The Centre has asked all states and Union territories to provide action taken reports on measures taken for safety of doctors and healthcare workers before September 10.
More than 100 professionals from India are set to be recruited by the UK's National Health Service (NHS) Trust to overcome shortage.
The healthcare workers have been conferred with the title of ‘Corona Warriors’ owing to their extraordinary and selfless service in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.
The study is conducted over the healthcare staff of two leading private hospitals in Delhi--Sir Ganga Ram and Indraprastha Apollo--who got infected with Covid-19 despite taking vaccines against the viral disease.
Delhi records 145 fresh Covid cases, 2 new fatalities; positivity rate stands at 0.25 per cent
To encourage people to get Covid vaccine, the Delhi govt enables healthcare workers to get shots ahead of their scheduled vaccination date, says Satyendar Jain; city's positivity rate dips to 0.28 pc
In Darjeeling district 598 people received the vaccines (99.6 percent) at five facilities against the target of 500. Jalpaiguri district vaccinated 285 beneficiaries (57 percent) at five centers but the target was 500.
The vaccination sessions at all the 34 hospitals were completed by the scheduled time.
Vaccination is allowed only for those who are above the age of 18 years. Women who are pregnant or not sure of their pregnancy and lactating mothers should not receive the vaccine, it said.
REC Foundation, the CSR arm of REC Limited, has joined hands with TajSATS (a joint venture of IHCL and SATS Ltd) to distribute specially-made nutritious meal packets.
