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COVID-19 Vaccine: All above age 18 eligible for inoculation from 1 May, announces Centre as coronavirus cases surge

This comes as India's total tally of COVID-19 cases crossed the 1.50-crore mark on Monday, with around 25 lakh cases being added in just 15 days

COVID-19: PM calls for four-day 'vaccination festival', asks states to curb virus spread on war footing

Narendra Modi emphasised 'test, track, treat', COVID-appropriate behaviour and COVID management to contain the pandemic. He called for the vaccine festival to be held between 11 to 14 April

'Utterly baseless': Harsh Vardhan slams Maharashtra govt's COVID-19 vaccine shortage claim

The Union health minister also accused the Shiv Sena-led Maharashtra govt of trying to cover its 'failures' by spreading panic on vaccines

Maharashtra likely to run out of COVID-19 vaccine in three days, says health minister Rajesh Tope

The minister urged the Centre to give priority to Maharashtra since the coronavirus cases were more in the state and the overall toll was over 50,000

Narendra Modi to hold COVID-19 review meet with chief ministers of all states on 8 April

Modi's last interaction with chief ministers was on 17 March during which he had expressed concern over the rise in COVID-19 cases and called for "quick and decisive" steps to check the "emerging second peak"

Coronavirus News: Maharashtra announces weekend lockdown; Modi reviews situation across India, sends teams to 3 states

Maharashtra, which is the worst affected state, announced a weekend lockdown from 8 pm on Friday and imposed a night curfew across the state between 8 pm and 7 am from Monday

COVID-19 vaccination for all above 45 years opens today; Centre asks states to identify low coverage areas

Amidst a growing surge in COVID-19 cases across the country, the Center will roll out the third phase of its vaccination drive from tomorrow (1 April)

COVID-19 situation turning from bad to worse recently, huge cause for worry, says Centre

At a press conference, Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said that eight of the top 10 COVID-19 high-burden districts of the country are from Maharashtra

India records 62,258 new COVID-19 cases; highest single-day rise in five months

The toll increased to 1,60,949 with 257 deaths in the past 24 hours, while the national recovery rate has further dropped to 95.09 percent

India’s second COVID-19 wave could last up to 100 days, may peak in second half of April: SBI report

Lockdown is ineffective and mass vaccination is the only hope as localised lockdowns have not resulted in controlling the spread of infection, SBI's Group Chief Economic Advisor Soumya Kanti Ghosh said in the report