India will be in a position to vaccinate its adult population by end of 2021: Harsh Vardhan
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India will be in a position to vaccinate its adult population by end of 2021: Harsh VardhanPTI
Last Updated: May 21, 2021, 10:23 PM IST
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Vardhan touched upon the speculation that the virus might mutate in future and endanger children, and said that the health facilities are being upgraded to deal with any such exigency, according to a health ministry statement.
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India will be in a position to vaccinate at least all of its adult population by the end of 2021, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Friday. At a meeting to review the pandemic situation in nine states and union territories, the minister said, Between August and December 2021, India will have procured 216 crore vaccine doses, while by July this year, 51 crore doses will be procured.
Cases declining, but deaths still above 4,000; indicative of lack of medical facility: Chidambaram
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Last Updated: May 21, 2021, 10:30 PM IST
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India has seen over 4,000 deaths for the past few days even as the number of fresh Covid cases has come down to 2,59,551 from over 4 lakh a few days ago. The Medical experts who are giving numerous interviews should answer the following questions: When the number of daily fresh infections has come down from 4 lakh+ to 2.5 lakh+, why is the number of deaths still above 4000 per day, Chidambaram also asked.
The daily Covid-19 death figure remains above 4,000 despite a declining case positivity, indicating a lack of medical care, Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram said Friday, inviting a prompt reply from Health Minister Harsh Vardhan who accused him of raising unnecessary doubts out of political compulsions. Vardhan also said that each death was unfortunate and the government was making every effort to fight th
Nitin Gadkari said the vaccine formulae should be shared with labs to scale up production.
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Mr Gadkari s suggestion, first from a top minister, drew a sharp retort
Vaccinations were opened to all adults from May 1
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With the shortage of vaccines slowing down or halting inoculations in many states, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday said more companies should be given the license to manufacture anti-Covid shots. Only to clarify a day later that the government was already doing so and he was unaware . If the demand is more than the supply it creates problems. Instead of one, let 10 more companies be given the license for vaccine manufacture.and royalty too, Mr Gadkari said at a virtual meeting with Vice Chancellors of universities on Tuesday.
India COVID-19 deaths hit 25m, says Health ministry
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India became the second country after the U.S. to report more than 25 million cases of COVID-19 as it registered 263,533 new infections in the past 24 hours on Tuesday.
The virus claimed 4,329 lives, making this the deadliest day in the country since the pandemic began, Health Ministry data showed.
The ministry said overall, 278,719 people have died of COVID-19 in India.
The number of new Coronavirus cases has continued to fall since last week after it reached a peak of 414,188 cases on May 7.
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However, the actual infection figures and the death toll may be several times higher as testing rates are low and many people may be dying at home, experts have said, warning India not to let its guard down.
The western state of Maharashtra, home to India s financial capital Mumbai, has so far reported more than 5.4 million cases, including over 82,000 deaths from Covid-19, according to health ministry data. It is the worst-hit state in the country so far.
Since last month, ministers of the state, including Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, have been discussing various ways to respond to an impending third wave, which could potentially occur sometime between September and October, Aaditya Thackeray told CNBC s Street Signs Asia on Tuesday. For the third wave, we are preparing for three major things, said Thackeray, who is also the chief minister s son.