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27 Apr

Covaxin gets DCGI approval for 6-12 age group, Corbevax for 5-12 year olds

The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) on Tuesday gave emergency use authorisation of two anti-coronavirus vaccines in children aged between 5 years and 12 years old.

While Biological E’s ‘Corbevax’ has been approved for the age group of 5 to 12 years, Bharat Biotech’s ‘Covaxin’ has been approved for the age group of 6 to 12 years.

DCGI also approved emergency use authorization for ZyCoV-D vaccine for children above the age of 12 years.

India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 188.19 Cr (1,88,19,40,971) as per the updated data of the Health Ministry, till 7 am on Wednesday.

COVID-19 vaccination for the age group 12-14 years was started on 16 March, 2022. So far, more than 2.75 Cr (2,75,34,619) adolescents have been administered with the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine.

Similarly, the COVID-19 precaution dose administration for the age group 18-59 years also started from 10th April, 2022 onwards. 5,17,547 precaution doses have been administered in age group 18-59 years so far.

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08 Apr

Covid booster dose for all adults from Sunday at private vaccine centres: Health Ministry

On Friday the government announced that precaution doses of COVID vaccines will be made available to all adults at private vaccination centres from 10th April (Sunday).

A statement from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said, “The administration of Precaution Dose to 18+ population through Private Vaccination Centres would start from 10th April (Sunday), 2022.”

According to the statement people all those who are more than 18 years of age and have completed 9 months after the administration of second dose, would be eligible for Precaution Dose. This facility would be available in all Private Vaccination Centres.

India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 185.38 Cr (1,85,38,88,663) as per provisional reports till 7 am on Friday.

Precaution dose have been given to 2,40,48,124 people so far. Of these, 45,15,341were given to healthcare workers, 69,77,654 to frontline workers and 1,25,55,129 to people above the age of 60 years.

COVID-19 vaccination for the age group 12-14 years was started on 16 March, 2022. So far, more than 2.11 Cr (2,11,28,977) adolescents have been administered with the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine.

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06 Apr

Over 2 crore children 12-14 years age-group administered Covid vaccine first dose: Mansukh Mandaviya

Over 2 crore children have been administered the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, informed Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Wednesday. He congratulated all children who got vaccinated and said that Another golden feather is added to the world’s largest vaccination drive.

“Another golden feather in the cap of world’s largest & most successful vaccination drive! Over 2,00,00,000 children between 12-14 age group have received 1st dose of #COVID19 vaccine. Congratulations to all my young friends who got vaccinated,” tweeted Mansukh Madaviya.

COVID-19 vaccination for the age group 12-14 years was started on 16 March, 2022.

India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 185.04 Cr (1,85,04,11,569) as per provisional reports till 7 am Wednesday.

More than 2.37 crore (2,37,72,909) precaution doses have been administered to healthcare workers, frontline workers and those aged above 60 so far, the ministry said.

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04 Apr

India’s daily COVID cases fall below 1000 mark after 715 days

In another significant development, following a continuous downward trend, India’s daily new cases reported on Monday morning (913) have declined below 1,000 mark after 715 days. Last time daily new COVID cases were below 1,000 mark was on 18th April 2020.

In another significant development, India’s active caseload (12,597) on Monday has declined to less than 13,000 mark after 714 days. Active cases now constitute 0.03% of the country’s total Positive Cases. The caseload was 12,974 Active Cases on 18th April 2020.

Consequently, India’s recovery rate stands at 98.76%. 1,316 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours and the cumulative tally of recovered patients (since the beginning of the pandemic) is now at 4,24,95,089. Daily deaths reported are less than 10 today.

There has been a sustained fall in the weekly and daily Positivity Rates too. The weekly Positivity Rate in the country currently stands at 0.22% and the Daily Positivity rate is also reported to be 0.29%.

India’s COVID-19

coverage has exceeded 184.70 crore (1,84,70,83,279) as per provisional reports till 7 am Monday.

COVID-19 vaccination for the age group 12-14 years was started on 16 March, 2022. So far, more than 1.86 Cr (1,86,39,260) adolescents have been administered with the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine.

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30 Mar

Covid-19: India’s active caseload falls below 15,000 after 707 days

According to the Union health ministry’s updated data on Wednesday morning, India have reported 1,233 COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours.

There has been a sustained fall in the weekly and daily Positivity Rates. The weekly Positivity Rate in the country currently stands at 0.25% and the Daily Positivity rate is also reported to be 0.20%.

In a significant development, India’s Active Caseload (14,704) has declined to less than the 15,000 mark after 707 days. Active cases now constitute 0.03% of the country’s total Positive Cases. The caseload on 21st April 2020 was 14,759 Active Cases.

