The Ministry stated that more than 192.17 crores of vaccine doses had been provided to states/UTs through the Government of India (free of cost channel) and the direct state procurement category.
The decision comes as the national capital is again witnessing a spike in the number of daily Covid-19 cases.
Experts cautioned against following the trends as the hospitalisation and deaths rates remain unchanged.
For deaths that occurred prior to March 20, the claims have to be filed within 60 days, while for any future deaths, 90 days’ time has been given to file for the ex gratia.
The decision to allow the booster doses to all the adults comes as infections advance in many countries.
Accordingly, after the expiry of the existing Ministry of Home Affairs orders dated February 25, 2022, no further order may be issued by the MHA.
The Centre on Monday announced that Covid-19 vaccination for children in the age group will begin from Wednesday, March 16, 2022.
In the guidelines, sent to chief secretaries of all states and UTs, the home secretary also emphasised that the wearing of masks, maintaining social distancing, hand hygiene and ventilation in closed spaces, as mandated in the National Directives for COVID Management, should continue to be enforced. COVID Management should continue to be enforced.
BMC stated thirteen of the 190 infected patients were under the age of 18. 11 of these were infected with Omicron.
The new figures show the country's total caseload has increased to 42,586,544, with death toll at 5,07,981.
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