India on Sunday recorded a single-day rise of 10,112 fresh COVID-19 infections, while the number of active cases increased to 67,806, according to Union health ministry data.
Serum Institute of India CEO Adar Poonawalla on Sunday praised India's fight against the Covid pandemic, saying the government and the healthcare workers contributed largely to tackling the pandemic in the country.
India Covid crisis: Kolkata establishes drive-in vaccination camps
Web report/Mumbai Filed on June 10, 2021
A health worker inoculates an elderly man inside a police van in the Maidan area in Kolkata. Photo: AFP
Drive-in vaccination camps launched as many people do not want to visit hospital to get jab
Kolkata established drive-in vaccination camps on Wednesday, with Soumen Mitra, the police commissioner, flagging off the camp at the East Bengal club approach road.
“Since the launch of the community vaccination programme, we have noticed that a lot of people do not want to visit hospitals to take vaccine shots for fear that they might catch the infection,” Rupak Barua, group CEO, Amri Hospitals, told the media.