NEW DELHI (BLOOMBERG) - India s fight against a renewed wave of coronavirus infections is beset by vaccine shortages in several states and cities including the financial capital, Mumbai.
The nation s worst-hit state, Maharashtra, has only three days worth of vaccines in stock, Health Minister Rajesh Tope told reporters Wednesday (April 7), even as the country reported a record of over 115,000 daily new cases. Maharashtra alone accounts for some 55,000 infections. Other states, including southern Andhra Pradesh is also running low on shots, according to the Economic Times.
The steep jump in infections from early February, when the country reported around 11,000 daily infections, has forced states to reinstate movement curbs and other restrictions. Maharashtra has halted all non-essential services, ordered private companies to work from home, and shut malls and restaurants through April.
Now, Corona vaccine war rages between Centre, Maharashtra
Thu, Apr 8 2021 17:06 IST |
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Mumbai, April 8 : With the state reportedly left with barely one and half day s doses, a vaccine war has been raging between Maharashtra and the Centre in the past couple of days with state Health Minister Rajesh Tope now on Thursday comparing the grim situation in the state vis-a-vis Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled states like Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh.
Hours after Tope on Wednesday said that the state had only 3 days doses of the Covid vaccines in stock, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan hit back, virtually blaming Maharashtra for the current spread of the pandemic across the country.
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Vaccine scarcity: MVA slams Centre, Fadnavis hits back
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Mumbai, April 8 : Amid a severe shortage of Covid vaccine, Maharashtra s ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) leaders on Thursday slammed the Centre alleging stepmotherly treatment in providing vaccine doses, while Leader of Opposition Devendra Fadnavis lashed out at the state government.
State Congress President Nana Patole, state Nationalist Congress Party President and Minister Jayant Patil, senior Congress Minister Ashok Chavan, and other MVA leaders targeted Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan for his harsh statements against the Maharashtra government on Wednesday.
India crosses 1-lakh Covid cases again as PM Modi points out states laxity amid tussle over vaccine
India crosses 1-lakh Covid cases again as PM Modi points out states laxity amid tussle over vaccine supply
India on Thursday once again crossed the 1 lakh-mark in Covid-19 cases as Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a virtual meeting with chief ministers to discuss the Covid-19 situation in the country. His meeting was held amid the ongoing war of words between the Centre and several states over a shortage in the supply of Covid vaccines.
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As India reported over 1.3 lakh Covid-19 cases on Thursday, a tussle brewed between the Centre and states over the adequate supply of vaccines.