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Centre should form national policy for Covid vax imports: Rajesh Tope
Urges to provide 20 lakh doses to administer second jabs to citizens above 45 years
Maharashtra Public Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Thursday urged the Centre to formulate a national policy for importing vaccines, increase the quota for black fungus (mucormycosis) medicine for the state and reduce the price on this drug.
At the virtual meeting with the Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan, Tope also demanded that the Centre should provide 20-22 lakh vaccine doses to complete the vaccination of second dose for citizens above 45 years. He suggested the Centre needs to properly plan to meet the requirement of vaccine doses by the state.
Maha govt to get 18 lakh Covid vax in May: Rajesh Tope
State can carry out 8L vaccinations per day
Maharashtra Public Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Friday said that just after the inauguration of universal vaccination Phase 3 for the age group of 18-44 years, the state government will start nominal drive on May 1 being Maharashtra Day.
He has said that Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray desires that the government must have a symbolic launch on May 1.
Free Press Journal broke the state governmentâs move on Friday.
The minister, however, hoped that the Centre would give Maharashtra more vaccine jabs keeping in mind its inoculation capabilities.
COVID-19: Vaccination drive affected at several places in Mumbai due to vaccine shortage
FPJ
COVID-19 vaccination drive was affected at several hospitals in Mumbai due to vaccine shortage.
Kiran Dighavkar, assistant municipal commissioner, G-north ward said due to shortage of vaccine the Mahim vaccine centre has stopped administering the beneficiaries and have asked them to come later in the afternoon as they expect stock likely to come in the next two hours.
âI have two centres which include Dharavi and Mahim, of which Mahim centre doesnât have vaccine due to which they have closed the centres. Moreover, the civic body is sending the vaccine stock as per my information,â he said.
Maharashtra today received 7.40 lakh vaccine doses, says Rajesh Tope
Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope
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A day after the blistering attack from the union health minister Dr Harsh Vardhan and I&B minister for poor vaccination management, Maharashtra Public Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Thursday claimed that the state has received a paltry 7.40 lakh vaccines against higher doses to other states. Tope spoke to Dr Harsh Vardhan and made a fresh appeal for the supply of more vaccine doses as the state has left with stock just for three days. He highlighted that for want vaccines in a number of districts the vaccination centres were closed.