Hyderabad, April 11 (IANS) The Telangana government on Sunday ordered that not wearing face mask in public places will attract a penalty of Rs 1,000. Chief
Central teams have reported non-adherence of COVID-19 appropriate behaviour in almost all of the 50 most-affected districts in Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and Punjab, the Union health ministry said, advising the states to more strictly enforce norms to prevent spread of the coronavirus. On the basis of feedback from the teams, the ministry has written to the states highlighting the areas of concern, including sub-optimal containment operations and contact tracing, skewed testing and shortage of health workers. Authorities need to work in these areas, it said. Of the 50 districts most affected by COVID-19, 30 are in Maharashtra, 11 in Chhattisgarh and nine in Punjab, it said.
Telangana has also joined the states facing shortage of Covid-19 vaccines as the state government has urged the Centre to immediately provide at least 30 lakh doses.Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar wrote to the Union Health Secretary that the state .
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Telangana hit by Covid vaccine shortage, only 5.33 lakh doses left
Vaccine shortage has now come to haunt Telangana as the state is left with just 5.33 lakh doses to spare which will barely last for 3 more days.
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HYDERABAD: Vaccine shortage has now come to haunt Telangana as the state is left with just 5.33 lakh doses to spare which will barely last for 3 more days.
The development came forth after the Telangana Chief Secretary wrote a letter to the Union Health Secretary explaining how the state ramped up vaccinations over the last two days and vaccinated nearly 1.5Lakh individuals in a single day exhausting the left over stocks.