Maharashtra is in the beginning of second COVID-19 wave, a central team report has said, highlighting that there is very limited active effort to track, test, isolate cases and quarantine contacts, and there is no adherence to COVID appropriate behaviour among people in rural and urban areas.
Maharashtra seeks 2.20 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses from Centre
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Updated: Tuesday, March 16, 2021, 17:16 [IST]
Mumbai, Mar 16: Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope has demanded 2.20 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses from the Centre for the ongoing inoculation drive in the state.
He requested the Centre to supply 20 lakh doses per week to the state, as per a letter dated March 15 written to Union health minister by Tope, who went to Delhi on Tuesday.
Representational Image The state is planning to immunise 60-plus age group and 45-plus population with co-morbidities. It needs supply of 2.20 crore doses of COVID-19 vaccine (Covishield and Covaxin) during the next three-and-a-half months. You are requested to supply 20 lakh doses per week to Maharashtra, Tope said in the letter.
Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said that eight of the top 10 districts of India in terms of active COVID-19 cases are in Maharashtra. He added that the only way to curb the spread is to increase the pace of vaccination
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India recorded 24,492 new COVID-19 cases taking the infection tally past 1.14 crore, the Union Health ministry said.
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The total cases rose to 1,14,09,831, while the death toll increased to 1,58,856, with 131 fresh fatalities in India. (File Photo | Parveen Negi, EPS) By PTI
NEW DELHI: A central team has warned that Maharashtra is at the beginning of a second COVID-19 wave prompting the Union government to tell the worst hit state on Tuesday to focus on strict containment strategies even as India recorded over 20,000 coronavirus cases for the sixth consecutive day.