Amid vaccine shortage, Lakshadweep records highest wastage
The Union Territory of Lakshadweep reported the highest Corona vaccine wastage at 9.96 percent followed by Tamil Nadu 8.83 percent and Assam 7.70 percent so far, as per data shared by the Union health ministry on Wednesday morning. Eight states and two UTs reported above four percent of wastage of vaccine doses, said the statement.
Manipur reported 7.44 percent wastage, while the figure stands at 5.72 percent in Haryana, 4.99 in Dadar and Nagar Haveli, 4.96 percent in Punjab, 4.95 in Bihar, 4.13 percent in Nagaland, and 4.01 percent in Meghalaya.
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Out of a total of 47,710 doses supplied by the Union Government, Lakshadweep has wasted 4,461 doses. Similarly, Tamil Nadu has, so far, wasted 6, 27,278 doses out of a total supply of 71,03, 950 doses.
DU teachers urge administration to set up COVID care facilities for staffers
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V-C says he has approached Union Health Minister over creating facility at V.P. Chest Institute; services available at Laxmibai and DDU colleges
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V-C says he has approached Union Health Minister over creating facility at V.P. Chest Institute; services available at Laxmibai and DDU colleges
In the wake of the rising number of cases and lack of resources, several teachers of the Delhi University have urged the administration to set up COVID care facilities for staffers.
While a few colleges have taken up initiatives to create COVID Care Centres and facilities, several professors and teachers’ bodies have been demanding that the health centres of the university be converted into COVID facilities.
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NEET PG 2021 Postponed Till August 31: PMO
National Eligibility cum Entrance Test, NEET PG 2021 has been postponed till August end in order to make medical personnel available for COVID-19 duty, says the PMO.
| 3 May 2021 2:21 PM GMT
New Delhi- The PMO today issued an order postponing the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test, NEET PG 2021 by at least 4 months.
The postgraduate medical exam stands postponed till August ends in order to make the medical personnel available for COVID-19 as the healthcare infrastructure in the country is already overburdened with cases of the novel coronavirus skyrocketing and spiraling out of control with every passing day.
Itihas gawah hai,
Ki yeh masla bhi sulajh jayega”
Not great poetry but it sums up today’s reality neatly and also concludes on a positive note. How did we reach this situation in such a short time and how have we been caught with our pants down a second time? The first wave was not a very virulent one and we fought it successfully with our limited infrastructure. There has been plenty of coverage of what went wrong with the second wave and I do not want to repeat it.
However, there is one main reason for this tragedy ‘hubris’ from the top to the bottom rung. The leadership was in a self-congratulatory mode and paeans were being sung in praise. The ruling BJP’s February 2021 political resolution states that India had ‘set an example in front of the world for what work can be done during Covid’. We claimed that we were on the verge of producing vaccines that would help the whole world. We had the highest capacity to manufacture vaccines developed by other countries a