Coronavirus in India: Out of control?
The accelerated phase 3 strategy for vaccinations now makes anyone aged above 18 years eligible for a shot. People can register via an app starting Wednesday.
Previously, eligibility had been limited to Indians older than 45, as well as health care and front-line workers.
The
Times of India reported that officials in many states are concerned that they will not have enough doses to get the new vaccination drive started.
The health minister said the government was doing all it could to remove restrictions on supplying vaccines to individual states and territories. While the dreaded disease is spreading like a tsunami, it was critical to ease the controls and allow a free hand to the state governments as well as the private sector. Under the guidance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, we decided to ease the vaccination policy norms, Vardhan said in a blog post shared by the Health Ministry.
BJP shrouds itself in silence as Covid cases explode across India Narendra Modi’s cheerleaders sheepish after jumping the gun on the pandemic
The BJP has shrouded itself in silence as Covid cases explode across India, overwhelming not just hospitals but also crematoriums in several states in a second wave that the Narendra Modi government appears to have been little prepared for.
As far back as February, the party had declared victory on Covid and hailed Prime Minister Modi for it. In a resolution, the BJP had said: “.It can be said with pride that India not only defeated Covid under the able, sensitive, committed and visionary leadership of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi…. The party unequivocally hails its leadership for introducing India to the world as a proud and victorious nation in the fight against Covid.”
Rahul Gandhi’s suggestion to allow Indians access to vaccines made abroad has been accepted by the Narendra Modi government, four days after he made it and at least two Union ministers responded by calling him names.
On Tuesday, the Centre decided that all vaccines developed and manufactured outside the country that have been granted emergency approval in the US, Europe, the UK, Japan or which are on the WHO Emergency Use Listing may be granted emergency use approval in India.
On April 9, Rahul had in a letter to the Prime Minister expressed concern at the slow pace of the vaccination drive in the country, pointing out that less than 1 per cent of the population had been fully vaccinated in three months.
PM to address World Economic Forum s Davos Dialogue tomorrow
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Last Updated: Jan 27, 2021, 08:05 PM IST
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The Davos Dialogues agenda marks the launch of the World Economic Forum s Great Reset Initiative in the post COVID world, PMO said.
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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the World Economic Forum s Davos Dialogue on January 28 via video conferencing.
More than 400 top industry leaders from across the globe will attend the session, wherein the Prime Minister will be speaking on the Fourth Industrial Revolution - using technology for the good of humanity, read a release by the Prime Minister s Office (PMO).
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the World Economic Forum s online Davos Agenda Summit on Thursday during which he will be speaking on a wide range of subjects, including India s reform trajectory and increased usage of technology. The Davos Dialogues agenda marks the launch of the World Economic Forum s great reset initiative in the post-COVID-19 world. Prime Minister Modi will address the World Economic Forum s Davos Dialogue on January 28 via video conferencing, the Prime Minister s Office said in a statement. More than 400 top industry leaders from across the globe will attend the session, wherein the prime minister will be speaking on the Fourth Industrial Revolution-using technology for the good of humanity.