Ministry of Health
and Family Welfare
Maharashtra, Punjab, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil
Nadu and Gujarat continue to report high Daily
New Cases
Over 6.1 cr vaccine doses administered across the country
Posted On: 30 MAR
2021 11:40AM by PIB Delhi
Six
States, Maharashtra, Punjab, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Gujarat, continue to report a surge in the COVID daily
new cases. 78.56% of the new
cases are reported from these 6 states.
56,211 new cases were registered
in the last 24 hours.
Maharashtra has reported the highest daily
new cases at 31,643. It is followed by Punjab
with 2,868 while Karnataka reported 2,792 new cases.
Ten States, as shown under, are displaying an upward
trajectory in daily new cases.,
India’s total Active Caseload has reached 5,40,720 today. India’s present active caseload now stands
at 4.47% of India’s
total Positive Cases. A net incline of 18,912 cases recorded from the
total active caseload in the last 24 hours.
Maharashtra, Kerala, Punjab,
Karnataka and Chhattisgarh cumulatively account for 79.64% of the total active
cases in the country. Maharashtra leads with
more than 62% of the active caseload of the country.
On the other hand, more than 6.11 cr (6,11,13,354) vaccine
doses have been administered through 10,07,091 sessions, as per the provisional
report till 7 am today. These include 81,74,916 HCWs (1st dose), 51,88,747 HCWs (2nd dose), 89,44,742 FLWs (1st dose)
and 37,11,221 FLWs (2nd Dose), 68,72,483 (1st Dose) and 405 (2nd dose) beneficiaries
aged more than 45 years with specific co-morbidities and 2,82,19,257 (1st Dose)
and 1583 (2nd dose) beneficiaries aged more than 60 years.
|
HCWs
|
FLWs
|
45
to <60 years with Co-morbidities
|
Over
60 years
|
,
|
|
1st Dose
|
2nd Dose
|
1st Dose
|
2nd Dose
|
1st Dose
|
2nd dose
|
1st Dose
|
2nd Dose
|
|
81,74,916
|
51,88,747
|
89,44,742
|
37,11,221
|
68,72,483
|
405
|
2,82,19,257
|
1583
|
,
|
TOTAL =
6,11,13,354
As on Day-73 of the vaccination drive (29th March, 2021), total 5,82,919 vaccine doses
were given. Out of which, 5,51,164 beneficiaries were vaccinated across 14,608
sessions for 1st dose and
31,755 beneficiaries received 2nd dose of vaccine.
|
Date:
29th March,2021
|
|
HCWs
|
FLWs
|
45
to < 60 years with Co-morbidities
|
Over
60 years
|
Total
Achievement
|
|
1stDose
|
2ndDose
|
1stDose
|
2nd Dose
|
1stDose
|
2ndDose
|
1stDose
|
2ndDose
|
1stDose
|
2ndDose
|
|
17,919
|
10,682
|
32,629
|
19,085
|
1,41,260
|
405
|
3,59,356
|
1,583
|
5,51,164
|
31,755
|
India’s
cumulative recoveries stand at 1,13,93,021 today.
The national Recovery Rate is 94.19%.
37,028 recoveries
were registered in the last 24 hours.
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Ministry of Health
and Family Welfare
COVID19 Vaccination-Day 74
More than 6.24 Cr COVID19 vaccine doses administered
12.94 lakh vaccine doses given till 7 pm today
Posted On: 30 MAR
2021 9:03PM by PIB Delhi
The
cumulative number of COVID19 vaccine doses administered in the country has
crossed 6.24 Crore today.
A
total of 6,24,08,333 vaccine doses have been given, as per the provisional report till 7 pm today.
