Covid vaccine rollout begins in Telangana: Woman sanitation worker receive 1st dose

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COVID-19, as the province continues to endure the pandemic.New data released by the province on Sunday suggests 402 people were receiving care in an intensive care unit (ICU), while 244 were on a ventilator. 1,704 people hospitalized in Ontario with COVID-19, 414 in intensive care The hospitalizations and ICU admissions on Sunday mark a drop from numbers reported the day earlier.On Saturday, the province said 1,704 people were hospitalized, with 414 in ICU.However, in a tweet, Ontario’s Health Minister Christine Elliott noted that not all hospitals submit data on weekends.A total of 2,265 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Ontario on Sunday.

James Blunt in their latest effort to repel protesters who are camped outside of parliament.The demonstrators, who are angry at COVID-19 vaccine mandates, have been blocking the streets of the country’s capital, Wellington, since Tuesday (February 8).Tactics used by the local authorities to try and get rid of the protesters have included turning on the water sprinklers on the lawn where they camped. But protesters retaliated by digging trenches and building makeshift drainpipes to re-route the water, according to BBC News.When the sprinkler tactic proved ineffective, police turned to blasting out Barry Manilow‘s greatest hits, which include ‘Mandy’ and ‘Could It Be Magic’, on a 15-minute loop from one of parliament’s loudspeakers, as well as the ’90s Spanish hit ‘Macarena’ and a number of vaccine messages.After catching wind of what was happening, Blunt offered his services to New Zealand authorities via Twitter.

All this week anti-COVID-19 vaccine mandate protesters said that if police came they wouldn’t leave their blockade of the Ambassador Bridge in Windsor, Ont., but when push came to shove that’s exactly what they did. Sean O’Shea reports.

coronavirus pandemic declaration, the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) said it will “improve and increase service” on several of its routes beginning Sunday.In a press release issued Wednesday, TTC said 17 routes would be improved “as the agency starts restoring service across the network to pre-pandemic levels.” Ontario on track to remove ‘almost all restrictions’ on businesses ‘very soon,’ Doug Ford says “Throughout the pandemic, the TTC has prioritized service delivery where it is needed the most, protecting service on the busiest routes at the busiest times of day,” the release reads. “Last November, overall service had to be adjusted based on reduced staff availability.”The TTC said it is planning to restore 100 per cent of pre-pandemic service hours over the coming months as ridership increases.“Schedules and service will continue to be based on demand,” the release said.According to the TTC, on Feb.

Josh Hazlewood conceded just five runs in the Super Over as T20 World Cup champion Australia edged Sri Lanka on Sunday after the second game of their series finished in a tie.Australia Innings:Australia was sent in to bat in Sydney and posted 164 for 6, with Josh Inglis scoring 48 from 32 balls to lead the scoring.Dushmantha Chameera took 2 for 30, including wickets with consecutive balls in the 19th over to remove Steve Smith (14) and Marcus Stoinis (19), and Wanindu Hasaranga returned 2 for 33.Sri Lanka Innings:Sri Lanka was always behind in the run chase after losing wickets in the first, third and fifth overs to slip to 25 for 3, but opener Pathum Nissanka’s 73 from 53 deliveries kept the visiting team in contention.Sri Lanka needed 46 from the last 18 balls for victory and, when Hasaranga was run out for 34 on the last ball of the 19th over, still needed 19 off the last over from Stoinis to win the match and level the series.They scored 18 , with Maheesh Teekshana hitting the second ball he faced for six and Chameera hitting a four down the ground on the last ball to level the scores.Super Over :With the Super Over in play Hazlewood, who returned 3 for 22 in his four overs in regulation, bowled two dot balls and a bye, which resulted in Dinesh Chandimal being run out by a direct hit from Glenn Maxwell as Sri Lanka slipped to 1- 1. The Sri Lankans managed to get to 5 for 1 after six balls.Maxwell took a single off Hasaranga from the first ball of Australia’s Super Over and Stoinis did the rest, driving down the ground for consecutive boundaries to secure the victory with three balls to spare.

Ont.’s Ambassador Bridge.Dozens of trucks, cars, pickups and vans have blocked traffic in both directions at Canada’s busiest border crossing to the U.S. for several days.

