Coronavirus HIGHLIGHTS: Home Ministry Tells States To Focus On Five-Fold Strategy Of Covid Management
With more than 48.01 lakh vaccine doses administered in past 24 hours, India's cumulative vaccination coverage has exceeded 32.85 crores. India will share CoWIN open-source version with 50 nations.
The Centre asked the states on Tuesday to focus on the five-fold strategy for effective COVID-19 management and said the process of relaxing restrictions should be carefully calibrated.
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An estimated 13.8 crore people, that is 49 per cent of the population, aged 60 years and above have been vaccinated with the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, government said on Tuesday. About 59.7 crore people aged 18-44 years, that is 15 per cent of the population, have been vaccinated with the first dose of the vaccine.
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With daily COVID-19 cases in the national capital showing a declining trend, the Delhi government on Monday asked private hospitals with 100 or more beds to scale down the number of oxygen beds reserved for Covid patients to 30 per cent of their total capacity. For hospitals with less than 100 beds, the government left it to them whether they want to reserve any beds for Covid patients.
In its order, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said, "It has been observed that there are 22,220 vacant Covid beds and there is a rising demand for non-Covid beds for treatment of non-COVID patients."
"Hence, keeping in view the large number of unoccupied Covid beds, the competent authority decided that in private hospitals with 100 beds or more, the number of reserved oxygen beds may be reduced to 30 per cent of the total capacity or three times the occupancy as on June 16, whichever is more," it said.
Private hospitals with less than 100 beds can take a call on whether they want to reserve any beds for Covid patients, according to the order.
More than 32.85 crore (32,85,54,011) Covid vaccine doses have so far been administered in the country, the health ministry said on Monday. Over 48.01 (48,01,465) lakh vaccine doses were administered on Monday, according to a provisional report compiled at 7 pm.
It said 28,63,823 beneficiaries in the 18-44 age group were administered the first dose and 91,640 received the second dose on Monday. Cumulatively, 8,75,67,172 people in the 18-44 age group have received the first dose and 19,94,410 have been administered the second dose of the vaccine since the start of the third phase of the nationwide inoculation drive.
About 50 countries, including Canada, Mexico, Nigeria and Panama, have shown interest in having a Co-WIN like system to run their vaccination drive, a senior official said Monday, adding India is ready to share the open source software free of cost.
Dr R S Sharma, the chairman of the empowered group for Covid-19 vaccine administration, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has directed officials to create an open source version of the platform and give it free of cost to any country that wants it.
"The Cowin platform has become so popular that as many as 50 countries from central Asia, Latin America, Africa all showed interest in having a Co-win like system," Sharma said at the second Public Health Summit 2021 on 'Emerging Imperatives in Strengthening Public Health for India' organised by Confederation of Indian Industry.
Background
Coronavirus HIGHLIGHTS, 29 June: With more than 48.01 lakh vaccine doses administered in past 24 hours, India's cumulative vaccination coverage has exceeded 32.85 crores. While India has ramped up its vaccination drive, the Serum Institute has once again come under fire after the EMA said that the Covishield vaccine 'does not currently have a marketing authorisation' in Europe. The matter would be considered when an application is received for it.
In another development, over 50 countries, including Canada and Mexico have shown interest in having a Co-WIN like system to run their vaccination drive. India has agreed to share the open source software free of cost.
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