New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that the Centre’s policy of free vaccination for those aged 45 and above and a paid system for those between 18-44 age group is “arbitrary and irrational.” A bench of Justices D.Y. Chandrachud, L. Nageswara Rao and S. Ravindra Bhat in the suo moto case on COVID…
Bengaluru: The State Government is thinking of vaccinating those students who will appear for offline second PU annual examination in the wake of current COVID-19 pandemic second wave, opined Primary and Secondary Education Minister Suresh Kumar. Talking to reporters here yesterday, he said the final decision in this regard will be taken after consulting health…
Bengaluru: The National Health Mission (NHM) has revised the list of preferential groups for vaccination by adding four more groups including students going to foreign countries to pursue their studies, said Deputy Chief Minister and State COVID-19 Ministerial Task Force Chairman, Dr. C.N. Ashwathnarayan. He told media here yesterday that persons who will go abroad…
Mysore/Mysuru: Automotive Axles Limited launched the vaccination drive for its employees and their family members, a first of its kind in city as part of Government’s Workplace Vaccination Drive initiative. Deputy Commissioner Rohini Sindhuri, who inaugurated the vaccination drive yesterday, appreciated the initiative taken by the Management as a proactive preventive measure and the excellent…
Bengaluru: Karnataka Minister for Health and Medical Education Dr. K. Sudhakar today claimed that the State stands first in South India in vaccination drive. In a tweet, he said that the drive will move faster as vaccine delivery is picking up, thanks to Government of India support. The State received the following on May 29:…
Forest Department to once again write to the officials concerned to consider Forest staff as frontline workers Mysore/Mysuru: The Forest Department staff are angry following the notice slapped on two Taluk Health Officers (THOs) by the District Health Officer (DHO) for vaccinating a few Forest employees under the 18 to 44 years category. About 8 to…
Vaccination for owners and employees of medical stores began at Raghulal Surgicals in city on Friday. Assistant Drugs Controller (ADC) Nazia inaugurated the drive in the presence of Raghulal & Co. and Raghulal Surgicals Proprietor N. Raghavan, Medicine Distributor Chandragupta V. Jain and others. At the venue, Covishield is being administered only to those in…
One among 10 Hospitals selected for trials in India; Dedicated team formed Mysore/Mysuru: Amid a debate around inoculating children for the deadly COVID infection and the threat of the third wave where teens and children are predicted to be the worst affected, Cheluvamba Hospital in Mysuru has been selected by Institutional Ethics Committee for Covaxin’s…
Mysore/Mysuru: The Divisional Controller of KSRTC Mysuru Division Srinivas has taken a decision not to allow those drivers, who have not taken COVID vaccination, to drive the buses. In a press release, he has said this rule was applicable to the staff members working in seven units of Rural Depot, Divisional Workshop, City Central Bus…
New Delhi: The National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration for Covid-19 (NEGVAC) has recommended the proposal by a Technical Expert Committee of the Union Ministry on the guidelines for Near to Home COVID Vaccination Centres (NHCVC) for elderly and differently-abled citizens. These recommendations have also been accepted by the Union Ministry of Health. NHCVC for…
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