Urges Centre to expedite delivery, BJP’s Fadnavis refutes Tope’s statements
Warning that Maharashtra had only three days’ vaccine stock left, State Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Wednesday urged the Centre to expedite the delivery of vaccine doses to the State.
Speaking to reporters in Mumbai, Mr. Tope remarked that the State daily vaccination rate was the fastest in the country and said that Maharashtra needed a stable supply of at least 40 lakh doses of COVID-19 vaccines each week.
The State, which contributes to more than 65% of the country’s active cases, has been reporting unprecedented single-day surges of over 50,000 cases in the past few days.
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Mumbai once again recorded more than 5000 new coronavirus cases in a single day after 5,394 persons tested positive for the infection on Wednesday. The total caseload of the city now stands at 4,14,714, which includes 3.5 lakh recoveries and 51,411 active cases. A total of 11,686 persons have succumbed to the virus till date.Reducing the COVID test rates further, the Maharashtra government announced that the rates of RT-PCR tests have been slashed to Rs 500 from Rs 1,000.In other news, the Bombay HC on Wednesday questioned former CP Param Bir Singh as to why did he not file an FIR against Home Minister Anil Deshmukh and his malpractices before approaching the court. Opposition leader Devendra Fadnavis too took a swipe at the state government panel formed to probe the allegations against Deshmukh and called it an eyewash .Meanwhile, The Crime Intelligence Unit (CIU), headed b
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Union Minister slams State govt. for poor vaccine administration; State Health Minister asks for enhanced supply of vaccines
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Union Minister Prakash Javadekar at Parliament, during the ongoing Budget Session, in New Delhi, Monday, March 15, 2021. | Photo Credit:
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Union Minister slams State govt. for poor vaccine administration; State Health Minister asks for enhanced supply of vaccines The sparring between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-ruled Central government and the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government continued, with Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on Wednesday slamming the MVA for “poor administration of vaccines”.
“Maharashtra Government had only used 23 lakh vaccines out of the total 54 lakh vaccines sent to the state, till 12th March. 56% vaccines remained unused. Now, Shiv Sena MP asks for more vaccines for the state. First mismanagement of pandemic now poor administration of vac
With the number of Covid patients rising at a rapid pace and the state bracing for a second wave of the pandemic, the Maharashtra Government is ramping up its measures to enforce social distancing and