The Scottish Government has confirmed 5,301 new cases of coronavirus have been identified overnight.

Kate Garraway has said she is discovering a 'new way to be in love' with her husband.

A Rutherglen man has praised a new NHS weight loss programme after shedding a staggering four stone in less than a year.

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Those opposed to vaccine mandates and other COVID-19 measures gathered near the Pacific Highway truck crossing Saturday – where police say convoy vehicles broke through RCMP barricades. Paul Johnson reports.

KATE Garraway has revealed the heartbreaking conversations she has with her husband Derek since Covid made him struggle to communicate. The Good Morning Britain presenter admits her other half is still unable to speak, but they still have a "deep connection" and have found a "new way" to love each other. Asked whether they can have conversations, Kate tells You: "Not really.

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Cyclone Dovi caused power outages, mudslides and evacuations across New Zealand, but neither the storm nor the music of Barry Manilow could dislodge anti-vaccine protesters camped outside parliament.

Good Morning Britain anchor Kate Garraway has revealed she has found a "new way" to love her husband Derek Draper. The former political lobbyist, 54, has been suffering side effects from coronavirus, having contracted the virus back in March 2020, subsequently becoming the UK's longest hospital inpatient before being discharged one year later.

Hindustan Times reported. India is currently administering vaccines to around 3 crore healthcare and frontline workers.

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LUCKNOW : The Uttar Pradesh government on Sunday said the rest of the health workers in the state will get Covid-19 vaccines by January 22.Speaking to reporters in Lucknow, Additional Chief Secretary (Information) Navneet Sehgal said, "The anti-Covid vaccination drive in the state started on January 16, and rest of the health workers will get vaccinated by January 22.

COVID-19 vaccines" during pan-India vaccination drive, Union Home Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party leader (BJP) Amit Shah on Sunday said that Congress leaders can only oppose something and if someone else is doing it, they stop it too.Shah asserted that both vaccines developed in India are completely safe and urged people to get vaccinated when their turn comes up.This comes a day after Congress Member of Parliament Manish Tewari raised questions about the efficacy and safety of two COVID-19 vaccines approved for emergency use in the country."Prime Minister Narendra Modi has now started the world's largest corona vaccination programme. Congress leaders raised questions about Covid-19 vaccine.

Narendra Modi said on Sunday.PM Modi today thanked his Sri Lankan counterpart Mahinda Rajapaksa for his appreciation on the launch of the world's largest coronavirus vaccination drive.In a Twitter exchange, PM Modi said, "Thank you @PresRajapaksa. The tireless efforts of our scientists and frontline workers have played a crucial role in the fight against this pandemic.

Covid-19 vaccination being voluntary.The Central Government said that the Serum Institute's Covishield was supplied to all states and Union Territories while Covaxin developed by Bharat Biotech was used by 12 states.Both locally-manufactured Covishield and Covaxin were given to doctors, nurses, other health staff directly linked to fighting the pandemic.

vaccination drive against the novel coronavirus, 1,91,181 healthcare and frontline workers received the jab on Saturday, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi rolled out the world's biggest inoculation drive against the pandemic that has caused 1,52,093 deaths and upended millions of lives in the country.The Health Ministry said that the massive inoculation exercise was done during 3,352 sessions conducted by 16,755 vaccinators, marking it as a historic and biggest coronavirus vaccination drive launched by PM Modi.Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan had virtually interacted with the health ministers of all states and Union Territories, congratulating officials for the successful rollout of the Covid-19 vaccine.Vardhan said the two coronavirus

UK variant of SARS-CoV-2 in India until Saturday, said the Union Health Ministry.The ministry further informed that India’s total active caseload now stands at 2,11,033, which accounts for only 2% of the total positive cases. The active caseload number was similar last on 29 June last year.The total recoveries have crossed 96% of the total cases, at 96.56%.

New Delhi: On the day of the nationwide launch of the COVID-19 vaccination drive, Prime Minister Narendra Modi turned emotional recalling people's sufferings during the pandemic, death of healthcare workers while serving the infected and noted that many of those who died could not be given the traditional last rites.A family often comes together to nurse its sick member. But coronavirus isolated its victims who suffered in loneliness as their kin could not tend to them due to fear of infection, the prime minister said in his address before the launch."Many sick small children had to live away from their mothers who were in distress and wept but could not do anything.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched India's vacc... morePrime Minister Narendra Modi launched India's vaccination drive against Covid-19 on January 16, 2021.

