Coronavirus (Covid-19) India Lockdown News Live Updates: The suspension will remain till April 28 and during this time, the government will look at risk management measures to resume travel.
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. (AP)Coronavirus India Live Updates: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Thursday temporarily suspended entry for all travellers from India, including its own citizens, following a high number of positive coronavirus cases arriving from that country. The suspension will start from April 11 and will be in place till April 28, Ardern said in a news conference. During this time the government will look at risk management measures to resume travel.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, on Thursday. He had got his first shot of the covevex on March 1. “Vaccination is among the few ways we have, to defeat the virus. If you are eligible for the vaccine, get your shot soon,” the Prime Minister tweeted. The two nurses who administered the vaccine are P Niveda from Puducherry and Nisha Sharma from Punjab.
Several districts in Maharashtra including Navi Mumbai, Satara and Panvel are likely to shut their Covid - 19 vaccination drive from today due to “shortage”. The Maharashtra government had said that the state was running short of Covid vaccines, especially in urban centres, and urged the Centre to send in additional stocks.
India detected 115,736 cases of the novel coronavirus on Tuesday, the highest daily increase so far. Nearly 55,000 cases were detected in Maharashtra, while Chhattisgarh scaled a new peak of 9,921 cases. Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi reported more than 5,000 cases each.
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PM Gets Second Vaccine Dose: "If Eligible, Get Your Shot Soon"
PM Modi vaccine: PM Modi was the first beneficiary on March 1 as the second phase of nationwide vaccination against coronavirus began.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi received his second dose of the Covid vaccine today at Delhi's AIIMS - 37 days after his first shot - and urged all those eligible to get inoculated against the deadly virus.
as the nationwide vaccination was widened to people above 60 and those over 45 with other illnesses.
Tweeting a photo of his vaccination, the Prime Minister said a Covid shot was among the few ways to defeat the virus. PM Modi was seen wearing a face mask this time as he took the shot unlike the previous time.
"Got my second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at AIIMS today. Vaccination is among the few ways we have, to defeat the virus. If you are eligible for the vaccine, get your shot soon," PM Modi tweeted and shared a link to the CoWin website, a portal to register for the vaccine.
PM Modi has taken the home-grown Covaxin developed by Bharat Biotech and the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), which has been linked to vaccine hesitancy because of its clinical trials status.
The Prime Minister's second vaccine dose was administered by two nurses, one of whom had given him his first shot as well. P Niveda, , was seen holding PM Modi's arm in the photo while Nisha Sharma administered the dose.
PM Modi with nurses P Niveda (left) and Nisha Sharma who administered him the Covid vaccine
Apart from Covaxin, Pune-based Serum Institute's Covishield, developed in partnership with Oxford University and pharma giant AstraZeneca, is being used in the vaccination drive which began on January 16 this year.
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India has been expanding its vaccination programme gradually. The country had started inoculations with frontline and healthcare workers, and went on to people above 60 and those over 45 with other illnesses. In the latest round, all above 45 are being vaccinated. So far, over nine crore people have been vaccinated.
PM Modi took his second dose hours ahead of his meeting with Chief Ministers scheduled later this evening where he is expected to take stock of the ongoing vaccination drive and the recent alarming rise in coronavirus cases in the country.
Comments A massive surge in infections over the past few weeks saw the biggest-ever daily surge of more than a lakh on Monday. On Wednesday, India reported over 1.15 lakh new cases in 24 hours. The total number of infections is now over 1.28 crore.
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