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A teacher takes a class at a school in Gurugram. Photo: PTI
Covid immunisation: 14,965 beneficiaries receive vaccine shots in Delhi
MP sees 203 new Covid-19 cases, 194 recoveries, 4 deaths
Madhya Pradesh on Monday reported 203 fresh coronavirus positive cases, taking the tally of the infections to 2,57,849 while four fatalities pushed the toll to 3,838, the state Health department said. No fresh COVID-19 case was reported in 30 of the total 52 districts in the state on Monday. A total of 194 patients were discharged from hospitals in the last 24 hours, taking the count of recoveries in Madhya Pradesh to 2,52,164, the department said.
With 89 new cases, Indore's caseload went up to 58,087 while that of Bhopal rose to 43,296 with the addition of 40 cases. Indore has so far reported 927 deaths and Bhopal 617. Bhopal is now left with 556 active cases while Indore has 340 such cases.
Jharkhand reported 38 new Covid-19 cases, 33 recoveries
Over 8.5 mn vaccinated against coronavirus so far: Health Ministry
The number of healthcare and frontline workers vaccinated against the coronavirus in the country has surpassed 85 lakh, the Union Health Ministry said on Monday, according to PTI. A total of 85,16,771 beneficiaries have been vaccinated through 1,83,664 sessions, according to a provisional report till Monday 6 pm. Those vaccinated include 61,54,894 healthcare workers (HCWs), out of whom 60,57,162 have been administered the first dose and98,118 given the second dose. Besides, 23,61,491frontline workers (FLWs) have been inoculated so far.
The 2nd dose of COVID-19 vaccination started from Saturday for those beneficiaries who have completed 28 days after receipt of the 1st dose. The vaccination of the FLWs had started from February 2. "A total 2,31,476 beneficiaries were vaccinated till 6 pm on Monday, the thirty-first day of nationwide COVID-19 vaccination. Out of which, 1,57,919 beneficiaries were vaccinated for 1st dose and 73,557 HCWs received 2nd dose of vaccine as per the provisional report," the ministry said, adding the final report would be completed by late in the night. As many as 9,935 sessions were held till 6 pm on Monday and all states and union territories conducted the vaccination.
Centre approves Rs 5 lakh each for families of 39 journalists who died due to Covid
The Centre on Monday approved the proposal of the Press Information Bureau's journalist welfare committee to provide as financial relief Rs 5 lakh each to families of 39 journalists who died due to the coronavirus, a panel member said, according to PTI. The Narendra Modi government has earmarked an additional fund for this purpose for the Journalist Welfare Committee (JWC), and journalists from across India will be covered under the scheme, the member said.
As per PTI, in its meeting, the JWC decided to provide Rs 5 lakh to the family members of 39 deceased journalists. The JWC meeting was held under the chairmanship of Information and Broadcasting Secretary Amit Khare. Additional Secretary Neerja Shekhar, Joint Secretary Shri Vikram Sahay and Press Information Bureau (PIB) Principle DG K S Dhatwalia were also present at the meeting.
Santosh Thakur, who is a member of the JWC, Amit Kumar, Umeshwar Kumar and Ganesh Bisht represented journalists in the meeting. Thakur thanked Prime Minister Modi and Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar for this effort. Thakur said the JWC also discussed other welfare measures for journalists which include health insurance and life insurance schemes. The issue of including journalists in the Ayushman Bharat health insurance scheme was also discussed at the meeting.
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First Published: Feb 15 2021 | 7:08 AM IST