These
include 82,00,007 HCWs who
have taken the 1st dose and 52,07,368 HCWs who
have taken the 2nd dose, 90,08,905 FLWs (1st dose), 37,70,603 FLWs (2nd dose), 2,90,20,989 1st dose
beneficiaries and 36,899 2nd dose
beneficiaries more than 60 years old and 71,58,657 (1st dose) and 4,905 (2nd dose)
beneficiaries aged 45 and above with specific co-morbidities.
|
HCWs
|
FLWs
|
45 to <60 years with Co-morbidities
|
Over
60 years
|
|
1st Dose
|
2nd Dose
|
1st Dose
|
2nd Dose
|
1st Dose
|
2nd Dose
|
1st Dose
|
2nd Dose
|
|
82,00,007
|
52,07,368
|
90,08,905
|
37,70,603
|
71,58,657
|
4,905
|
2,90,20,989
|
36,899
|
Total 12,94,979 vaccine doses were given till 7 pm today, the Seventy fourth
day of nationwide COVID19 vaccination. Out of which 11,77,160
beneficiaries were vaccinated for 1st dose and 1,17,819 beneficiaries received
2nd dose of vaccine as per the provisional report. Final reports would be
completed for the day by late tonight.
|
Date: 30th March,2021
|
|
HCWs
|
FLWs
|
45to<60yearswithCo-morbidities
|
Over60years
|
Total
Achievement
|
|
1stDose
|
2ndDose
|
1stDose
|
2nd Dose
|
1stDose
|
2nd Dose
|
1stDose
|
2nd Dose
|
1stDose
|
2ndDose
|
|
25,091
|
18,621
|
64,163
|
59,382
|
2,86,174
|
4,500
|
8,01,732
|
35,316
|
11,77,160
|
1,17,819
|
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Ministry of Health
and Family Welfare
Dr Harsh Vardhan addresses Hope Consortium’s ‘World
Immunisation and Logistics Summit’
Highlights India’s committed and strategic Public Health Response and
Management Decisions
“Our collective decisions will shape the future policy for equitable
distribution of vaccine”
Posted On: 30 MAR
2021 7:49PM by PIB Delhi
Dr.
Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare digitally
participated in a panel discussion on vaccine production and distribution
across Asia at the “World Immunisation and
Logistics Summit”, today.
The
virtual conference brought together over 1,000 attendees from around the region
and the world in active discussion around tackling key issues facing global
supply chains as the world faces the largest and most complex logistical
operation in history in an effort to deliver life-saving vaccines worldwide.
The
panel was excited to know how India
is scaling up production of COVID-19 vaccines and how the government was
working with local and international partners to ensure the timely distribution
of these vaccines.
Dr.
Harsh Vardhan showcased India’s
vaccine administration program; the development of two vaccines in our country-
Covishield and Covaxin; the priority pyramid of beneficiaries that targets
those above 60 and above 45 with co-morbidities with focus on the recent
decision to allow all citizens above 45 and above years for vaccination from 1st April,
2021.
Reminding
everyone that India produces
60% of the world’s vaccine, he also detailed how infrastructure for India’s
universal immunization programme provided a pivot for the COVID vaccine drive.
On the dichotomy of helping, one’s countrymen or serving the entire humanity,
he said, “More than 61 million vaccine doses have been already administered in
our country. We always feel that benefits of the science be delivered to the
whole world. 64 million doses have been given to 84 countries under various
programs.”
Development
of vaccine was actively and proactively supported by the government; the expert
group for vaccine NEGVAC was formed 6 months before their launch which planned
each detail of the vaccine, its manufacturing, logistics and administration.
Half a dozen of vaccines are under clinical trial and around one dozen vaccines
are in pre-clinical trial which are being monitored by the body, Dr Harsh
Vardhan stated. The Union Minister also informed that there is significant
amount of fund allocated for the research and development of vaccine.
Dr
Harsh Vardhan addressed a question on the global powers coming together to
operate and supply vaccines worldwide in the current situation. Applauding
initiatives for collaboration including the HOPE consortium as a welcome step,
Dr. Harsh Vardhan observed, “It is going to help in shaping the future policy
for equitable distribution of vaccine. This will strengthen the efforts of WHO
in their commitment to ensuring that there is a common platform in validation,
all manufacturing companies of the whole world are on the same page and all
stakeholders are committed to equitable distribution of vaccine. We have learnt
from each other’s experiences, and from various guidelines. There is a great
need for this exercise to be scaled up. We need to introspect and review till
the time everyone on this platform gets vaccinated.” He reminded them of the
phrase, ‘No one is safe until everyone is safe.’
