Economic Survey 2023: COVID-19 Vaccination programme a success despite several challenges; Co-Win enabled the vaccine delivery possible, Health News, ET HealthWorld

Economic Survey 2023: COVID-19 Vaccination programme a success despite several challenges; Co-Win enabled the vaccine delivery possible, Health News, ET HealthWorld

New Delhi: Despite several roadblocks in the way, India rigorously scaled up the COVID-19 vaccination program. This was elaborated further in the latest Economic Survey 2023, which was tabled in the Rajya Sabha on January 31 by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman. According to the survey, India has been able to administer more than 220 crore … Read more

Vaccine Maitri Diplomacy: More Latin American countries to get Covid vaccine doses from India

Vaccine Maitri Diplomacy: More Latin American countries to get Covid vaccine doses from India

Nicaragua in Central America is also set to receive vaccine doses from India on grant basis, confirmed a senior officer. Under India’s Vaccine Maitri initiative, a shipment of 870,000 vaccines are going to reach Mexico soon. These vaccines will reach there on Sunday (February 14, 2021) and will help that country in its vaccination programme. … Read more

View: Paying every Indian 5,000 can be the fiscal fix to make 2021 really happy

View: Paying every Indian 5,000 can be the fiscal fix to make 2021 really happy

We spent most of 2020 in doom and gloom mode about the economy, courtesy the coronavirus. But it is time to be optimistic again as 2021 could be a mega-boom year for the Indian economy. Vaccines are being distributed around the world, and India’s own vaccination programme will start soon. Fortunately, India also seems to … Read more

Will India’s VIP culture disrupt the vaccination programme

Will India’s VIP culture disrupt the vaccination programme

In the early days of the pandemic, reams were being written about how Covid-19 was the great equaliser. Here was something the rich could not insulate themselves from; in fact, the well-heeled globetrotter was more likely to be a carrier than anyone else. Everyone had to jolly well hunker down at home and, for the … Read more

Covid-19 vaccine drive: Centre’s monitoring software all set for test-run in Haryana and two other states

Covid-19 vaccine drive: Centre’s monitoring software all set for test-run in Haryana and two other states

Center will be test-running a software to be used to monitor the vaccination drive across India As drug manufacturer companies gear up to bring the Covid-19 vaccine to the markets early next year, the union government will be test-running a software to be used to monitor the vaccination drive across India. The software named Co-Win … Read more

Frontline workers should get COVID-19 shots on priority: MP CM

Frontline workers should get COVID-19 shots on priority: MP CM

BHOPAL: The Madhya Pradesh government has made preparations like cold-chain storage for COVID-19 vaccine and is also imparting training to health personnel, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan told Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday even as he demanded the shots be administered to frontline workers on priority. The CM made this demand during a meeting … Read more