Read more about Must find ways to ensure affordable access to key drugs amid Covid: Vardhan on Business Standard. Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said that there is no scope for industries to stick to IPR and that organizations must find ways to ensure affordable access to key drugs.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Wednesday requested the Centre supply the state s quota of vaccines for June in the month s first week itself.In a letter to Union Health Minister, Dr Harsh Vardhan he also said that the state has not .
Harsh Vardhan completes tenure as WHO Executive Board Chairperson ANI | Updated: Jun 02, 2021 21:50 IST
New Delhi [India], June 2 (ANI): Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Dr. Harsh Vardhan on Wednesday successfully completed his tenure as the Chairperson of Executive Board of World Health Organization.
On the last day of his tenure serving as the Chairperson, Executive Board, WHO, he addressed the 149th Session Of the WHO Executive Board Meeting from Nirman Bhawan through a video conference.
He applauded the efforts of the WHO by countering the endless false narratives circulating across media channels on the ongoing pandemic in the country.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Wednesday accused the Central government of hiding the actual coronavirus death figures, even as he urged people to raise their voice for universal free vaccination. GOI is hiding actual Covid deaths, he said in a tweet, tagging a media report that conducted a survey on who people thought were responsible for coronavirus deaths. Gandhi also launched a campaign to pressure the government for universal free vaccination in the country. Vaccine is the strongest protection against the corona pandemic. You should also raise your voice for providing free vaccination to the people of the country - wake up the central government, he said on Twitter, using the hashtag #SpeakUpForFreeUniversalVaccination.