Vaccination rates

The vaccination of Southern Railway’s front-line health workers was inaugurated by General Manager John Thomas on Thursday. The drive will cover 100 beneficiaries a day. Mr. Thomas thanked the Chennai Corporation for allotting 500 doses of the vaccine on a priority basis to Southern Railway. … [Read more...] about Railways starts vaccination drive

NEW DELHI: After the immediate neighbourhood, Delhi is considering sending vaccines to the Gulf, North African and SE Asian countries, including Myanmar and Seychelles, as India expands its soft power appeal globally as a reliable development partner.In respect of Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and Mauritius, India is awaiting confirmation of necessary regulatory clearances from those countries. Others in the list of prospective recipients include Brazil, India’s biggest partner in Latin America, and Morocco, Delhi’s key security and economic partner in North Africa, ET has learnt. Another African country which has shown interest is South Africa.India’s oldest strategic partner in West Asia, Oman, besides Bahrain, are also interested to acquire vaccines from here.Beginning Wednesday, Covishield vaccines reached Maldives, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Nepal as India’s gift, edging past China. Delhi’s gesture was acknowledged by the leadership of the respective … [Read more...] about India plans to export Covid vaccines to the Gulf, Myanmar, Seychelles and North African nations

German discount supermarket chain Lidl said on Wednesday it is providing an extra $200 to all its U.S. employees who get vaccinated for COVID-19, as states make shots more widely available.The announcement follows similar moves from peers Aldi and Dollar General Corp, as well as grocery delivery firm Instacart, with Lidl's incentive among the biggest a company has offered its U.S. workers so far.Lidl said its employees were "eager" to get vaccinated, citing an internal survey in which nearly eight in 10 workers said they planned to get inoculated as soon as a vaccine became available.The company sells its products in more than 125 stores across nine East Coast U.S. states. … [Read more...] about Lidl offers $200 extra to US workers to get Covid-19 vaccination

Creating awareness“Today, 100 healthcare workers were vaccinated in our hospital. We have been counselling our staffers for the last two to three days. A 10-member team has been working on this and telling our staffers that the vaccine is safe and there are no problems,” Suresh Kumar, Medical Director of Lok Nayak Hospital told The Hindu. … [Read more...] about COVID-19 | 5,942 health workers vaccinated, 24 adverse events reported in Delhi

"The low 16 percent clearly shows that despite all good intentions, the Namibian tourism industry is in a very precarious state financially and the continued limitations and restrictions on international and regional travel aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus, are virtually strangling the tourism sector," Paetzold said. … [Read more...] about Namibia’s hotel occupancy rate falls to 16 pct amid COVID-19