In the new phase starting 1 May, both demand and supply aren’t Centre controlled — any adult can choose to get vaccinated, and all states and institutions are allowed to buy vaccines.
The surge in the number of sealed buildings was accompanied by a spurt in active Covid cases in the city. Mumbai has so far recorded 6,40,507 Covid positive cases and 12,990 deaths.
The 42-year-old Covid patient was under treatment for fungal pneumonia. He was also treated for anxiety by the psychiatry department, the hospital statement said.
The former PM had been admitted to AIIMS on 19 April after testing positive for Covid. A day earlier, he had written to PM Modi with suggestions on managing the Covid crisis in the country.
Delhi is in the throes of a wave of Covid cases, and its crematoria have been bursting at the seams trying to accommodate the deluge of bodies coming from homes and hospitals.
Most states look unlikely to be able to start vaccinations for those above 18 on 1 May given a shortage of vaccine doses and manufactures not committing to sending supplies on time.
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan laid the foundation stone for Inox’s Rs 150 crore private oxygen plant in October 2020, with a promise to make it operational in 6 months.
Waseem Gases, an AC repair shop in Delhi's Shaheen Bagh, has been drawing a steady stream of people looking for oxygen, as hospitals run out of medical oxygen
States like Delhi, Maharashtra, Chandigarh, Kerala and Chhattisgarh have complained of acute shortage of tocilizumab. The drug is used to treat Covid and rheumatoid arthritis.
The tech is an offshoot of On-Board Oxygen Generation System project for medical grade oxygen generation on board Tejas. India is the 4th country to develop this.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has no intention of being drawn into another attritional war with Hezbollah. His commanders they are unlikely to win.
Under this model, battery is provided to EV owners on a subscription basis or lease. With more people open to buying EV cars, the lower upfront cost could likely drive wider acceptance.
The armoured platform is India's first amphibious infantry combat wheeled vehicle. Last year, the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces had procured 90 military trucks from the Tata Group.
How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?
The fact that this Government thought it could get through the pandemic by vaccinating only 350 million people shows the lack of understanding of the virus and lack of planning. The government does not seem to have done much to ensure manufacturing capacity to meet the needs of India, leave alone the world. And yet Indian Govt. Officials were touting vaccine diplomacy only a few weeks back.
And agree with the author about sourcing doses from foreign companies. No foresight from the GOI on the potential cost of the pandemic vs. the cost of vaccinating the entire population. India should have been contracting doses from Pfizer and Moderna by now. The vaccination strategy itself was wrong. I hope the people will hold the GOI to account for this monumental Covid blunder. Both strategy and execution have been bad.
It appears the biggest concern is make sure NA KHANE DUNGA !!
With creating all sorts of hurdles in making AADHAR mandatory , the loop holes have already been left open.
In population of 140 Cr. how can a track be kept of how many shots have been released, how many actually administered, how many were wasted, how much was the false billing, and all this is to happen in distrust based society.
A disregard to price concerns is precisely what the people of expertise since 1947 want, it is surprise that in administration of 15 Cr doses thing are still under control and that is only because of the IT back bone.
It is classic case of getting what one does not deserve. We have expert lawyers who can turn the good economics and governance on its head and to succeed they want their own in the judiciary.
The fact that this Government thought it could get through the pandemic by vaccinating only 350 million people shows the lack of understanding of the virus and lack of planning. The government does not seem to have done much to ensure manufacturing capacity to meet the needs of India, leave alone the world. And yet Indian Govt. Officials were touting vaccine diplomacy only a few weeks back.
And agree with the author about sourcing doses from foreign companies. No foresight from the GOI on the potential cost of the pandemic vs. the cost of vaccinating the entire population. India should have been contracting doses from Pfizer and Moderna by now. The vaccination strategy itself was wrong. I hope the people will hold the GOI to account for this monumental Covid blunder. Both strategy and execution have been bad.
It appears the biggest concern is make sure NA KHANE DUNGA !!
With creating all sorts of hurdles in making AADHAR mandatory , the loop holes have already been left open.
In population of 140 Cr. how can a track be kept of how many shots have been released, how many actually administered, how many were wasted, how much was the false billing, and all this is to happen in distrust based society.
A disregard to price concerns is precisely what the people of expertise since 1947 want, it is surprise that in administration of 15 Cr doses thing are still under control and that is only because of the IT back bone.
It is classic case of getting what one does not deserve. We have expert lawyers who can turn the good economics and governance on its head and to succeed they want their own in the judiciary.