As the Chhattisgarh government has prioritised Antyodaya Anna Yojana and BPL cardholders in the third phase of vaccination, many of the vaccine seekers have to return despite having a proper appointment from the health department.
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Beneficiaries aged 45 and above struggle for 2nd dose of COVID-19 vaccine in Ludhiana
Beneficiaries aged 45 and above struggle for 2nd dose of COVID-19 vaccine in Ludhiana
Even as the third phase of the COVID-19 vaccination drive got underway on Saturday, many people in Punjab's Ludhiana district, aged above 45, were seen struggling to get their second doses because of the unavailability of the vaccine.
The inoculation drive for those between 18 and 45 years of age started in many parts of the country today.
However, many people in Ludhiana's Dayanand Medical College, who came to get administered their second dose of the vaccine, could not get themselves vaccinated as there was no vaccine stock available.
16:35 May 01
Ground report from Mumbai's Rajwadi hospital
At least 200 people who have registered on the CoWIN application have been called for the inoculation of the covid vaccine at Mumbai's Rajwadi hospital on Saturday.
15:23 May 01
Vaccination stopped at Nashik's Manmand
The health authorities at Manmad in Nashik have suspended the inoculation drive due to a shortage of vaccines.
14:52 May 01
Coronavirus vaccination drive has been started in Gujarat's Ahmedabad
Coronavirus vaccination drive has been started in Gujarat's Ahmedabad on Saturday. Some people who have reached the vaccination centre complaint of irregularities while some lauded the efforts of the government and the frontline health workers.
13:32 May 01
Vaccines being given at private hospitals in Delhi
Even as Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said required vaccine doses have not been received yet for the drive, indicating that the national capital will not join the national-level roll-out of COVID-19 vaccination for people aged 18-44 on May 1, many private hospitals here like Max, Apollo in Delhi and BL Kapoor Hospital provided the vaccines to people aged 18-44 years.
Fortis Healthcare, in a statement, had said people in the 18-44 age group will be administered Covaxin for Rs 1,250, which will include the cost of vaccine and administration charges, at its "centres across north India from Saturday".
12:23 May 01
Vaccination in Pune
Maharashtra: COVID-19 vaccination for people in the age group of 18- 44 years, begins at Kamla Nehru Hospital in Pune.
12:18 May 01
Vaccination in Chennai
Tamil Nadu: COVID-19 vaccination for people above 18 years of age, begins at Apollo Hospital in Chennai.
12:17 May 01
Vaccination drive for 18-44 years to start from 1 pm in Mumbai
Mumbai mayor Kishori Pednekar informed that the vaccination drive for citizens between 18-44 years will commence from 1 pm and no walk-in vaccines will be inoculated.
People with a message on CoWIN app will only be allowed.
“Vaccination for 18-44 years will commence from 1 pm at 5 centres including Nair Hospital, Rajawadi Hospital, Cooper Hospital, SevenHills Hospital and BKC centre. Till you don’t receive message of CoWIN app, you cannot visit the vaccination centre,” said Mumbai mayor.
12:08 May 01
J-K rolls out third phase of COVID vaccination drive in phased manner
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir administration has said it will roll out the third phase of the COVID-19 vaccination drive to cover people in the 18-45 age group from Saturday in a phased manner starting with the cities of Srinagar and Jammu.
This comes a day after the administration said the third phase of the inoculation drive will not begin in the union territory from May 1 as it was awaiting vaccine supply.
Jammu and Kashmir will roll out the vaccination of the 18-45 age group against COVID-19 from May 1 in a phased manner beginning with Jammu and Srinagar, the Department of Information and Public Relations said on Twitter on Saturday.
"COVAXIN will be administered to this age group free of cost. It will be by *prior registration and prior appointment only.* Please do not crowd the vaccination centres without appointment," it said.
However, the CoWIN portal did not accept any registrations for the 18-45 age group or even for those above 45.
Some people took to Twitter to complain about the shortage of vaccines in the union territory.
"Unfortunately, it's only on paper. As for 45+, 2nd dose is not available, I just went to Nishat for 2nd dose, but it's not available," said a Twitter user Muzamil Khan following the administration's announcement regarding the start of the third phase of the vaccination drive.
