Maharashtra alleges it received less Covid-19 vaccine, Centre says no question of discrimination ANI | Updated: Jan 13, 2021 20:13 IST
New Delhi [India], January 13 (ANI): After Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope alleged that the state received less COVID-19 vaccines, the Union Health Ministry on Wednesday took to Twitter to refute the charges, saying there is no question of discrimination against any state.
The Health Ministry said that the full initial procurement amount of 1.65 crore doses of Covishield and Covaxin vaccines have been allocated to all states and Union Territories in the proportion of Health Care Workers (HCWs) database. Therefore, there is no question of discrimination against any State in the allocation of vaccine doses, it said in a series of tweets.
Belarusian Trade Union of Healthcare Workers spends Br1m in December to fight COVID-19
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MINSK, 13 January (BelTA) – More than Br1 million was provided by the Belarusian Trade Union of Healthcare Workers in December 2020 to fight the pandemic, BelTA learned from the trade union.
About Br120,000 was allocated for the purchase of personal protective equipment, disinfectants and for other purposes. Almost Br900,000 was provided to pay bonuses for members of the trade union. These bonuses were received by 8,373 employees.
The funds were mostly provided by grassroots trade unions that allocated more than Br850,000 to fight the pandemic.
For example, in December 2020 grassroots trade unions paid bonuses to 38 employees (a total of about Br2,800) to Bobruisk healthcare workers who had COVID-19. Another 1,294 trade union members who were on sick leave with coronavirus received financial aid totaling over Br90,000.
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The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare took to Twitter to refute the charges of supplying less vaccine to Maharashtra, saying there is no question of discrimination against any state.
Thousands of snacks and notes of encouragement are rolling in to help refuel healthcare workers in Oneida County. The response to Snacks for Healthcare Workers of Oneida County has been absolutely incredible, says Abbie Taylor, who created the drive after asking a friend, who is a nurse, how she could help. In the first 5 days more than 2500 snacks were donated.
The first delivery of snacks at three hospitals in Oneida County took place on Monday, January 11th. Each snack box included encouraging notes to Healthcare workers. The frontline workers have a long road ahead of them so we hope to provide enough snacks to fuel and support them during the ongoing spike of COVID hospitalization, says Taylor. Keep in mind that one prepackaged snack is about 100-200 calories, so a healthcare worker may have one or several snacks to fuel them through their 12-14 hour shift.