Recollecting
the biggest challenges faced by him in terms of rolling out the vaccination
programme, the Minister said, “India
itself with a huge population of 1.35 billion and huge diversity is a big
challenge. We took this challenge head on under the leadership of our Prime
Minister Shri Narendra Modi. On 17th of January last year, we had issued an
advisory regarding COVID long before it snowballed into the crisis it is today.
We also developed capacities for testing, ventilators, tracking, surveillance,
quarantine centre and emphasized that COVID Appropriate Behaviour is the most
potent vaccine against COVID.” After the launch of the vaccines, we prioritized
our health care workers, front line workers, the general population aged 45 and
above with co-morbidities and those above 60 years of age; and now all those
above 45 years. We also planned the opening of 50,000 centres across the
country and trained 7 lakh vaccinators for the exercise, he added.
The
Union Health Minister concluded the discussion lauding the need for
public-private alliances like the Hope Consortium which was founded to provide
supply chain solutions to support the safe and efficient distribution of COVID
vaccines.
The
global panel discussion was moderated by popular news anchor Laura Buckwell,
the panel had Madhav Kurup, Regional CEO MESA, Hellmann Worldwide Logistics and
Dr. Pascal Rey-Herme, Co-Founder and Group Medical Director, International SOS
as co-panelists.
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Ministry of Health
and Family Welfare
Dr Harsh Vardhan releases document titled - “Chasing
the Virus: A Public Health Response to the COVID 19 Pandemic”
“The document highlights how this pandemic of global magnitude was converted
into opportunity”
“The biggest lesson from our fight against the pandemic is that it gave us a
major boost in confidence”
Posted On: 30 MAR
2021 7:47PM by PIB Delhi
Dr Harsh
Vardhan, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare released the document
titled- “Chasing the Virus: A Public Health Response to the COVID 19 Pandemic”
here today.
This
publication is a chronicle of the response to the pandemic for the period
January 2020 to November 2020.
The Union
Health Minister expressed immense pleasure on the release of comprehensive
response of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to the COVID-19 pandemic in India. He
said, “This is a historical moment for all of us. On 30th January,
we had our first case and today after 1 year and 2 months, we have chased more
than 1.2 croreCOVID19 cases. But these are the cases that we have chased. There
may be many other cases which may not be in our record. But the matter of
happiness is that out of the 1.2 Cr cases, 1.13 Cr pople have recovered.”
He further
highlighted as to how this unprecedented pandemic of global magnitude was
converted into an exceptional opportunity. He said, “The hindrances that were
faced in the initial days of pandemic were resolved.We used to import PPE kits
initially.Now, we not only manufacture sufficient kits for India but we
are exporting them to other countries. The labs which started from just 1 in
January 2020 have now expanded to 2433 across the country. We are also
exporting vaccines to many countries.”“The biggest lesson from our fight
against the pandemic is that it gave us a major boost in confidence. The
country can fight any adverse situation and challenges coming our way. We have
fared better than many countries”, he added.
The Union
Health Minister noted the need to publish this chronicle of the response to the
pandemic. At the launch, he said, “The document “Chasing the Virus: A Public
Health Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic” is a factual narrative of the health
systems response across the nation to this unprecedented health emergency.
Volume-1 of this document, captures the various facets of the response spanning
pandemic related actions as well as enabling health systems to provide
uninterrupted access to non-COVID essential health services.We all know that we
have fought this battle with contribution of every stakeholder. It will be
difficult to document the efforts put in by all the people in fighting our
battle against the pandemic.”
Noting on how the success on the front of COVID19 can be
replicated in our fight against Tuberculosis, the Union health Minister said, “Another goal
in front of us is to eliminate the Tuberculosisby 2025. Our efforts of testing,
tracing and treating in COVID19 can be replicated for treatment of
Tuberculosis. The experience from the pandemic can be used to achieve the goal
of eliminating TB by 2025.”
