Coronavirus live updates: Jharkhand cancels Class 10, 12 state board exams

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Even as many private hospitals have raised concerns that the service charge for vaccination capped at Rs 150 may not be adequate for them to organise sessions outside of hospital, the ceiling may not apply to off-site camps, a government official said. ​​“Organisation of camps is not covered in Rs 150,” a senior official told TOI. While most hospitals are ready to vaccinate people within the existing set-up, they say the ceiling may not be adequate for organising ‘near to home’ off-site camps planned by them, including those with corporates, in residential housing societies or even drive-in vaccinations.

The government’s direction to states not to share “sensitive information” related to vaccine stocks without permission from the Centre is intended to ensure vaccine data is not misused or used for commercial purposes, said officials.

A Union health ministry letter to all states and UTs warning that data on vaccine stocks and temperature at all levels of vaccine storage is “owned” by the ministry and should not be shared without its consent is being termed “a gag order” by public health activists.

Canada's health minister said Wednesday that fully vaccinated Canadian citizens who test negative for COVID-19 will soon be exempt from two weeks quarantine when returning to the country.

The administration of President Joe Biden is buying 500 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine to distribute among other countries, US media reported Wednesday citing people familiar with the matter. Biden will make the formal announcement at the G-7 meeting in Britain this week, the Washington Post and New York Times said.

Active cases: 4,783
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