The Centre has written to the Delhi government drawing its attention to irregularities in the identification of beneficiaries below the age of 45 years for Covid-19 vaccination by some private facilities. In the letter to principal secretary (health), GNCTD, the authorities have been asked to immediately issue a show cause notice to Vidyasagar Institute of Mental Health, Neuro and Allied Sciences, operating as a private Covid vaccination centre, regarding such wrong practices which violate the vaccination norms, the ministry said. The Delhi government has issued also a show cause notice to Bensups Hospital, Sector-12 Dwarka, for violation of the central guidelines on the eligible groups of population for receiving Covid vaccination.
Get a dose 24x7 at your convenience: Govt removes time constraint for getting Covid-19 shot
India
Updated: Wednesday, March 3, 2021, 17:17 [IST]
New Delhi, Mar 03: The government has lifted the time restriction on receiving COVID-19 vaccine jabs so as to increase the pace of immunisation, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Wednesday.
Union Minister Harsh Vardhan
People can now get vaccinated round-the-clock according to their convenience, he said in a tweet, adding that Prime Minister Narendra Modi values the health as well as the time of the citizens of the country. The government has lifted the time restriction to increase the speed of vaccination. People can now get vaccinated 24x7 according to their convenience. Prime Minister Narendra Modi understands the value of health as well as the time of citizens, Vardhan tweeted in Hindi.
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New COVID cases continue to drop across the U.S.
The seven-day average dropped below 90,000 a day for the first time since early November.
Just a few weeks ago, that number was peaking near 250,000 daily cases.
More than 38.2 million people have received at least one dose of a COVID vaccine.
Some states, mostly ones with higher populations, have administered the most vaccines.
Still, Just 14 million people have received both shots. That s just about 4% of the population.