NEW DELHI: Campaigns like taali-thali and the lighting of diyas kept the morale of the country high during the initial days of the covid-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said while launching the vaccination drive on Saturday.Modi stressed on the importance of “Dawaai bhi, kadai bhi" (yes to vaccine, yes to caution), warning that any laxity in adopting covid-19 appropriate behaviour may derail efforts to keep the pandemic in check.Recalling the initial days of the crisis in his 30-minute speech, Modi said that two weeks before the first covid case in the country was detected on 30 January 2020, India had formed a high-level committee.“India had started proper surveillance exactly one year ago from today.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched ... morePrime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched the nationwide vaccination drive for the novel coronavirus and urged people to positively get the second dose of Covid-19 vaccine.

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched the nationwide covid-19 vaccination drive virtually. Terming it as the “world’s largest vaccination programme" covering the entire length and breadth of the country, the government said that a total of 3,006 session sites across all states and Union territories were virtually connected during the launch.The prime minister said that there are only three countries—India, the US and China—that have a population of more than 30 crore people.

Watch video#WATCH | Manish Kumar, a sanitation worker, becomes the first person to receive COVID-19 vaccine jab at AIIMS, Delhi in presence of Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan. pic.twitter.com/6GKqlQM07dMeanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched on Saturday one of the world's largest vaccination campaigns, as part of efforts by the populous nation to bring the COVID-19 pandemic under control starting with two locally-manufactured shots.Modi, who addressed healthcare workers through video conferencing, will not immediately take the vaccine himself as India is initially prioritising nurses, doctors and others on the front line.

coronavirus vaccination drive, which will be launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi today.PM Modi will also interact with the first beneficiaries of the vaccine after launching the massive vaccination drive against the novel coronavirus.Billed as the world's biggest vaccination programme, covering the entire length and breadth of the country, the drive aims to first inoculate millions of its healthcare and frontline workers and reach an estimated 3 crore people by the end of its first phase.A total of 3,006 session sites across all States and Union Territories will be virtually connected during the launch.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today.Billed as the world's largest vaccination program, covering the entire length and breadth of the country, the drive aims to first inoculate millions of its healthcare and frontline workers and reach an estimated 3 crore people by the end of its first phase.A total of 3006 session sites across all states and union territories will be virtually connected during the launch. Around 100 beneficiaries will be vaccinated at each session site on the inaugural day, the union health ministry has said.Click here to read the Mint ePaperMint is now on Telegram.

Shivraj Singh Chouhan will kickstart the state's Covid 19 inoculation drive from Singrauli soon after Prime Minister Narendra Modi launches the nationwide programme.The chief minister tweeted in Hindi, as the Prime Minister launches the nationwide Covid 19 vaccination programme, I will also take part in it from Singrauli. This is the beginning of the end of the deadly Covid 19 pandemic.

Manohar Lal Khattar plans to interact with the beneficiaries and service providers at the Medanta Hospital to ensure smooth operations later in the day.The office of chief minister took to Twitter on Friday to say, Chief Minister will virtually interact with Covid vaccination beneficiaries/service providers of Medanta Hospital-Medicity Gurugram and immunization locations on the national launch of Covid vaccination at 12 pm on 16 Jan 2021.Chief Minister Shri @mlkhattar will virtually interact with Covid vaccination beneficiaries/service providers of Medanta Hospital-Medicity Gurugram and immunization locations on the national launch of Covid vaccination at 12pm on 16 Jan 2021.With Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagging off the first phase of

New Delhi: India’s Universal Immunization Program (UIP) may incorporate the software modifications and lessons learnt using the Covid-19 Vaccine Intelligence Network (Co-WIN) platform, especially designed to drive the coronavirus vaccination programme in the country beginning January 16.Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off the 1st phase of the pan India rollout of covid-19 on Saturday at 10:30 AM via video conferencing.

