India should fully centralise jab procurement, set up vaccine commission to decide interstate allocation: EY
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Centralised vaccine procurement would keep costs to a minimum since a single agency for purchase would be able to reap economies of scale and have much better bargaining power in the domestic and international markets, said DK Srivastava, EY India chief policy advisor, in the report.
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India vaccinated 1.9 million people on Wednesday taking the total figure to 202 million, official data showed.
India should follow a completely centralised Covid-19 vaccine procurement policy to minimise costs with a vaccination commission to oversee interstate vaccine allocation and pricing, EY said in a report on Thursday.
Deaths a lagging indicator of Covid-19 , will stabilise soon: Dr Gagandeep Kang ANI | Updated: May 25, 2021 15:20 IST
By Shalini Bhardwaj
Vellore (Tamil Nadu) [India], May 25 (ANI): India s leading virologist Dr Gagandeep Kang has said that since the number of Covid-19 cases in the country has stabilized now, the number of deaths due to the virus will also stabilize soon and if it fails to do so then it can only point to an issue with reporting systems.
Kang, a member of the Supreme Court-appointed committee on medical oxygen in an interview to ANI said, Death is a lagging indicator, it comes two to three weeks after case numbers climb. Now that the numbers have stabilized, we should expect deaths to also stabilize and start to taper off. If they do not, there is an issue with some aspect of our reporting systems.
India s leading virologist Dr Gagandeep Kang has said that since the number of Covid-19 cases in the country has stabilized now, the number of deaths due to the virus will also stabilize soon and if it fails to do so then it can only point to an issue with reporting systems. Kang, a member of the Supreme Court-appointed committee on medical oxygen in an interview to ANI said, Death is a lagging indicator, it comes two to three weeks after case numbers climb. Now that the numbers have stabilized, we should expect deaths to also stabilize and start to taper off. If they do not, there is an issue with some aspect of our reporting systems.
Death is a lagging indicator: Dr Gagandeep Kang
ANI
25 May 2021, 20:19 GMT+10
By Shalini BhardwajVellore (Tamil Nadu) [India], May 25 (ANI): India s leading virologist Dr Gagandeep Kang has said that since the number of Covid-19 cases in the country has stabilized now, the number of deaths due to the virus will also stabilize soon and if it fails to do so then it can only point to an issue with reporting systems.
Kang, a member of the Supreme Court-appointed committee on medical oxygen in an interview to ANI said, Death is a lagging indicator, it comes two to three weeks after case numbers climb. Now that the numbers have stabilized, we should expect deaths to also stabilize and start to taper off. If they do not, there is an issue with some aspect of our reporting systems. The virologist explained that looking at the fatality rate is not a preferred way to measure the current spread of the pandemic as people dying are usually infected at least two to three weeks earlier, which
Coronavirus India LIVE Updates: India Reports 2,22,315 New COVID-19 Cases, 4,454 Deaths In Last 24 Hours Coronavirus India LIVE Updates: India Reports 2,22,315 New COVID-19 Cases, 4,454 Deaths In Last 24 Hours COVID-19 Cases in India: The death count increased to 3,03,720 with 4,454 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed.
COVID-19 Updates: The death count increased to 3,03,720 with 4,454 new fatalities.
New Delhi:
India s total tally of COVID-19 cases surged to 2,67,52,447 with 2,22,315 new infections being reported in a day, while the recoveries have crossed 2.37 crore, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday.
The death count increased to 3,03,720 with 4,454 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed.