9.26 am: India reports 18,139 new coronavirus cases on Friday, taking its tally to 1,04,13,417. The country’s toll rises by 234 to 1,50,5...
9.26 am: India reports 18,139 new coronavirus cases on Friday, taking its tally to 1,04,13,417. The country’s toll rises by 234 to 1,50,570. India’s active cases stand at 2,25,449, while the recoveries reach 1,00,3,7398.
9.25 am: Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan visits the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital in Chennai to review the vaccine dry run.
Chennai: Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan visits Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital to review the dry run for administering #COVID19 vaccine #TamilNadu pic.twitter.com/cur0niPI7n
— ANI (@ANI) January 8, 2021
9.20 am: Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital in Chennai prepares for the vaccine dry run, ANI reports.
Tamil Nadu: Preparation underway at Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital in Chennai for the second dry run for COVID19 vaccine.
— ANI (@ANI) January 8, 2021
"All the arrangements have been done. We have appointed four vaccinator officers to conduct the dry run here," says Dean of the hospital pic.twitter.com/FC9umcUKSd
9.16 am: A second countrywide dry run for the coronavirus vaccine will be held on Friday. It will cover 736 districts across 33 states and Union Territories. Uttar Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh and Haryana will not take part in this dry run as they have already completed the exercise in all districts, according to NDTV. The first such dry run in India took place on January 2.
