Maharashtra Vaccine Requested centre to send more vaccines, Rajesh Tope said
Mumbai:
Parts of Maharashtra may run out of Covid vaccines in three days and the Centre has been asked for more, state Health Minister Rajesh Tope told NDTV today as cities like Mumbai flagged fast depleting stocks. Stocks of vaccine in the state remain only for three days. We have requested the centre to send more vaccine. This in the state with the highest number of cases coming everyday. In Mumbai also stocks only remain for three days, Mr Tope said, adding that he had informed Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan of the situation in a video con yesterday.
Maha has only 3 days vaccine, oxygen stock low too: Minister
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Mumbai, April 7 : Bogged down by second wave of Covid-19, Maharashtra is now left with only three days of vaccine stocks. The state is also plagued by shortages of oxygen and remdesivir medicine to combat the surge, as it sees above 50,000 new infections daily, Health Minister Rajesh Tope said on Wednesday. We have around 14 lakh doses left available. That is the stock sufficient for only three days. Our weekly requirement is around 40 lakh doses to enable us to vaccinate up to 500,000 people. In the current surge, the vaccine is the only Ram-baan available, a grim Tope told media persons here this afternoon.
Not enough Covid vaccines, Maharashtra urges Centre for 40 lakh more doses per week
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Last Updated: Apr 07, 2021, 02:26 PM IST
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The Health Minister added that they are working on war footing to increase the number of beds in Pune, Mumbai, Nashik and other parts of the state. The state has also demanded the inclusion of people of age group 20-40 years into the vaccination process and they must be vaccinated on priority.
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A scene from a Mumbai street during the ongoing part-lockdown. Maharashtra, the hardest-hit state, is currently faced with a vaccine shortage.
Many inoculation centres in Maharashtra are being shut due to the shortage of coronavirus vaccine, Health Minister Rajesh Tope said on Wednesday, adding the state now has 14 lakh doses which would last just three days.
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New Delhi:
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