12:05 May 01
Vaccination in Rajkot
Covid vaccination for people in 18-44 age group started in Rajkot
11:56 May 01
COVID-19 vaccination for people in 18-44 age group begins at some private hospitals
New Delhi: Some private hospital chains commenced the COVID-19 immunisation drive for the 18-44 age group at limited centres in the country on Saturday, officials said.
Apollo Hospitals sources said the drive commenced at its centres in Hyderabad and Kolkata, but not in Delhi. They said that they are waiting for the vaccines to arrive and that the immunisation in Delhi is likely to begin either by Monday or Tuesday.
Max Healthcare announced the drive will begin at "select hospitals in the network in the NCR of Delhi".
The drive is yet to begin at Fortis Healthcare since it is waiting for the vaccine doses to arrive, sources said, adding it will start later in the day.
Fortis Healthcare, in a statement, had said people in the 18-44 age group will be administered Covaxin for Rs 1,250, which will include the cost of vaccine and administration charges, at its "centres across north India from Saturday".
Max Healthcare had said all the hospitals in the network would be used to vaccinate the citizens as supplies of vaccine doses smoothen up.
"Presently, vaccines will be available at Max Healthcare facilities at Panchsheel Park, Patparganj, Shalimar Bagh, Rajinder Place (BLK-Max Hospital), Noida and Vaishali in the NCR," its statement read.
Three big private hospital chains -- Apollo, Fortis and Max -- on Friday had announced the launch of COVID-19 immunisation drive for the 18-44 age group at limited centres in the country from May 1, while the Delhi government said it will start the vaccination exercise once it receives doses from the manufacturers.
Meanwhile, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said required vaccine doses have not been received yet for the drive, indicating that the national capital will not join the national-level roll-out of COVID-19 vaccination for people aged 18-44 on May 1.
He appealed to the people in the targeted age group not to line up at vaccination centres in the city on Saturday.
11:07 May 01
Covid vaccination for phase three begins
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An official at the center said, "We've received update from head office that vaccine will be administered only to people between 18-44 yrs of age today. Their vaccination will begin at 2 pm."
09:37 May 01
Rajasthan to start vaccination for 18-44 age group from today
Rajasthan to start vaccination for 18-44 age group from today
People in the 18-44 age group will be vaccinated in Rajasthan from Saturday, state Health Minister Raghu Sharma said.
He said vaccine manufacturer Serum Institute of India had initially assured to give only three lakh doses, therefore, it was decided to cover people in the age group of 35-44 in 11 district headquarters. Late on Friday evening, the manufacturer assured 5.44 lakh more doses, following which the vaccination can now be done for people in the age group of 18-44 across the state from May 1, the minister said.
He said there are 3.25 crore beneficiaries in the 18-44 years age category in the state.
07:27 May 01
India begins Covid vaccination for citizens aged above 18 years
New Delhi: India will start the vaccination drive for those in the 18-44 age bracket from Saturday as the country continues to battle the second wave of COVID-19.
However, some states have flagged the shortage of vaccines and expressed their inability to start vaccination of people above 18 years from today.
The Centre on April 19 had announced a ''liberalised'' policy, making all above 18 years of age eligible to get vaccinated from May 1. It has also allowed state governments and private hospitals to purchase vaccines from manufacturers. Per the revised rules, the centre will receive 50 per cent of the vaccines supplied; states and private hospitals will get the remaining doses.
As per the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, more than 2.45 crore beneficiaries register themselves on Co-WIN portal till 9.30 pm on Friday for the Phase III of the vaccination drive.
However, due to the delay in procurement of vaccines leading to a shortage, several states have said they won't be able to kick off the drive on Saturday.
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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday also appealed to residents of the national capital not to queue up at vaccination centres as vaccines have not yet been received.
"I request you to not queue up at the centres tomorrow (Saturday). As soon as the vaccines come, we will make proper announcements. Only then people with appointments can start coming to the centres," the Chief Minister had said.
West Bengal Government on Friday said the vaccination drive for those between 18 to 44 years of age will begin as and when the State receives the vaccine doses. It added that vaccination of those above 45 years will continue.
