Vardhan’s politically motivated response to Manmohan Singh unfortunate, condemnable: Gehlot

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Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Monday hit out at Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan for his “politically motivated” response to Manmohan Singh‘s critique of the Centre’s COVID-19 management, saying it was “unfortunate and condemnable”. He said former prime minister Manmohan Singh had written to his successor Narendra Modi giving positive suggestions about vaccination in … Read more

Andhra develops app to monitor Covid vaccination – ET HealthWorld

andhra develops app to monitor covid vaccination

Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh has developed user friendly app for Covid-19 vaccination drive from Monday. Officials said the app is developed for online monitoring and capturing of individual vaccination data/information from anywhere in the state. All Medical officers would use this app to enter the vaccinated individual’s details as and when he/she got vaccinated, said state … Read more

Government only indulging in sham of COVID ‘vaccine festival’, Rahul Gandhi alleges

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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday attacked the government over the handling of the COVID-19 situation and alleged that it is only indulging in a “sham” of a ‘vaccine festival‘. He also alleged that there is no testing, no beds in hospitals, neither ventilators or oxygen and vaccine is also not available. Gandhi also took … Read more

Corona vaccination appointment via WhatsApp? Here’s the truth – ET HealthWorld

corona vaccination appointment via whatsapp here s the truth

Mumbai: The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Monday warned citizens against falling prey to fake news surrounding coronavirus and the vaccination drive. It shared the poster of an advertisement that claimed that people could book their vaccination slots via the social networking app WhatsApp. It also falsely claimed there was a phone … Read more

Travel and tourism set to witness a paradigm shift amid the Covid scare. Will India fare well?

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With a Covid-19 resurgence in many parts of the country and the world, international travel is still very subdued. But the ongoing global vaccination drive should speed up the return to travel. If all things go well on the vaccination front, the United Nations World Tourism Organisation’s (UNWTO) panel of experts foresee a rebound in … Read more

Delhi encountering 4th wave of COVID-19, lockdown not being considered yet: Kejriwal

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Delhi is encountering the fourth wave of COVID-19 infection but imposition of a lockdown is not being considered yet, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Friday and urged the Centre to allow states to undertake mass-level vaccination. If there is a need for a lockdown in the future, a decision will be taken after consultation, … Read more

4 Ways AI Can Help with Covid-19 Vaccination: Svetlana Sicular – ET HealthWorld

4 ways ai can help with covid 19 vaccination svetlana sicular

By Svetlana Sicular, Research Vice President, GartnerThe world mobilized for an incredible fight following the onset of the global Covid-19 pandemic, and managed to develop safe and effective vaccines in record time. Now that the first vaccines are out, the planet is facing three huge challenges: manufacturing, distribution, and administration. The artificial intelligence (AI) community … Read more

Govt augments CoWin platform to deal with next phase of vaccination – ET HealthWorld

govt augments cowin platform to deal with next phase of vaccination

The centre is augmenting the Covid-19 vaccine registration portal (CoWin) to process as many as 10 to 20 million registrations a day as it prepares for a sharp increase in usage with an aggressive expansion of the nationwide vaccination drive from next month, officials said. User interface on the platform has been spruced up while … Read more

Now CoWIN does not schedule second Covid-19 vaccination dose appointment – ET HealthWorld

now cowin does not schedule second covid 19 vaccination dose appointment

New Delhi: RS Sharma, Chairman, Empowered Group on Covid vaccination informed that now CoWIN does not schedule second dose vaccination appointment automatically. This comes after the Centre wrote to States and UTs to increase the interval between two doses of Covishield to 4-8 weeks in view of the emerging scientific evidence of increased protection if … Read more