Maha hits new daily Covid high at 25K plus, MMR toll crosses 20K prokerala.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from prokerala.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Updated Mar 17, 2021 | 12:43 IST
Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope in a letter to Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan had urged the Centre to supply 20 lakh doses per week to the state. Maharashtra has been the worst hit by the coronavirus infection in the country
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56 per cent vaccines remained unused. Now, Shiv Sena MP asks for more vaccines for the state: Union Minister Prakash Javadekar First mismanagement of pandemic now poor administration of vaccines
Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope has requested supply of 20 lakh doses per week to the state
New Delhi: A day after Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope requested 2.20 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses from the Centre for the ongoing inoculation drive in the state, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar accused the Shiv Sena-led MVA government of poor administration of vaccines.
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Updated Mar 16, 2021 · 08:49 pm Passengers stand in a queue for a coronavirus medical screening after arriving at a railway platform in Mumbai on February 17. | Punit Paranjpe/ AFP
Maharashtra is “in the beginning of a second wave of Covid”, said the Centre on Tuesday, reported News18. It has pulled up the Uddhav Thackeray-led government for not enforcing Covid-appropriate behaviour among the citizens and asked the authorities to step up contact tracing and vaccination.
In two separate letters to the Maharashtra Chief Secretary Sitaram Kunte, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan urged the state to focus on containment strategies. The letters are based on the assessment of a central team that visited the state between March 7 and 11.
Night curfews, lockdown have little impact on containing Covid transmission: Centre tells Maharashtra
The Centre has written to Maharashtra over the newly imposed lockdown and night curfews in parts of the state amid a spike in the coronavirus cases, saying such measures have little impact on containing the spread of the virus.
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UPDATED: March 16, 2021 11:59 IST
The Centre has said lockdowns and night curfews have little impact on containing the transmission of coronavirus (PTI)
The central government on Tuesday wrote to Maharashtra over the newly imposed lockdown and night curfews in parts of the state amid a spike in the coronavirus cases, saying such measures have little impact on containing the transmission of the virus.