The Union Health Ministry on Thursday accepted the recommendation of the COVID working group to extend the gap between the first and second doses of COVISHIELD vaccine to 12-16 weeks. The present gap between the two doses of the COVISHIELD vaccine is 6-8 weeks
Nawab Malik asked why the Centre cannot procure the vaccine for the people of India.
Mumbai:
Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik on Thursday claimed that the French embassy in India has procured Moderna anti-coronavirus vaccine and it is being administered to its nationals at Navi Mumbai even as only three other vaccines are permitted in the country.
The Minority Affairs Minister sought to know from the Centre how a non-permitted vaccine is allowed to be administered to the residents of France and their relatives living here.
Mr Malik, who is NCP s national spokesperson, also asked why the Centre cannot procure the vaccine for the people of India if the French Embassy can.
Health Minister Harsh Vardhan asks states to prioritise second dose
May 13, 2021
Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan (file photo)×
While 13.66 crore people have been administered the first dose, the second dose has been given to only 3.86 crore.
Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan held a review meeting on Wednesday with eight States – Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Punjab, Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha and Telangana – depicting a high growth rate in the number of daily Covid 19 cases, higher mortality, very high and growing positivity rate. He said although in the last 24 hours 3.48 lakh new cases were registered, a net decline of 11,122 cases was recorded in the active caseload. This is the second consecutive day of decline in the active cases, according to a government press release.
UPDATED: May 11, 2021 22:30 IST
People shop at a crowded vegetable market amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in Mumbai, May 11. (Photo:Reuters)
The public, pummelled by the pandemic and consequent socio-economic despair, is being forced to pick from three versions about the Covid-19 vaccination drive. One from the central government with tall claims and heap of statistics, second from the chief ministers firing loud SOS signals of shortages and the third on the CoWin app the gateway, which is failing to provide the vaccine.
The assessment by experts from the experience of over 100 days of vaccination is that India is in for a long haul. In case the pace of vaccination against coronavirus doesn’t shoot up drastically and more vaccine candidates are not included, India could take another 3.5 years at the “current rate of lethargy” to inoculate 70 per cent of its entire population, a threshold required to achieve herd immunity.
: Saturday, May 8, 2021, 11:13 PM IST
Centre revises national policy for admission of COVID-19 patients; says no patient shall be refused services on any count
Workers prepare 700 Oxygen beds for Covid-19 patients at the NESCO Jumbo Centre, Goregaon in Mumbai
BL Soni
Amid an alarming eruption of COVID-19 cases across India, the Union government revised its pandemic guidelines stating that it is âNot Mandatoryâ to have a Covid positive test report to get admitted in a Covid hospital or health care facility. The Union Health Ministry on Saturday announced a revised national policy for admission of COVID-19 patients to COVID facilities to ensure they get prompt, effective and comprehensive treatment.