Covid vaccination: ‘Har Ghar Dastak’ campaign begins in Delhi

A campaign to carry out house-to-house Covid-19 vaccination of people who are yet to take a dose and those whose second shot is overdue got underway in the national capital on Friday The central government had recently launched a month-long Har Ghar Dastak campaign to ensure no person is left behind in the vaccination exercise. According […]

Plea in HC for door-to-door COVID jab to bed-ridden senior citizens; court seeks govt reply

The Delhi High Court Tuesday sought the Centre and Delhi government’s reply on a plea seeking direction to them to introduce a policy on urgent door-to-door COVID-19 vaccination for bed-ridden senior citizens here Notice on the PIL, which also seeks a helpline for registration of such cases, was issued by a bench of Chief Justice […]

Covid: DoE asks principals to ensure vaccination of all remaining Delhi govt school teachers, staff

Noting that all teachers and staff of Delhi government schools have still not received the COVID-19 vaccine, the Directorate of Education (DoE) has directed principals to ensure that the remaining ones are vaccinated in next 15 days. “It has come to notice that still some teachers are left to be vaccinated, hence all officers and […]

Less than half of NCR population given at least one dose of vaccine 

Despite there being a positive trend in the number of people being inoculated in NCR, there is a long way to go before the looming threat of a third wave can be overcome    The National Capital Region has seen a total vaccination of over 1.3 crore (1,32,44,640) which includes dose 1 and 2. Out […]

Vaccination in Delhi: Special Cowin sessions for homeless people without identity cards

The Delhi government is aiming to vaccinate all homeless people living in night shelters in the national capital within a month through special camps, officials said on Friday The Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB) organised the first vaccination camp for homeless people at Yamuna Pushta Night Shelter near Nigam Bodh Ghat in association with […]

Vaccination halted at all 400 sites for 18-44 age group in Delhi: Sisodia

Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Monday said Pfizer and Moderna have refused to sell coronavirus vaccines directly to the national capital and have said that they will only talk to the Centre. In an online briefing, Sisodia said all the 400 vaccination sites for the 18-44 age group have been closed in Delhi […]

Perils of the third wave

The third wave of the pandemic is likely to target children, fear experts. And we should act now The question often asked: Why is the medical fraternity so worried about the third wave when they have grossly failed to deal with the second? To answer this question one has to consider the coronavirus and its […]

A request to save lives: Vaccinate kids before a third wave

With experts pointing to the eventuality of a third wave of the pandemic, people are taking to social media platforms to organise campaigns for parallel inoculation of kids   Considering the massive second wave of the coronavirus that did not spare the younger generation, vaccination seems to be the only way to stop the third […]