31 Covid-19 deaths were also reported in the last 24 hours, taking the country’s death toll up to 5,21,070.

Meanwhile, India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 183.82 crores.  Vaccination for the age group 12-14 years was started on 16 March 2022. So far, more than 1.50 crore (1,50,55,291) children have been administered with the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.

Precaution doses have been given to more than 2.28 Crore (2,28,71,399) people so far.

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24 Mar

India reports 1,938 fresh Covid-19 cases, 67 deaths in last 24 hours

According to the Union health ministry’s updated data on Thursday morning, India has reported 1,938 COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours.

Weekly Positivity Rate in the country currently stands at 0.35% and the Daily Positivity rate is also reported to be 0.29%.

The active caseload declined to 22,427. Total 2,531 people recovered from the infection in the last 24 hours, increasing the total number to 4,24,75,588.

67 Covid-19 deaths were also reported in the last 24 hours, taking the country’s death toll up to 5,16,672.

Meanwhile, India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 182.23 crores.  Vaccination for the age group 12-14 years was started on 16 March, 2022. So far, more than 72 lakh (72,17,166) children have been administered the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.

Precaution doses have been given to 2,21,21,816 people so far. Of these, 43,88,402 were given to healthcare workers, 67,20,473 to frontline workers and 1,10,12,941 to people above the age of 60 years.

Meanwhile, all existing Covid restrictions imposed by the National Disaster Management Authority are set to be removed on March 31. On Wednesday the Ministry of Home Affairs said that the Disaster Management Act will no longer be invoked for Covid-safety measures. However, masks will still have to be worn in public places and social distancing has to be maintained.

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23 Mar

Over 50 lakh Covid vaccine doses administered to children aged 12-14 years

According to the latest data of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare updated on Wednesday morning, more than 50 lakh COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered to children in the 12-14 years age group.

COVID-19 vaccination for the age group 12-14 years was started on 16 March, 2022. So far, more than 52 lakh (52,10,775) children have been administered with the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine.

Union health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya tweeted, “Another feather in the cap of the world’s largest vaccination drive. Over 50 lakh youngsters between 12-14 age group have received their first dose of COVID 19 vaccine. Extremely proud of our young warriors!”

With this the total number of Covid vaccine doses administered in the country has crossed 181.89 crore.

Over 2.2 crore (2,20,10,777) precaution doses have been administered to healthcare workers (HCWs), frontline workers (FLWs) and those aged 60 years and above.

More than 1.09 crore precaution doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered to those aged above 60 years.

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20 Mar

India’s daily COVID-19 cases drop below 2,000 mark

India continues to witness a declining trend with daily infections dropping below the 2,000 mark on Sunday. According to the Union health ministry’s updated data on Sunday morning, India has reported 1,761 COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours.

There has been a sustained fall in the weekly and daily Positivity Rates too. The weekly Positivity Rate in the country currently stands at 0.41% and the daily positivity rate is also reported to be 0.41%.

The active caseload declined to 26,240. Total 3,196 people recovered from the infection in the last 24 hours, increasing the total number to 4,24,65,122. The recovery rate has also improved to 98.74 per cent.

Meanwhile, India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 181.21 crores.  Vaccination for the age group 12-14 years was started on 16 March, 2022. So far, more than 17 lakh (17,36,464) adolescents have been administered the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine.

Precaution doses have been given to 2,17,33,502 people so far. Of these, 43,58,282 were given to healthcare workers, 66,63,768 to frontline workers, and 1,07,11,452 to people above the age of 60 years.

In the age group of 15-18 years, 5,62,03,581 children have taken the first dose and 3,54,81,792 have taken the second dose of vaccination.

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17 Mar

Over 3 lakh children in 12-14 age group vaccinated on first day

According to the Union health ministry’s updated data on Thursday morning over 3 lakh children between 12 and 14 years have received their first shot of Covid vaccine taking the total doses administered in the country to over 180.80 crores.

The vaccination started on Wednesday and the vaccine which is being administered to the 12 and 14 years children is Corbevax two doses of which are to be administered 28 days apart.

More than 1.05 crore precaution doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered to those aged above 60 years.

On Monday (14 March) the Health Ministry announced plans to expand the programme further to include the 12-14-year age group. The centre also announced that it has decided to remove the condition of co-morbidity for COVID19 Precaution Dose for population over 60 years. With this the entire population above 60 years of age will be eligible for precaution doses of COVID19 vaccine.

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27 Jun

फर्जी टीकाकरण घोटाले की जांच केंद्रीय एजेंसी से कराने की मांग

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