At the end of the event, Dr Harsh Vardhan
extended his good wishes to all those who have been phenomenal and instrumental
in the fight against pandemic. He also expressed his hope that this document
will go a long way in strengthening the healthcare system, in helping
stakeholders to refine their strategies of dealing with pandemics & equip
the health systems for the present & future health emergencies.
Shri Rajesh Bhushan, Secretrary,MoHFW, Dr
Sunil Kumar, DGHS, Ms VandanaGurnani, AS,MoHFW, Ms ArtiAhuja, AS,MoHFW, Dr
ManoharAgnani, AS MoHFW, ShriLavAgarwal, JS MoHFW, ShriVikasSheel JS MoHFW, and
other senior dignitaries were also present at the event.
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Ministry of Health
and Family Welfare
Dr. Harsh Vardhan and Smt. Nutan Goel receives their
second dose of COVID-19 Vaccine
“We are yet to feel the slightest discomfort since our 1st dose”
None of us are safe until everybody is safe: Dr. Harsh Vardhan appeals for
following of CAB and vaccination of every eligible family member
Posted On: 30 MAR
2021 3:21PM by PIB Delhi
Dr Harsh Vardhan,Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare
along with his wife Smt. Nutan Goel were administeredthe second dose of the
COVID-19 vaccine (Covaxin) today at Delhi Heart and Lung Institute, New
Delhi.They had taken the first dose of the vaccine 28 days before on 2nd March 2021.
Appealing every eligible person to get vaccinated,especially
in light of the recent decision to extend vaccination to everyone aged above 45
years of age, Dr. Harsh Vardhan said, “We are yet to feel the slightest
discomfort since our 1st dose.”He also took the occasion to detail the provisions for AEFI
(Adverse Events Following Immunization) monitoring incorporated in the protocol
and the abysmally low proportion of beneficiaries reporting AEFI. He
re-iterated, “all vaccines are absolutely safe, immunogenic and effective.” He
addressed the concerns of reporters on individuals reporting Corona infection post their vaccination:
“These cases are extremely rare. Antibodies take two weeks to be fully
developed after the second dose of the vaccine which provides a window for
infection. This takes us to our earlier appeal of strict adherence to COVID
Appropriate Behaviour (CAB) regardless of the vaccination exercise.” He added
that COVID infection in those who are vaccinated would be very mild and would
not progress to an advanced stage. Squashing various vaccine relatedrumours
being circulated on social mediawhich he termed a nuisance to society, he
strongly made the case to trust Science over Whatsapp forwards.
Assuring
everyone on the Union Government’s vigilance of the second surge of COVID cases
being reported across the country, Dr. Harsh Vardhan observed, “This situation
is a grim reflection of the callous attitude of people in following COVID
Appropriate Behaviour. Following these norms along with participation in
vaccination are the key pillars in our Jan Andolan against COVID.” He said that
essentials in controlling the disease trajectory like the ‘Test, Track &
Treat’ strategy are now well known along with clinical procedures to treat
patients of severe COVID. He also spoke on the highest level of engagement in
monitoring the COVID situation referring to the Prime Minister’s VC with Chief
Ministers of States and the frequent VCs conducted by Union Health Secretary
with his colleagues in States and UTs. He reminded everyone that fatality rate
stands at just 1.34% while India’s
recovery rate is the highest in the world. He also mentioned that for the 46
districts reporting cases, around 400 districts have been free of COVID (187
districts with no fresh cases in 7 days, 84 districts in 14 days, 20 districts
in 21 days, 139 districts in 28 days).
The
Minister also informed that India
has sent over 6 crore vaccine doses to 84 nations across the globe while seven
more vaccines are in the pipeline undergoing their clinical trials. He
stressedthat the principle ‘none of us are safe until everybody is safe’ which
is at the heart of the Vaccine Maitri programmeis also applicable in
vaccinating one’s near and dear ones. He ended with pointing out that 7 lakh
trained vaccinators, seamless registration in CoWIN portal for over 10 lakh
vaccination sessions, the government and private facilities administering the
vaccines are on the path to make the vaccination drive a success.
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