India city Nagpur city Maharashtra information vaccine Citi India city Nagpur city Maharashtra

Maharashtra city mulls no free first Covid dose after 30 Nov to speed up vaccination pace

Reading now: 147
www.livemint.com

Nagpur municipal corporation is planning to discontinue providing free anti-Covid jabs at its centre after 30 November with an aim to cover the remaining population at a fast pace, reported news agency PTI. "The Maharashtra government has given directions to complete the administration of the first dose by 30 November.

We are taking various measures to cover the remaining 2.80 lakh people by then," said additional municipal commissioner Ram Joshi on Tuesday.  “As part of it, we are planning to make only the second dose available for free at these centres after 30 November," he added.

Joshi informed that Nagpur city, with 160 free vaccination centres, has 19.73 lakh eligible beneficiaries, of which 16.92 lakh have received the first

Read more on livemint.com
The website covid-19.rehab is an aggregator of news from open sources. The source is indicated at the beginning and at the end of the announcement. You can send a complaint on the news if you find it unreliable.

Related News

Steve Bell - Trucker convoy: Kids in 25% of vehicles could ‘complicate’ response, cops say - globalnews.ca - city Ottawa
globalnews.ca
69%
826
Trucker convoy: Kids in 25% of vehicles could ‘complicate’ response, cops say
Freedom Convoy” trucks and say their presence “complicates” efforts to end the demonstration.More than 100 of the trucks remaining as part of the nearly two-week-long protest in downtown Ottawa are estimated to have kids living in them, OPS Deputy Chief Steve Bell told media in a briefing Tuesday afternoon.“Almost 25 per cent of the 418 trucks have children living in them — children who could be at risk during a police operation,” Bell said.“There’s a multitude of concerns” he said, citing effects from carbon monoxide, diesel fumes, cold, noise and a lack of access to sanitation on kids. Trucker convoy — Here’s what the 10-day injunction against horns includes Ottawa police have tapped the Children’s Aid Society (CAS) for advice on how to proceed with enforcement operations in the downtown core.They’re not seeking to take the kids out of the trucks or away from their parents at this stage, Bell said, but will follow the recommendations of CAS.“We’re not at the stage of looking to do any sort of enforcement activity around that,” he said.“We just think it’s an important factor that complicates and makes this an even more challenging operation.”To date, police and bylaw officers have issued more than 1,300 tickets for traffic violations, made 23 arrests and have 85 active criminal investigations related to the protest, which began as a response to vaccination mandates but has expanded to include a wide umbrella of anti-government sentiment.OPS are also liaising with U.S.
DMCA