498 cases have been reported in last 24 hours. “Almost 79% decline in cases, since the highest reported peak in daily new cases. Last week, 33 percent decline was seen in overall reported cases. 322 districts have seen a decline in daily cases in last one month,” said Lav Agrawal, JS, Health Min
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Don’t think we’ll have serious infection in children in future, says Dr Randeep Guleria
“No data, global or Indian, has had any observations of children being affected more. Even in the 2nd wave kids who were infected had mild illness or co-morbidities. I don’t think we will have a serious infection in children in the future,” Dr Randeep Guleria, AIIMS Director said on Tuesday.
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Delhi records 316 new cases today
Delhi on Monday recorded 316 fresh Covid cases and 41 new deaths. According to a health bulletin, the positivity rate in the national capital is now at 0.44 percent.
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Overall recovery increased to 94.3%, says health ministry
Overall recovery has increased to 94.3 percent (both home isolation +medical infrastructure); 6.3 percent overall decrease in positivity from 1 to 7 June. said Lav Aggarwal, Joint Secretary, Health Ministry.
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India see almost 79% decline in daily cases, says Centre
Health Ministry official Lav Agarwal on Tuesday in the briefing today that India reported a peak of Covid-19 cases on 7 May and has seen a decrease in cases since 8 June, and registered the lowest ever daily new cases since 3rd April. “Almost 79% decline in cases since the highest reported count in daily new cases,” he says.
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Andhra to vaccinate mothers with children below 5 years
Andhra Pradesh government says it will vaccinate mothers with children below five years of age, reports ANI.
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— ANI (@ANI) June 8, 2021