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COVID-19: Chhattisgarh health workers cross river to vaccinate people in r
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Balrampur (Chhattisgarh) [India], June 19 (ANI): A team of health workers crossed a knee-deep river, climbed mountains and walked through a 9-kilometere dense forest to reach a remote area in Chhattisgarh's Balrampur to hold a COVID-19 vaccination drive.
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J-K: Army ensures COVID-19 vaccination for villagers near LoC
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Poonch (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], June 18 (ANI): In a bid to ensure that no one is left out of the COVID-19 vaccination drive, a team of Indian Army and health workers reached Kerani village, the last village near the Line of Control (LoC), crossing the difficult hilly terrains of the regi
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Pakistan suspends polio vaccine drive after attacks on health workers
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 17 (ANI): Amid its inability to stamp out religious extremism, Pakistan has now "indefinitely" suspended its nationwide anti-polio campaign, to protect some 270,000 polio field staff from growing attacks.
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UN official condemns killing of 5 health workers in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [US], June 16 (ANI/Xinhua): A senior UN official on Tuesday condemned the killing of five health workers and the wounding of four others carrying out a polio vaccination campaign in Afghanistan's Nangarhar Province.
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5 polio vaccination workers killed in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Nangarhar [Afghanistan], June 15 (ANI): As many as five health workers were killed and four others wounded in five separate shooting incidents during a polio vaccination drive in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province on Tuesday.
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Centre to states: Focus on 2nd dose COVID-19 vaccine coverage of health wo
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 10 (ANI): The Centre on Thursday advised states to focus on increasing second dose coverage among healthcare workers (HCW) and frontline workers (FLW).
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Enquiry against health workers in UP's Basti after video of 'negligence' h
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Basti (Uttar Pradesh) [India], June 6 (ANI): Health department workers were caught on camera allegedly packing up RTPCR test kits without taking the requisite samples from Covid-19 patients in Basti in Uttar Pradesh.
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Sitharaman meets heads of insurance companies to review progress of PMGKP
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 5 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman met the heads of insurance companies to review the progress made under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package (PMGKP) insurance scheme for health workers fighting COVID-19.
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J-K: Health workers cross river to conduct COVID-19 vaccination drive in r
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Rajouri (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], June 5 (ANI): Determined to perform their duty, a team of healthcare workers crossed a river on their way to carry out a COVID vaccination drive at a remote area in Kandi block of Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district.
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Jharkhand Health Min condemns attack on health workers in Khunti district
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], June 2 (ANI): Jharkhand Health Minister Banna Gupta on Wednesday condemned the attack on health workers in Khunti district and said the state government will deal strictly with such mischievous elements.
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Centre eases PMGKP insurance scheme for health workers, claims to be settl
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 1 (ANI): Aiming to streamline the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package (PMGKP) insurance scheme and to provide relief to health workers amid COVID-19, the Central government on Tuesday announced that the claims will now be certified by the district collectors of the re
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Unmotorable road forces Assam ambulance driver to carry Covid patient on b
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Cachar (Assam) [India], May 30 (ANI): Health workers continue to face enormous challenges in their battle against Covid-19. A case in point is when an ambulance driver in Assam's Cachar district resorted to ferrying a coronavirus infected man on a bicycle for over a kilometre as the road lea
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