The Tamil Nadu government also deferred its roll out the massive vaccination drive for the 18-44 years age group on May 1 as originally planned.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy said that there appears a huge gap between demand and supply of vaccines in the country and it would not be possible to provide vaccination for those aged between 18 and 44 years beginning May 1, and hence they will have to wait at least till August or September.
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Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has asked people in the 18 to 45 age group not to visit vaccination centres on Saturday as the government is yet to receive a new lot of vaccines. He said that the government will inform well in advance as to when the vaccination drive will commence for this age group and the procedure for registration thereon.
The vaccination drive against COVID-19 for people aged 18 to 45 will be not be beginning from May 1 in Madhya Pradesh as vaccines are not available, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan informed on Thursday. The Chief Minister said the state government had spoken to both the country's COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers - Serum Institue of India and Bharat Biotech, and were informed that they would not be able to provide doses of the vaccine.
Karnataka Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar on Friday urged the people of the state aged between 18-44 years to "refrain from going to hospitals" on Saturday, saying that the state has not received the required COVID-19 vaccine doses from the Serum Institute of India (SII).
Chhattisgarh Health Minister TS Singh Deo said that the state will start the vaccination from the poorest people who have Antyodaya ration card or BPL card due to a shortage of vaccine.
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Maharashtra Health minister Rajesh Tope on Friday also said that the state government will start a nominal vaccination drive on May 1 as Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray believes that vaccination for those between 18 and 44 must start vaccination from May 1.
India had started the COVID-19 vaccination drive on January 16 with two vaccines -- Covishield (Oxford-AstraZeneca's vaccine manufactured by Serum Institute of India) and Covaxin (manufactured by Bharat Biotech Limited).
The second phase of the COVID-19 vaccination drive to inoculate people above 60 years and those over 45 with comorbidities against the coronavirus began on March 1. The third phase began on April 1 for all above 45 years of age. In the next phase beginning May 1, all above the age of 18 would be eligible to receive the shot.
(ANI)
20:18 May 01
Vaccine seekers have to return despite having a proper appointment in Raipur
As the Chhattisgarh government has prioritised Antyodaya Anna Yojana and BPL cardholders in the third phase of vaccination, many of the vaccine seekers have to return despite having a proper appointment from the health department.
18:34 May 01
Beneficiaries aged 45 and above struggle for 2nd dose of COVID-19 vaccine in Ludhiana
Beneficiaries aged 45 and above struggle for 2nd dose of COVID-19 vaccine in Ludhiana
Even as the third phase of the COVID-19 vaccination drive got underway on Saturday, many people in Punjab's Ludhiana district, aged above 45, were seen struggling to get their second doses because of the unavailability of the vaccine.
The inoculation drive for those between 18 and 45 years of age started in many parts of the country today.
However, many people in Ludhiana's Dayanand Medical College, who came to get administered their second dose of the vaccine, could not get themselves vaccinated as there was no vaccine stock available.
16:35 May 01
Ground report from Mumbai's Rajwadi hospital
At least 200 people who have registered on the CoWIN application have been called for the inoculation of the covid vaccine at Mumbai's Rajwadi hospital on Saturday.
15:23 May 01
Vaccination stopped at Nashik's Manmand
The health authorities at Manmad in Nashik have suspended the inoculation drive due to a shortage of vaccines.
14:52 May 01
Coronavirus vaccination drive has been started in Gujarat's Ahmedabad
Coronavirus vaccination drive has been started in Gujarat's Ahmedabad on Saturday. Some people who have reached the vaccination centre complaint of irregularities while some lauded the efforts of the government and the frontline health workers.
13:32 May 01
Vaccines being given at private hospitals in Delhi
Even as Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said required vaccine doses have not been received yet for the drive, indicating that the national capital will not join the national-level roll-out of COVID-19 vaccination for people aged 18-44 on May 1, many private hospitals here like Max, Apollo in Delhi and BL Kapoor Hospital provided the vaccines to people aged 18-44 years.
Fortis Healthcare, in a statement, had said people in the 18-44 age group will be administered Covaxin for Rs 1,250, which will include the cost of vaccine and administration charges, at its "centres across north India from Saturday".
12:23 May 01
Vaccination in Pune
Maharashtra: COVID-19 vaccination for people in the age group of 18- 44 years, begins at Kamla Nehru Hospital in Pune.
