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Can Adityanath appoint a best-in-class administrator to lead a mammoth vaccination effort in UP?
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Last Updated: May 20, 2021, 11:44 PM IST
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UP has 75 districts. The 2021 population of those who are 18 years and above is estimated at 221 million. Of that, 78%, or 172 million, live in villages. Rural UP, therefore, has to get some 361 million doses, including 5% wastage.
This is the first test of Yogi Adityanath’s real leadership of the state
Omkar Goswami
Chairman, Corporate and Economic Research Group Advisory
Last Friday, on May 14, this paper published a graphic breaking down GoI’s ambitious vaccine production plan. Three approved producers of Covid-19 vaccines Serum Institute of India (SII), Bharat Biotech and Dr Reddy’s Laboratories would be ramping up their combined capacity from 85.3 million shots per month to 167 million by July 2021, and then to 291.2 million per month between August and December 2021. According to the graphic, thanks
Bombay High Court asked the Centre to rethink policy on door-to-door Covid vaccinations
Mumbai:
The Bombay High Court on Thursday said it was disheartened and disappointed with the Centre s insensitivity and with the Mumbai civic body for not starting door-to-door COVID-19 vaccination for senior citizens and specially-abled, bed-ridden and wheelchair-bound people.
A division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice GS Kulkarni reiterated that the Centre needs to rethink its policy that says door-to-door inoculation drive was not possible due to various reasons, including wastage of vaccines and probability of adverse reaction to the vaccine.
The high court directed chairman of the National Expert Group for Vaccine Administration of COVID-19 (NEGVAC) set up by the Centre to consider the issue of introducing door-to-door drive and posted the matter for further hearing on June 2.
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HC rebukes Centre for not agreeing to door-to-door COVID-19 vaccination thehindu.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thehindu.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.