Covid: Maharashtra continues to be the worst-affected state with the highest number of cases.
Mumbai:
Twenty-six vaccination centres have been shut in Mumbai, Maharashtra said today, adding that they are waiting for more vaccine doses from the Centre and the Union health ministry has been informed. Of the centres that shut, 23 centres are located in Navi Mumbai. Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar has spoken to Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on the issue.
Vaccination was halted in parts of the state last evening. Satara, Sangli, Panvel have stopped vaccinations, state health minister Rajesh Tope said. Pune also shut over 100 vaccination centres because of vaccine shortage, Nationalist Congress Party MP Supriya Sule had tweeted.
Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Thursday said his government would raise issues of COVID-19 vaccine and Remedisivir drug shortages before Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the virtual meet scheduled for today. We will raise four issues before the Prime Minister in today s video conference meet. The issues will be; Remdesivir supply and price control, supply of oxygen from nearby states to Maharashtra, shortage of vaccine dosages, and the ventilator operational support, Tope said. The Maharastra Health Minister added that according to the latest release order of vaccines by the Centre, Maharashtra was only given 7.5 lakh vaccine dosages. While Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana etc, have been given far more vaccines than Maharashtra.
From Maharashtra to Odisha: Seven states complain about vaccine shortage amid surge in COVID-19 cases
Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Telangana, and Jharkhand â are facing coronavirus vaccine shortage.
Most of these states have already written to the Centre about the vaccine shortage. Meanwhile, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Wednesday lashed out at Maharashtra and some other states, accusing them of trying to cover their failures in containing the pandemic by making deplorable attempts through irresponsible statements to distract attention and spreading panic among people.
In a strongly-worded statement, the minister rubbished the Maharashtra government s claim of shortage of vaccines as utterly baseless , and said the lackadaisical attitude of the state government has singularly bogged down the entire country s efforts to fight the virus.
Maha govt to raise COVID-19 vaccine, Remedisivir shortage issues before PM Modi today ANI | Updated: Apr 08, 2021 14:35 IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 8 (ANI): Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Thursday said his government would raise issues of COVID-19 vaccine and Remedisivir drug shortages before Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the virtual meet scheduled for today. We will raise four issues before the Prime Minister in today s video conference meet. The issues will be; Remdesivir supply and price control, supply of oxygen from nearby states to Maharashtra, shortage of vaccine dosages, and the ventilator operational support, Tope said.
The Maharastra Health Minister added that according to the latest release order of vaccines by the Centre, Maharashtra was only given 7.5 lakh vaccine dosages. While Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana etc, have been given far more vaccines than Maharashtra.
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