This development comes amid reports of a medical oxygen crisis in Noida and Greater Noida area. DM Suhas LY on Tuesday (April 20) posted two senior officers round-the-clock at Inox Air Products Pvt Ltd s Greater Noida factory, which manufacturers and supplies medical oxygen.
Meanwhile, the Uttar Pradesh government announced that all eligible people above 18 years of age will be vaccinated for free from May 1 in government hospitals. The Health Department will make preparations for this.
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India`s cumulative recoveries show a progressive increment on a daily basis. It stands at 1.06 crore (1,06,56,845) today
As many as 12,881 new COVID-19 cases and 101 deaths were reported in the country in the last 24 hours
With the new cases, the coronavirus tally in the country has reached 1,09,50,201 including 1,37,342 active cases and 1,06,56,845 discharges
Gautam Budh Nagar: Under the COVID-19 vaccination programme, District Magistrate Suhas LY took coronavirus vaccine along with Police Commissioner Alok Singh and Joint CP Love Kumar in Greater Noida on Thursday (February 18).
It may be noted here that with cumulative vaccination coverage to healthcare workers and frontline workers against COVID-19 in the country crossing 94 lakhs, India has become the third topmost country globally with the highest cumulative vaccination numbers, after the USA and the UK.