A severe shortage of Covid-19 doses continues to plague the ongoing vaccination drive and is leading to a blame game between states and the Centre. On Wednesday, while Maharashtra and Karnataka governments put on hold vaccination of people in the 18-45 age group owing to a shortage of doses, Delhi’s Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia accused the Centre of blocking supplies to the state. Sisodia shared a letter from vaccine manufacturer Bharat Biotech to make his claim.
Vaccination for those above 18 years of age started on May 1. While the Centre provides doses for those above 45 years, states are responsible for procurement for those in the 18-45 bracket.
Record 4,205 Covid Deaths In India In 24 Hours, Total Crosses 2.5 Lakh Covid-19 Cases Updates: Even as experts stress stepping up vaccinations to fight the surge in cases, states have been scrambling to arrange enough doses
Updated: May 12, 2021 11:15 am IST
Coronavirus Cases In Inida: The overall Covid death count passed the 2.5 lakh-mark.
New Delhi: India s daily Covid death count hit a new grim record with 4,205 deaths in the last 24 hours; 3,48,421 fresh cases have been added to the active caseload amid the battle against the second wave, which has raised global concern.
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Nearly 30 lakh infections have been recorded by the country since May 5. India s total death count passed the 2.5 lakh-mark this morning, Health Ministry data showed. The fresh surge takes active cases to 37,04,099; overall cases rose to 2.33 crore. The positivity rate stood at 17.56 per cent.
LUCKNOW: Scores of bodies are washing up on the banks of the Ganges as Indians fail to keep pace with the deaths and cremations of around 4,000 people a day from the novel coronavirus.
India currently accounts for one in three of the reported deaths from coronavirus around the world, according to a tally, and its health system is overwhelmed, despite donations of oxygen cylinders and other medical equipment from around the world.
Rural parts of India not only have more rudimentary healthcare, but are now also running short of wood for traditional Hindu cremations.
Authorities said on Tuesday they were investigating the discovery of scores of bodies found floating down the Ganges in two separate states.
Maharashtra announces free treatment for mucormycosis patients under govt scheme
Maharashtra announces free treatment for mucormycosis patients under govt scheme
Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope said on Monday that Mucormycosis patients in the state will be covered under the Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Jan Arogya Yojana since the medicines required to combat the fungal infection are expensive.
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UPDATED: May 11, 2021 10:13 IST
Mucormycosis patients in Maharashtra will be treated free of cost at 1,000 hospitals covered under the health scheme. (PTI photo)
Patients of Mucormycosis, a serious but rare fungal infection now affecting those suffering from coronavirus, will be treated for free under the Maharashtra governments flagship medical insurance scheme, Health Minister Rajesh Tope said on Monday.