Ajit Pawar
Five labourers had died in the fire that broke out in a five-storey building in the SII’s Manjari premises in Pune on January 21. Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Friday said the fire that broke out at the Serum Institute of India (SII) in Pune last month, in which five persons died, was caused due to short circuit.
Five labourers had died in the fire that broke out in a five-storey building in the SII’s Manjari premises in Pune on January 21. However, the Covishield vaccine production was not impacted due to the blaze.
Mr. Pawar, while addressing the media after the annual general meeting of districts under Pune division ahead of the State Budget, said he had visited the institute after the fire in the presence of senior officials, including the collector.
Wide-scale irregularities found in administration of Chinese Sinopharm vaccine in Pakistan’s Sindh
Sun Online Desk
11th February, 2021 11:35:34
There have been wide-scale irregularities in the administration of COVID-19 vaccines in Pakistan’s Sindh province, including administering the Chinese Sinopharm vaccine to people over 60 years of age, non-frontline health workers and unrelated people, sources confirmed to The News International.
The administration of the Sinopharm vaccine on Saturday to the daughter and son-in-law of the former Sindh Governor and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Mohammad Zubair is being widely reported in the country. The couple was reportedly administered the vaccine on February 6, at the Adult Vaccination Center of Ojha campus of Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS), by a deputy district officer of the District East.
From Afghanistan to South Sudan: how WHO and partners continue to fight COVID-19 around the world
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Health Ministry asks private hospitals to display data of C-Section and normal deliveries
Health Ministry asks private hospitals to display data of C-Section and normal deliveries
In A Bid To Tackle Alarming Rise In Caesarean Section Operations In India, Private Hospitals Are Likely To Be Audited.
News Nation Bureau | Edited By : Himani Garg | Updated on: 15 Jul 2017, 11:58:59 AM
New Delhi:
In a bid to tackle the abnormal rise in caesarean section operations in India, Health Ministry has directed all private hospitals to present data of Caesarean and normal deliveries prominently.
Women and Child Development (WCD) Minister Maneka Gandhi has expressed her concerns to Union Health Minister JP Nadda asking him to make it mandatory for private hospitals empanelled with the Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) to display the data of C-section and normal deliveries.