Issues of Covid19 Vaccines and Treatment in India







 Meanwhile, with more than 3.14 lakh cases, India has recorded world’s highest single-day spike on April 21, 2021, A day after intense drama over oxygen shortage in several private and the government hospitals in Delhi for COVID-19 patients, the Center raised the national capital's oxygen quota from 378 metric tonnes to 480 metric tonnes. The Center announced that it will supply 480 metric tonnes of oxygen to Delhi, which will come from Odisha, West Bengal, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh, the city government said in a statement. 2.UAE bans travel from India The travel ban will come into effect from 11.59 p.m. in Saturday, April 24, and is subject to review after 10 days. 3.CSR funds can be spent on temporary COVID facilities The Ministry of Corporate Affairs clarified that businesses can spend their mandatory corporate social responsibility (CSR) funds on setting up makeshift hospitals and temporary COVID care facilities. 4. Centre advises all its staff to get themselves vaccinated Closely monitoring oxygen supply, other States being given stock as per quota, says Haryana CM 5. Rail Coach Factory in Kapurthala supplies 1,210 kg liquid oxygen to Amritsar hospital Prime Minister cancels West Bengal rallies Prime Minister Narendra Modi cancelled his election rallies for Friday, looking at the exponential rise in COVID19 cases in the country which topped 3,15,000 cases on Thursday. 6. Goa to provide free vaccine to 18-45 age group The state will be procuring five lakh doses of Covishield vaccine initially 7. IndiGo to temporarily suspend flights on Kolkata-Shillong route from Apr, 23 8. Reconsider policy of not vaccinating at home, Bombay High Court tells Center 9. Railways to limit entry/exit points at stations in Mumbai 10. Registration for COVID vaccination on coWIN for those above 18 to begin from Apr 28 Registrations for vaccination against COVID-19 for all those aged above 18 will begin on the CoWIN platform and Aarogya Setu app from April 28, officials said on Thursday. The inoculation process and documents to be submitted to get the jab remains the same. The central government had announced that the vaccination for those above 18 years will begin across the country from May 1 as a part of the third phase of the inoculation drive. 11. Centre has allocated just 26,000 Remdesivir vials for Maharashtra instead of 50,000,’ says Health Minister 12.BJP MLA slams Serum Institute of India over vaccine pricing, calls its CEO Adar Poonawalla 'dacoit' a price of Rs 600 per dose for Covishield supplies to private hospitals and Rs 400 per dose to State Governments. 13.PM holds high-level meeting on oxygen supply The Prime Minister has called for increasing production and speed of distribution. 14. Centre prohibits oxygen for industrial use 15. Pfizer in vaccine supply talks with India 16. Australia to cut flights from India to contain virus risk17.SC wants national plan on COVID-19 situation, including on oxygen supply 18.500 doctors, health workers of Bihar's two leading hospitals infected — AIMS and Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH) 19. Karnataka asks Center for 1,500 tonnes of oxygen, one lakh vials of Remdesivir.

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