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Serum Institute CEO Adar Poonawalla. | www.adarpoonawalla.com Serum Institute of India Chief Executive Officer Adar Poonawalla has said that India’s Covid-19 vaccine shortage would continue through July, reported The Financial Express. Poonawalla said that the production of the vaccines is expected to increase from 60-70 million doses (6-7 crore) to 100 million (10 crore) by then. Poonawalla told The Financial Times that his company has been maligned by politicians and cr...

Explained: What Are Oxygen Concentrators And How They Differ From Oxygen Cylinders by Bhaswati Guha Majumder - Apr 30, 2021 10:27 AM An oxygen concentrator. An oxygen concentrator takes ambient air and filters oxygen from nitrogen. In the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in India, the coronavirus is attacking the lungs of the patients, making them gasp for breath. Owing to the major surge in Covid-19 cases, there is a huge demand for oxygen supply. Social media platforms are also flooded...

Maharashtra Covid lockdown news live: Maharashtra among 10 states that account for 73.71% of new cases LIVE NOW Maharashtra Covid lockdown news live: Maharashtra among 10 states that account for 73.71% of new cases Chief minister Uddhav Thackeray on Friday said that Maharashtra will begin the Covid-19 vaccination campaign for the 18-44 age-group from Saturday, May 1, on the occasion of Maharashtra Day. The state on Friday distributed 3 lakh Covishield doses to districts for starting vaccination...

Ranchi: Health minister Banna Gupta on Thursday hinted that the proposed vaccination drive for adults between 18-44 years of age in the state may not begin from May 1 owing to the delay in getting vials from the manufacturers. Addressing a press conference, Gupta said the state had placed orders with the Pune-based Serum Institute of India for 25 lakh doses of Covishield and with the Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech for another 25 lakh doses of Covaxin for beginning the drive. “Both the compa...

A woman receives a dose of Covid-19 vaccine as others wait for their turn at a vaccination centre in Mumbai NEW DELHI: The Centre is in discussion with vaccine manufacturers to ramp up production of jabs to meet the increasing demand and also supporting states to ensure vaccination coverage can be expanded at the earliest for the next phase of vaccination, the Centre said on Friday. “The Government of India is providing support to all states on this and they are also talking to manufacturers...

NEW DELHI: Amid a sudden surge in hospitalisation of Covid-19 patients resulting in a high demand for Tocilizumab, the Centre has made an interim allocation of the drug among states as a fresh limited stock of the drug has arrived in the country. Tocilizumab, manufactured by Roche, is imported and distributed by Cipla in India. In a joint letter to states, the department of pharma and health ministry said the drug went out of stock a few weeks ago due to a sudden surge in its demand. “Fresh...

COVID-19 news: States flag vaccine shortage ahead of 3rd phase; HCs slam Centre again, active cases cross 30 lakh Firstpost 29-04-2021 FP Staff © Provided by Firstpost COVID-19 news: States flag vaccine shortage ahead of 3rd phase; HCs slam Centre again, active cases cross 30 lakh Less than 48 hours before the beginning of the third phase of the COVID-19 vaccination drive on 1 May, several states — Punjab, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Jammu and Kashmir, Delhi, Odi...

URL copied Opinion | How governments failed to anticipate the full brunt of the second pandemic wave With 3,293 Covid-related deaths and 3,60,960  fresh cases reported from across India on Wednesday, the overall pandemic scenario is grim. People are dying because of lack of oxygen, ventilators, medicines and hospital beds. The situation in Delhi-NCR and many parts of Uttar Pradesh and Haryana is acute.   Relatives of Covid patients are being forced to buy vital medicines in blac...

Hospitals, O2 supplier question Delhi system, allege bureaucratic failure SECTIONS Share Synopsis As per the present arrangement, once oxygen tankers reach the Delhi border, the amount and quantity of oxygen to be supplied to hospitals is determined using an ‘SOS system’ adopted by the Delhi government. The tankers are taken charge by Delhi authorities. Agencies Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal Private hospitals and oxygen suppliers have questioned the Arvind Kejriwal government’s oxygen distrib...

In many ways, the second ongoing surge in the Covid-19 cases of infection in India is different from the first one witnessed between April and September 2020. An obvious difference is that the second wave is far more virulent in terms of the infection rate, though the trajectory for the death tally so far appears to have been mercifully dissimilar to that seen during the first wave. The peak during the first wave was reached by the middle of September 2020 with the reported number of cases of a...