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COVID COMMUNICATIONS
The section contains information about various aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic communicated by different reliable media houses, like Press Information Bureau (PIB). Also, the efforts made by multiple agencies and institutions in compiling the information and releasing the knowledge products in print or digital form are gathered here for one point, ready-to-use evidence.
SECTION GUIDELINES
PM chairs high level meeting to review ramping up of oxygen supply across the country
Breastfeeding mothers should get themselves vaccinated against COVID-19 without any hesitation: Dr Samiran Panda, Head, Division of Epidemiology and Communicable Diseases, ICMR
Initiative by myGOV to engage the general public in thanking the healthcare workers
MoHFW reaches out to the common public through an infographic on COVID-19 vaccination for pregnant women
Press Information Bureau releases daily bulletin on COVID-19
Government of India presents a regular COVID-19 India factsheet and immunisation programme
TRIFED and UNICEF is leveraging 45,000 Van Dhan Vikas Kendras to promote COVID-19 vaccines among tribals to clear all vaccine related misconceptions
Steps taken by the Government to support out of school children and children orphaned due to COVID-19
B.1.617.2, known as the Delta variant, is around 40-60 per cent more transmissible than the Alpha variant: INSACOG