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The number of Swachhagrahi volunteers working across urban local bodies rose to 20,000, and those working in rural India rose to more than 100,000. The number of schools with separate toilet facilities for girls rose from 0.4 million (37 per cent) to almost one million (91 per cent).
It tells how many COVID-19 positive cases are likely in a radius of 500 m, 1 km, 2 km, 5 km and 10 km from the user. [ 10 ] The app is built on a platform that can provide an application programming interface (API) so that other computer programs, mobile applications, and web services can make use of the features and data available in Aarogya Setu.
The government launched several initiatives to address these shortages, including converting public buildings into COVID-19 care centers and increasing domestic production of medical supplies. Unfortunately, the second wave of COVID-19 hit India in April 2021, resulting in even higher numbers of cases and deaths than the first wave.
Pandemics and their ends are not well-defined, and whether or not one has ended differs according to the definition used. As of 28 January 2025, COVID-19 has caused 7,083,856 [1] confirmed deaths, and 18.2 to 33.5 million estimated deaths. The COVID-19 pandemic ranks as the fifth-deadliest pandemic or epidemic in history. (Full article
Symptoms to watch for in 2025 include sore throat and fatigue. Lindsey Leake. Updated January 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM. ... For more on COVID-19: The COVID winter wave has arrived. Here’s where it ...
Online registration began on 1 March via the Aarogya Setu app and Co-WIN ("Winning over COVID-19") website. [ 30 ] [ 31 ] [ 32 ] Amid the beginnings of a major second wave of infections in the country, [ 33 ] [ 34 ] [ 35 ] vaccine exports were suspended in March 2021, and the government ordered 110 million Covishield doses from SII. [ 36 ]
₹ 100 crore would be allocated for the development of a vaccine against COVID-19, to be spent under the supervision of the Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government. [85] [86] [87] The Secretary to the Department of Biotechnology confirmed that funds spent on developing a vaccine would only be allocated to indigenous research projects. [86]
CoWIN (Covid Vaccine Intelligence Network) is an Indian government web portal for COVID-19 vaccination registration, owned and operated by India's Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. It displays booking slots of COVID-19 vaccine available in the nearby areas and can be booked on the website.