coronavirus vaccination drive", India has set up a 24x7 call centre – 1075 — for all inoculation related queries. "A dedicated 24x7 call centre – 1075 – has also been established for addressing the queries related to COVID-19 pandemic, vaccine rollout and the Co-WIN software," Prime Minister's Office said in a statement.Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch COVID-19 inoculation drive in India on 16 January at 10:30 AM via video conferencing.

mega vaccination drive against coronavirus will begin on Saturday with Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually giving it a start.As many as 3 lakh frontline healthcare workers will be inoculated at 2,934 sites across India on day one of the massive nationwide Covid-19 inoculation drive, which is set to begin on 16 January.Also Read | Digital bank account sparks off a disruption"This is the biggest vaccination drive in India so far and it has been decided to vaccinate about 3 lakh healthcare workers at 2934 sites," a senior government official told news agency ANI on Wednesday.Each vaccination session will cater to a maximum of 100 beneficiaries and the Union Health Ministry has advised states not to organise "unreasonable numbers of

Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said on Tuesday, as governments abroad seek to shore up supplies.India, one of the world's biggest producers of vaccines and generic drugs, is expected to be a key manufacturing centre for Covid-19 vaccines.Jaishankar told the Reuters Next conference that India understood the anxieties of foreign governments about getting the vaccines delivered to their populations.Also Read | How plant meat is coming of age in India"We will get clarity pretty soon on what our own consumption is going got be, (what) deployments are going to be.

Also Read | How plant meat is coming of age in India"In our efforts to alleviate the complexities of the vaccine movement given the scale of the consignments and logistics, we are taking every possible step to support the institutions and our stakeholders to reach the vaccine in all possible corners of the country," he said.Earlier in the day, flights started ferrying vaccines to different cities from Pune with the first consignment of Covishield vaccines in a flight operated by budget carrier SpiceJet reaching Delhi from Pune at around 10 am, four days ahead of the launch of a nationwide drive against coronavirus.On Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that the central government will bear the expenses of vaccinating nearly three

COVID vaccine in the state from January 16, said Health Minister Dr KSudhakar on Monday.The two vaccines, Covaxin and Covishield developed by Indian companies will be given free of cost to 3 crore people in the initial phase and the entire cost will be borne by the centre.Also Read | How plant meat is coming of age in India"More than 16 lakh people in Karnataka will be administered the vaccine in the initial phase including healthcare workers and frontline staff," said State Health Minister.Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier today held a video conference with the Chief Ministers of all states in which Dr K.

covid-19 vaccines in the first phase of vaccination drive starting from January 16, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday.

B.S.Yediyurappa on Monday said that approximately 16 lakh people in the state would be administered with the covid-19 vaccine from 16 January.“In the first phase (across India), three crore people will be vaccinated.

The chief minister's announcement of free vaccination for everyone comes months ahead of the assembly elections, which are likely to be held in April-May.India is set to launch its COVID-19 vaccination drive from January 16 with priority to be given to nearly three crore healthcare and frontline workers across the country.

Covid-19 tally in IndiaTotal cases: 1,04,50,284Active cases: 2,23,335Total discharges: 1,00,75,950Death toll: 1,50,999The COVID-19 vaccination drive in the country will start from January 16 and priority will be given to nearly three crore healthcare and frontline workers. The decision was taken at a meeting today in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi reviewed the status of COVID-19 in the country and the preparedness of states and union territories for vaccination against the disease."On 16th January, India takes a landmark step forward in fighting #COVID19.

Covid-19 vaccine's arrival in Brazil, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to expedite a shipment of AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine, as per a letter on Friday.The letter released by Bolsonaro's press office comes amid growing pressure to speed up Brazil's Covid-19 vaccine roll-out and end the world's second-deadliest pandemic."To enable the immediate implementation of our National Immunization Program, I would appreciate ...

NEW DELHI : Prime Minister Narendra Modi will convene a virtual meeting with Chief Ministers of all the states to discuss the covid-19 situation in the country and roll out of the vaccination program. Ahead of the actual vaccination drive expected to start by next week, the government on Friday conducted the second nationwide dry run on the Covid-19 vaccination at three session sites of 736 districts across 33 States/UTs.“At 4 PM on Monday 11th January, PM @narendramodi will interact with Chief Ministers of all states via video conferencing.