12:18 May 01
Vaccination in Chennai
Tamil Nadu: COVID-19 vaccination for people above 18 years of age, begins at Apollo Hospital in Chennai.
12:17 May 01
Vaccination drive for 18-44 years to start from 1 pm in Mumbai
Mumbai mayor Kishori Pednekar informed that the vaccination drive for citizens between 18-44 years will commence from 1 pm and no walk-in vaccines will be inoculated.
People with a message on CoWIN app will only be allowed.
“Vaccination for 18-44 years will commence from 1 pm at 5 centres including Nair Hospital, Rajawadi Hospital, Cooper Hospital, SevenHills Hospital and BKC centre. Till you don’t receive message of CoWIN app, you cannot visit the vaccination centre,” said Mumbai mayor.
12:08 May 01
J-K rolls out third phase of COVID vaccination drive in phased manner
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir administration has said it will roll out the third phase of the COVID-19 vaccination drive to cover people in the 18-45 age group from Saturday in a phased manner starting with the cities of Srinagar and Jammu.
This comes a day after the administration said the third phase of the inoculation drive will not begin in the union territory from May 1 as it was awaiting vaccine supply.
Jammu and Kashmir will roll out the vaccination of the 18-45 age group against COVID-19 from May 1 in a phased manner beginning with Jammu and Srinagar, the Department of Information and Public Relations said on Twitter on Saturday.
"COVAXIN will be administered to this age group free of cost. It will be by *prior registration and prior appointment only.* Please do not crowd the vaccination centres without appointment," it said.
However, the CoWIN portal did not accept any registrations for the 18-45 age group or even for those above 45.
Some people took to Twitter to complain about the shortage of vaccines in the union territory.
"Unfortunately, it's only on paper. As for 45+, 2nd dose is not available, I just went to Nishat for 2nd dose, but it's not available," said a Twitter user Muzamil Khan following the administration's announcement regarding the start of the third phase of the vaccination drive.
12:05 May 01
Vaccination in Rajkot
Covid vaccination for people in 18-44 age group started in Rajkot
11:56 May 01
COVID-19 vaccination for people in 18-44 age group begins at some private hospitals
New Delhi: Some private hospital chains commenced the COVID-19 immunisation drive for the 18-44 age group at limited centres in the country on Saturday, officials said.
Apollo Hospitals sources said the drive commenced at its centres in Hyderabad and Kolkata, but not in Delhi. They said that they are waiting for the vaccines to arrive and that the immunisation in Delhi is likely to begin either by Monday or Tuesday.
Max Healthcare announced the drive will begin at "select hospitals in the network in the NCR of Delhi".
The drive is yet to begin at Fortis Healthcare since it is waiting for the vaccine doses to arrive, sources said, adding it will start later in the day.
Fortis Healthcare, in a statement, had said people in the 18-44 age group will be administered Covaxin for Rs 1,250, which will include the cost of vaccine and administration charges, at its "centres across north India from Saturday".
Max Healthcare had said all the hospitals in the network would be used to vaccinate the citizens as supplies of vaccine doses smoothen up.
"Presently, vaccines will be available at Max Healthcare facilities at Panchsheel Park, Patparganj, Shalimar Bagh, Rajinder Place (BLK-Max Hospital), Noida and Vaishali in the NCR," its statement read.
Three big private hospital chains -- Apollo, Fortis and Max -- on Friday had announced the launch of COVID-19 immunisation drive for the 18-44 age group at limited centres in the country from May 1, while the Delhi government said it will start the vaccination exercise once it receives doses from the manufacturers.
Meanwhile, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said required vaccine doses have not been received yet for the drive, indicating that the national capital will not join the national-level roll-out of COVID-19 vaccination for people aged 18-44 on May 1.
He appealed to the people in the targeted age group not to line up at vaccination centres in the city on Saturday.
11:07 May 01
Covid vaccination for phase three begins
Maharashtra: Phase 3 vaccination for COVID19 begins.
An official at the center said, "We've received update from head office that vaccine will be administered only to people between 18-44 yrs of age today. Their vaccination will begin at 2 pm."
