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NEW HOPE
NEW DAWN HEALTH

CHANGING FACE OF CORONA VACCINATION
AYUSH
l Scientists across the globe are working relentlessly
l There is a substantial
towards realising their biggest goal – the Corona vaccine.
increase in the number of
In India, Serum Institute is working on Covishield, Bharat
Ayush colleges in the six
Biotech and ICMR are working on Covaccine and Zydus
years from 200 to 711
Cadilla is working on Zycov-D
l Around 435 new Ayush
l By January 2021, the nation will get its vaccine. The
hospitals are opened
Government is getting ready for its transportation, storage
taking their numbers to
and vaccination on a war scale. The entire campaign is
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under supervision of the Prime Minister
l Nearly 1821 new l National Vaccine Committee has prepared a blue print for
dispensaries established it under the leadership of Dr V K Paul. Around 31 Crore
between 2014 and 2018. people are being identified to get vaccinated from March
There are now 27,951 to May, 2021
Ayush dispensaries
PRADHAN MANTRI JANAUSHADHI YOJANA
across the country
l Today, more than 6,600 Janaushadhi Centres in around
l Country has 8 Lakh Ayush
700 districts of the country are providing medicines to
practitioners now
people which are 90 per cent cheaper than the market
l Around 18 Crore patients price
benefitted through Ayush l These centres have 1,250 types of medicines and
facilities around 204 surgery equipment. These centres are also

l Country has 9,000 selling sanitary pads to women at Re 1 per pad
licensed Ayush shops
NEW HOPE
l This year the nation will have its own to make Yoga an essential part of University
vaccine against Corona. The Government is Games. Around 51 medals are proposed for
geared up for vaccination programme seven categories in four events of Yoga
l The Government has accorded Yoga a status l Janaushadhi centres will be opened up in
of competitive sports. This will encourage almost all districts. The scheme of providing
more people towards Yoga sanitary pads at Re 1 will be extended across
l As per Khelo India Campaign, efforts are on the country

with the support of 193 member countries. universal health care. More than 50 Crore people
Another feat was accompolished when the first are getting free treatment upto Rs 5 Lakh.
International Yoga Day was organised on June EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
21, 2015, at New Delhi’s Raj Path with 35,985 Health sector is becoming a major source of
participants and it created two world records with employment generation after Railways. It is
participation of 84 countries. It is registered in evident from the fact that the country has become
Guiness Book of World Records. the second largest producer of PPE kit in the
AYUSHMAN BHARAT world during Coronavirus pandemic. The same
The Government came up with World’s largest story is being repeated in the production of N-95
Health Care Scheme to make its mark towards masks.

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