Chennai: The Madras High Court on Tuesday overturned an order in the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) elections that provided reservations for women above and beyond the 50% quota.
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Urgent need for 20 million vaccines to cover supply interruption triggered by rising demand in India: WHO
COVAX, the global alliance to ensure equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines, urgently needs 20 million doses to cover interruptions in supply triggered by increased demands for jabs in India, which is the main supplier of the AstraZeneca vaccines, the World Health Organisation said on Monday.
Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII), the world s largest vaccine-maker by volume, is manufacturing Covishield, the coronavirus vaccine developed by Oxford University and British-Swedish pharma major AstraZeneca. COVAX urgently needs 20 million doses during the second quarter of 2021 to cover interruptions in supply triggered by increased demands for vaccines in India where COVAXâs main supplier of the AstraZeneca product is based, according to a WHO press release.