India Covid Vaccination Drive

India was able to save more than 3.4 million lives by undertaking a nationwide COVID-19 vaccination campaign at an unprecedented scale, a report by Stanford University said.

The Mumbai civic body on Friday said it would focus on rigorously implementing the vaccination drive amid a surge in COVID-19 cases in some countries, believed to be fuelled by the BF.7 sub-variant of Omicron.

Bihar minister Ram Surat Rai on Friday heaped praises on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, under whose leadership India ran the world's biggest vaccination drive during the Covid-19 pandemic, and credited him for saving the lives of Indians.

An estimated 4 crore eligible beneficiaries have not taken even a single dose of COVID-19 vaccine as on July 18, Minister of State for Health Bharati Pravin Pawar informed the Lok Sabha on Friday.

People aged 18 and above will get free precaution doses of the Covid vaccine at government vaccination centres from today under a 75-day special drive initiated by the Union Health Ministry.

India's cumulative COVID-19 vaccination coverage exceeded the 196.94 crores (1,96,94,40,932) mark today, informed the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

Over 80 per cent of people aged between 15 and 18 years have received the first dose of Covid vaccine, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Tuesday as the total number of jabs administered in India exceeded 192.65 crore.

Underlining the need for the COVID-19 vaccination across the country, the Centre on Friday advised all states to plan for a two-month- long 'Har Ghar Dastak' campaign 2.0 from June.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath today instructed officials to ramp up the ongoing Covid vaccination drive for children aged 12-14 years, saying many kids in this group are yet to take their jabs.

The cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country has crossed 190 crore, the Union Health Ministry said today.

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, who chaired a meeting of the country's key experts on COVID-19's new 'XE variant', directed officials to boost the ongoing monitoring and surveillance of new variants and cases as well as of vaccinations.

Goa failed to begin administering of booster doses of COVID-19 vaccines from Sunday due to unavailability of jabs at some private centres and as the medical staff of such facilities is yet to be trained for the purpose, an official said.

Centre has told the states that the precaution dose will be of the same COVID-19 vaccine as the one used for the administration of the first two doses. Private vaccine centres can charge Rs 150 per dose as service charge above the cost of vaccine.

Over one crore children in the age-group of 12-14 years have been administered the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Friday.

Asserting that India's Covid vaccination drive is science-driven and people-powered, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said the country is in a much better position to fight this deadly pandemic but people must keep following all precautions.

India was able to save more than 3.4 million lives by undertaking a nationwide COVID-19 vaccination campaign at an unprecedented scale, a report by Stanford University said.

The Mumbai civic body on Friday said it would focus on rigorously implementing the vaccination drive amid a surge in COVID-19 cases in some countries, believed to be fuelled by the BF.7 sub-variant of Omicron.

Bihar minister Ram Surat Rai on Friday heaped praises on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, under whose leadership India ran the world's biggest vaccination drive during the Covid-19 pandemic, and credited him for saving the lives of Indians.

An estimated 4 crore eligible beneficiaries have not taken even a single dose of COVID-19 vaccine as on July 18, Minister of State for Health Bharati Pravin Pawar informed the Lok Sabha on Friday.

People aged 18 and above will get free precaution doses of the Covid vaccine at government vaccination centres from today under a 75-day special drive initiated by the Union Health Ministry.

India's cumulative COVID-19 vaccination coverage exceeded the 196.94 crores (1,96,94,40,932) mark today, informed the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

Over 80 per cent of people aged between 15 and 18 years have received the first dose of Covid vaccine, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Tuesday as the total number of jabs administered in India exceeded 192.65 crore.

Underlining the need for the COVID-19 vaccination across the country, the Centre on Friday advised all states to plan for a two-month- long 'Har Ghar Dastak' campaign 2.0 from June.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath today instructed officials to ramp up the ongoing Covid vaccination drive for children aged 12-14 years, saying many kids in this group are yet to take their jabs.

The cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country has crossed 190 crore, the Union Health Ministry said today.

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, who chaired a meeting of the country's key experts on COVID-19's new 'XE variant', directed officials to boost the ongoing monitoring and surveillance of new variants and cases as well as of vaccinations.

Goa failed to begin administering of booster doses of COVID-19 vaccines from Sunday due to unavailability of jabs at some private centres and as the medical staff of such facilities is yet to be trained for the purpose, an official said.

Centre has told the states that the precaution dose will be of the same COVID-19 vaccine as the one used for the administration of the first two doses. Private vaccine centres can charge Rs 150 per dose as service charge above the cost of vaccine.

Over one crore children in the age-group of 12-14 years have been administered the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Friday.

Asserting that India's Covid vaccination drive is science-driven and people-powered, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said the country is in a much better position to fight this deadly pandemic but people must keep following all precautions.