09:37 May 01
Rajasthan to start vaccination for 18-44 age group from today
Rajasthan to start vaccination for 18-44 age group from today
People in the 18-44 age group will be vaccinated in Rajasthan from Saturday, state Health Minister Raghu Sharma said.
He said vaccine manufacturer Serum Institute of India had initially assured to give only three lakh doses, therefore, it was decided to cover people in the age group of 35-44 in 11 district headquarters. Late on Friday evening, the manufacturer assured 5.44 lakh more doses, following which the vaccination can now be done for people in the age group of 18-44 across the state from May 1, the minister said.
He said there are 3.25 crore beneficiaries in the 18-44 years age category in the state.
07:27 May 01
India begins Covid vaccination for citizens aged above 18 years
New Delhi: India will start the vaccination drive for those in the 18-44 age bracket from Saturday as the country continues to battle the second wave of COVID-19.
However, some states have flagged the shortage of vaccines and expressed their inability to start vaccination of people above 18 years from today.
The Centre on April 19 had announced a ''liberalised'' policy, making all above 18 years of age eligible to get vaccinated from May 1. It has also allowed state governments and private hospitals to purchase vaccines from manufacturers. Per the revised rules, the centre will receive 50 per cent of the vaccines supplied; states and private hospitals will get the remaining doses.
As per the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, more than 2.45 crore beneficiaries register themselves on Co-WIN portal till 9.30 pm on Friday for the Phase III of the vaccination drive.
However, due to the delay in procurement of vaccines leading to a shortage, several states have said they won't be able to kick off the drive on Saturday.
Bengal imposes COVID curfew; markets to be open twice a day
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday also appealed to residents of the national capital not to queue up at vaccination centres as vaccines have not yet been received.
"I request you to not queue up at the centres tomorrow (Saturday). As soon as the vaccines come, we will make proper announcements. Only then people with appointments can start coming to the centres," the Chief Minister had said.
West Bengal Government on Friday said the vaccination drive for those between 18 to 44 years of age will begin as and when the State receives the vaccine doses. It added that vaccination of those above 45 years will continue.
The Tamil Nadu government also deferred its roll out the massive vaccination drive for the 18-44 years age group on May 1 as originally planned.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy said that there appears a huge gap between demand and supply of vaccines in the country and it would not be possible to provide vaccination for those aged between 18 and 44 years beginning May 1, and hence they will have to wait at least till August or September.
Covid patient dies after 'pleading for water'
Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has asked people in the 18 to 45 age group not to visit vaccination centres on Saturday as the government is yet to receive a new lot of vaccines. He said that the government will inform well in advance as to when the vaccination drive will commence for this age group and the procedure for registration thereon.
The vaccination drive against COVID-19 for people aged 18 to 45 will be not be beginning from May 1 in Madhya Pradesh as vaccines are not available, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan informed on Thursday. The Chief Minister said the state government had spoken to both the country's COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers - Serum Institue of India and Bharat Biotech, and were informed that they would not be able to provide doses of the vaccine.
Karnataka Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar on Friday urged the people of the state aged between 18-44 years to "refrain from going to hospitals" on Saturday, saying that the state has not received the required COVID-19 vaccine doses from the Serum Institute of India (SII).
Chhattisgarh Health Minister TS Singh Deo said that the state will start the vaccination from the poorest people who have Antyodaya ration card or BPL card due to a shortage of vaccine.
Sikh group lends helping hand to COVID patients breathe life in Delhi
Maharashtra Health minister Rajesh Tope on Friday also said that the state government will start a nominal vaccination drive on May 1 as Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray believes that vaccination for those between 18 and 44 must start vaccination from May 1.
India had started the COVID-19 vaccination drive on January 16 with two vaccines -- Covishield (Oxford-AstraZeneca's vaccine manufactured by Serum Institute of India) and Covaxin (manufactured by Bharat Biotech Limited).
The second phase of the COVID-19 vaccination drive to inoculate people above 60 years and those over 45 with comorbidities against the coronavirus began on March 1. The third phase began on April 1 for all above 45 years of age. In the next phase beginning May 1, all above the age of 18 would be eligible to receive the shot.
(ANI)
Last Updated : May 1, 2021, 11:21 PM IST
