Within a span of nine days, the number of active Covid cases in India exhibited a more than twofold increase, rising from 938 on December 11 to 1,970 on December 19. The government lab forum, Insacog, detected 19 instances of JN.1, a subvariant of Omicron, with Maharashtra reporting one case and Goa 18, reported Times of India.Intrestingly, for the first time since the drive began on Jan 16, 2021, zero vaccinations have been administered in India on Dec 19, 2023.
COVAX was created last year to try and ensure vaccines are distributed fairly and is led by public health agencies including the World Health Organization.
Among 4 Northeastern States, Assam Reports Maximum Vaccine Wastage at 7.70%
According to the union health ministry data, these states and UTs have the highest wastage of COVID-19 vaccine.
| 1 May 2021 1:19 PM GMT
GUWAHATI: Vaccination forms an integral component of the five-point strategy of the Government of India to fight the COVID-19 pandemic (including Test, Track, Treat, and COVID Appropriate Behaviour).
With this, the Assam government as of April 30 has successfully vaccinated more than 24,66,321 people.
The total doses administered to date in Assam stands at 24,66,321 which includes 19,35,166- 1st dose and 5,31,155- 2nd dose and currently has a stock of 5,37,720 as of Apr 30, 2021, at 9:31 PM.