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India’s cumulative vaccination coverage crosses 115 crore landmark milestone

Newsmantra — Fri, 19 Nov 2021 04:13:10 +0000

India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has crossed 115 Crore landmark milestone (115,14,76,793) today. More than 65 lakh (65,45,982) Vaccine Doses have been administered till 7 pm today. The daily vaccination tally is expected to increase with the compilation of the final reports for the day by late tonight.

The cumulative coverage of vaccine doses, segregated based on population priority groups, is as follows:

Cumulative Vaccine Dose Coverage
HCWs	1^st Dose	10381557
HCWs	2^nd Dose	9378243
FLWs	1^st Dose	18375178
FLWs	2^nd Dose	16267995
Age Group 18-44 years	1^st Dose	438771108
Age Group 18-44 years	2^nd Dose	183865952
Age Group 45-59 years	1^st Dose	179789025
Age Group 45-59 years	2^nd Dose	108890358
Over 60 years	1^st Dose	112632875
Over 60 years	2^nd Dose	73124502
Cumulative 1^st dose administered		759949743
Cumulative 2^nd dose administered		391527050
Total		1151476793

Today’s achievement in the vaccination exercise, segregated by population priority groups, is as follows:

Date: 18^th November, 2021 (307^th Day)
HCWs	1^st Dose	133
HCWs	2^nd Dose	11327
FLWs	1^st Dose	218
FLWs	2^nd Dose	23077
Age Group 18-44 years	1^st Dose	1423534
Age Group 18-44 years	2^nd Dose	3108334
Age Group 45-59 years	1^st Dose	342277
Age Group 45-59 years	2^nd Dose	939724
Over 60 years	1^st Dose	213034
Over 60 years	2^nd Dose	484324
1^st Dose Administered in Total		1979196
2^nd Dose Administered in Total		4566786
Total		6545982

The vaccination exercise as a tool to protect the most vulnerable population groups in the country from COVID-19 continues to be regularly reviewed and monitored at the highest level.

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Self Propelled Accident Relief Medical Vans to Railways

Newsmantra — Fri, 03 Jan 2020 05:43:10 +0000

The Indian Railways is gradually replacing locomotive hauled Accident Relief Medical Vans (ARMVs) with Self Propelled Accident Relief Medical Vans (SPARMVs) to improve response during disaster. Specification of high speed Self Propelled Accident Relief Trains (HS-SPARTs) with speed of 160 kmph has been finalized and it is planned to be procured in addition to existing 110 kmph SPART. Further, to improve the capacity during restoration, 175 Tonnes cranes are under procurement which is an upgradation over existing 140 T cranes available with Indian Railways. The concept of golden hour has also been recognised to expedite response time during disaster.

The main areas of focus on disaster management are:-

a. Faster Response
b. Better facilities and equipment
c. Expanding resources to meet requirements in major accidents
d. Coordination with other agencies of central and state governments
e. Training and Preparedness

Indian Railways has an organized system of relief for managing accidents with its own resources. It consists of more than 6 thousand trained breakdown staff, 176 Accident Relief Trains (ARTs) and 86 Accident Relief Medical Vans (ARMVs) made using passenger coaches. All Accident Relief Trains and Accident Relief Medical Vans have pre-defined beats, inspection schedules and response time. In addition, there are 90 break down Cranes of various capacities over Indian Railway system.

All equipments in Accident Relief Trains and Accident Relief Medical Equipments have been standardized based on High Level Committee recommendations. Some of the items being imported for rescue, relief and restoration are as follows:

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