West Bengal Covid-19 Vaccine

The Central Government has so far given 11 crore free COVID-19 vaccine doses to West Bengal for its fight against Coronavirus, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Instances of fake COVID-19 vaccination camps and vaccines have come to the central government's notice from Maharashtra, West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh, the Lok Sabha was told on Friday.

The Airport Authority of India (AAI), Kolkata on Monday issued guidelines stating that passengers arriving in West Bengal should be either fully vaccinated or carry an RT-PCR negative report for COVID-19, conducted within 72 hours of departure.

On the day when West Bengal vaccinated a record 11 lakh people against COVID-19, a stampede at a vaccination centre in Jalpaiguri district left around 20 people injured.

Leader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Sunday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking his intervention to increase the quota of COVID-19 vaccine for West Bengal.

BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday slammed the ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal for depriving lakhs of the opportunity to get vaccinated against COVID-19, due to the state government''s partisan policies.

A health worker was arrested from West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district on Saturday on the charge of operating unauthorised Covid-19 vaccination camps in the state, a police officer said.

All passengers flying to West Bengal, on both commercial and non-commercial flights, will have to produce either a certificate that shows they are fully vaccinated or a COVID-19 negative (RT-PCR) test report, the state government wrote to the civil a

Accusing the Trinamool Congress government of giving Covid-19 vaccine doses only to those who have connections with the ruling party, the BJP on Thursday organised protests in various parts of West Bengal and its leaders courted arrests.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday flagged the "irregular supply" of COVID-19 vaccine doses to the state and said she will write to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking his intervention.

Kerala and Delhi have the least number of shortfall in COVID-19 vaccination while Bihar, Rajasthan and West Bengal have the highest inoculation shortfall, according to an analysis of publicly available data.

The West Bengal government on Monday started the Covid-19 vaccination on boat programme in an island of Sundarbans and inoculated 150 people, most of whom are migrant labourers, South 24 Parganas District Magistrate P Ulganathan said.

The Union Health Ministry has asked the West Bengal government to inquire into instances of COVID-19 vaccination camps being organised allegedly by unauthorised people in some areas of Kolkata and submit a report in the next two days.

BJP president J P Nadda on Tuesday attacked Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, alleging that COVID-19 vaccination is lowest in West Bengal and fake inoculation camps are being organised in the state.

The police said today that around 2,000 people were injected with fake COVID-19 vaccines in Mumbai, Maharashtra, and another 500 -- some of them disabled -- might have suffered the same fate in West Bengal's Kolkata.

The Central Government has so far given 11 crore free COVID-19 vaccine doses to West Bengal for its fight against Coronavirus, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Instances of fake COVID-19 vaccination camps and vaccines have come to the central government's notice from Maharashtra, West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh, the Lok Sabha was told on Friday.

The Airport Authority of India (AAI), Kolkata on Monday issued guidelines stating that passengers arriving in West Bengal should be either fully vaccinated or carry an RT-PCR negative report for COVID-19, conducted within 72 hours of departure.

On the day when West Bengal vaccinated a record 11 lakh people against COVID-19, a stampede at a vaccination centre in Jalpaiguri district left around 20 people injured.

Leader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Sunday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking his intervention to increase the quota of COVID-19 vaccine for West Bengal.

BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday slammed the ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal for depriving lakhs of the opportunity to get vaccinated against COVID-19, due to the state government''s partisan policies.

A health worker was arrested from West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district on Saturday on the charge of operating unauthorised Covid-19 vaccination camps in the state, a police officer said.

All passengers flying to West Bengal, on both commercial and non-commercial flights, will have to produce either a certificate that shows they are fully vaccinated or a COVID-19 negative (RT-PCR) test report, the state government wrote to the civil a

Accusing the Trinamool Congress government of giving Covid-19 vaccine doses only to those who have connections with the ruling party, the BJP on Thursday organised protests in various parts of West Bengal and its leaders courted arrests.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday flagged the "irregular supply" of COVID-19 vaccine doses to the state and said she will write to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking his intervention.

Kerala and Delhi have the least number of shortfall in COVID-19 vaccination while Bihar, Rajasthan and West Bengal have the highest inoculation shortfall, according to an analysis of publicly available data.

The West Bengal government on Monday started the Covid-19 vaccination on boat programme in an island of Sundarbans and inoculated 150 people, most of whom are migrant labourers, South 24 Parganas District Magistrate P Ulganathan said.

The Union Health Ministry has asked the West Bengal government to inquire into instances of COVID-19 vaccination camps being organised allegedly by unauthorised people in some areas of Kolkata and submit a report in the next two days.

BJP president J P Nadda on Tuesday attacked Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, alleging that COVID-19 vaccination is lowest in West Bengal and fake inoculation camps are being organised in the state.

The police said today that around 2,000 people were injected with fake COVID-19 vaccines in Mumbai, Maharashtra, and another 500 -- some of them disabled -- might have suffered the same fate in West Bengal's Kolkata.