Covid-19 in India: 75 lakh vaccinated in a day

More than 75 lakh vaccine doses were administered nationwide till the evening of Monday when the revised vaccination guidelines came into effect the Union health ministry said It is the highest in a day since the vaccination drive started on January 16 The previous high was of over 48 lakh doses on April 1Indiarsquos cumulative Covid19 vaccination coverage is now nearly 287 crore According to the revised guidelines vaccine doses provided free of cost by the Centre will be allocated to states and UTs based on criteria such as population disease burden and the progress of vaccination and all above the age of 18 will be eligible for the free shotsAny wastage of vaccine will affect the allocation they said The Centre will now procure 75 per cent of the vaccines being produced in the country and private hospitals can purchase the remaining 25 per cent It had earlier asked the states to procure 25 per cent of the doses But Modi announced the new rules on June 8 after the Supreme Court pulled up the Centre over its initial vaccination policy Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said the Centre has decided to increase the pace of vaccination in July and AugustIndia logged 53256 new cases the lowest in 88 days and 1422 fatalities the lowest in 65 days in a span of 24 hours according to the Union health ministry data updated on Monday morningLab uploaded data on ICMR even after contract endedRecent investigations have revealed that Max Corporate the private agency accused of irregularities in Covid19 tests during the Kumbh Mela continued to upload data on the Indian Council of Medical Research ICMR portal even after its agreement with the Mela administration ended police said on MondayWhile the contract ended in April Max Corporate along with Dr Lalchandani Lab and Nalwa Laboratories kept uploading the test data on the ICMR portal till May 16DGP Ashok Kumar said ldquoI have instructed the Haridwar SSP that the SIT should investigate in depth whatever five to six serious points have come up in the RTPCR Testing ScamrdquoMan gets 2 shots in 30 minA man in Odisharsquos Mayurbhanj district was on Saturday given two doses of Covid19 vaccine within 30 minutes sources said on Monday There was no adverse reaction Prasanna Kumar Sahu 51 of Raghupur village had taken his first shot at a temporary vaccination camp and was sitting for the observation when a nurse erroneously administered another dose he said The centrersquos observer said the man was sitting at the vaccination room instead of the observation room An enquiry has been initiatedlsquoDelhi needed 3cr doses got 57 lakhrsquoDeputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Monday said the Centre pressured officials in Delhi to publish ads in papers thanking it for providing free vaccines for all while the city has got only 57 lakh doses so far against the requirement of 294 croreAlso ReadMansukh Hiran death case NIA custody of 3 accused extended29935221Total no of Coronavirus cases in India so far388135Total no of deaths due to the virus in India so far702887Total no of active cases in IndiaThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever