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India’s Covid vaccination policy just became political and perverse Having different procurement channels and varying prices for vaccines threatens to undermine the inoculation programme. Listen to this article: “The nation’s goal must be to ensure that everyone over the age of 18 years is given the vaccine, regardless of their economic circumstances,” Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi wrote to prime minister Narendra Modi. How could it be right, she asked, for the same vaccine to be supplied “at three different prices”? She was referring to ...

India’s shortage of Covid-19 vaccines that precludes immediate inoculation for all adults is rooted in the Narendra Modi government’s lack of funding for key vaccines under development and evaluation, experts have said. The experts, who have tracked global vaccine efforts, said the Indian government’s lack of investments contrasted with the actions of many countries, including America and Britain, that provided advance funding to vaccine makers and signed purchase pacts with them. The Centre had last November announced a Rs 900-crore project, coordinated by the Union science ministry�...

The India Task Force has said that with schools being closed for over a year due to the rising Covid-19 cases across India, learning inequities have widened and there has been an adverse impact on kids' mental and psychological well-being.

Open schools only when teachers are vaccinated, Covid norms in place: Lancet's India Task Force Among recommendations by the Lancet Covid-19 Commission's India Task Force are a series of suggestions for the road ahead, a financial package and also assessment of the digital divide that the pandemic has exposed. advertisement UPDATED: April 17, 2021 14:34 IST Students undergo thermal scanning at a school in Maharashtra's Thane on February 16, 2021 (Photo Credits: PTI) HIGHLIGHTS 'School openings coincided with rise in transmission rates where measures weren't taken' 'Bridge digital divide by im...

Two-month ban on all indoor gatherings to contain spread of Covid-19, recommends Lancet's India Task Force In its report, the Lancet Covid-19 Commission's India Task Force has recommended a two-month ban on all indoor public gatherings to break the chain of transmission and contain the spread of Covid-19. advertisement [REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE] File photo of a mural depicting Covid-19 vaccine in Kolkata (Photo Credits: PTI) HIGHLIGHTS "Public health concerns need to override any other considerations," says the report Lancet Covid-19 Commission's India Task Force has also urged for closure of all...