-The Hindu India accounts for 1 in 3 cases globally With 3,32,348 new COVID-19 cases as of 11.30 p.m. IST on April 22, India reported more than 3 lakh new infections for the second consecutive day. As many as 2,247 new deaths were also recorded. The country has so far reported a total of 1,62,57,337 cases and 1,86,919 deaths. The figures do not include cases and deaths from Ladakh. The data are sourced...
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India’s decision to liberalise vaccine sales likely to push up prices – and block access to millions -R Ramakumar
-Scroll.in Besides, by making states responsible for buying vaccines, Modi’s government has deftly deflected possible criticism for future shortages. Over the past few weeks, the second wave of Covid-19 infections and the acute shortage of vaccines had led to considerable public anger against the government. Despite being fully aware of a potential vaccine shortage, the Union government had held back permissions for new vaccines, such as the Sputnik V, to be used in...
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-NDTV.com As the Delhi government said it had logged a record 32,000 cases in a single day yesterday, the High Court also raised questions on the Centre's distribution policy on oxygen and vaccines. New Delhi: Taking up allegations of oxygen shortage and discrimination in resources leaving Delhi hamstrung in its Covid fight, the High Court said today if medicines were not being sent to places that really needed them, "blood is on...
More »How India landed in Covid vaccine mess - GS Mudur
-The Telegraph The Centre had last November announced a Rs 900-crore project but none of this money went to either Covishield or Covaxin 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...
More »Manmohan Singh writes to PM Modi, gives 5 suggestions to tackle Covid-19 crisis
-The Indian Express As India reels under the second wave of coronavirus, Manmohan Singh said people are now beginning to wonder when their lives will get back to normal and argued “there are many things we must do to fight the epidemic but a big part of this effort must be ramping up the vaccination programme.” Former prime minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi asking him to...
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