Inoculation of frontline and healthcare workers in Delhi below national average: Centre
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Synopsis (The figure in) Rajasthan is 95 per cent, Madhya Pradesh is 96 per cent, Chhattisgarh is 99 per cent and Delhi is 78 per cent. It is 10-11 per cent below the (national) average. It should be improved. It (Delhi) is a limited area, limited population and (it is) well-connected. We appeal that states work to raise it, V K Paul said.
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The inoculation of frontline and healthcare workers against coronavirus in Delhi is less than the national average, Member (Health) of the Niti Aayog V K Paul said on Saturday. Responding to a question in a media briefing, Paul said the overall coverage of single-dose for healthcare workers is 89 per cent.
Covid-19: Centre asks Delhi to take action against private hospitals for vaccinating people under 45
The health ministry asked the Delhi government to issue a show cause notice to VIMHANS in the national Capital. 3 hours ago File photo: A medical worker inoculates a municipal worker at a vaccination centre in New Delhi. | Sajjad Hussain/ AFP
The Centre on Monday flagged to the Delhi government instances of some private vaccination centres registering people under the age of 45 for the coronavirus shots.
In a letter to the principal secretary (health) of the Delhi government, the Centre directed to issue a show-cause notice to Vidyasagar Institute of Mental Health, Neuro & Allied Sciences, or VIMHANS, located in the north east district for such practices.
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.
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The Union health secretary has asked the Delhi government to check irregularities in the identification of Covid vaccination beneficiaries below the age of 45. The Union health ministry has written to the principal secretary (health), Delhi, to draw attention to irregularities in the identification of Covid vaccination beneficiaries below the age of 45 by some private Covid vaccination centres (CVCs).
Centre writes to Delhi govt on irregularities in identification of COVID-19 vaccination beneficiaries ANI | Updated: Apr 05, 2021 20:50 IST
New Delhi [India], April 5 (ANI): The Centre on Monday wrote to the Delhi government, pointing to irregularities in the identification of COVID-19 vaccination beneficiaries, below the age of 45 years, by some private vaccination centres.
In the letter to the Principal Secretary (Health), Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (GNCTD), it has been pointed out by the central government that there have been serious lapses in the registration of beneficiaries by the VIMHANS (Vidyasagar Institute of Mental Health, Neuro and Allied Sciences) located at Nehru Nagar area in the North-East District of Delhi, operating as a private COVID vaccination centre. VIMHANS has been found to register beneficiaries below the age of 45 years as Health Care Workers (HCWs) & Front Line Workers (FLWs) and vaccinate th