Rumita Patel
MUMBAI: Prime Minister Uddhav Thackeray fired Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Abhimanyu Kale on Tuesday after more than half a dozen cabinet members complained that he had been inept in handling the controversy on the supply and distribution of remdesivir in the state. Kale was named FDA commissioner on October 20. He will be…
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NEW DELHI: Physicians and public health experts have welcomed the government’s decision to allow everyone over the age of 18 to be eligible for Covid-19 vaccination as of May 1 and to allow for vaccines to be obtained by of hospitals and states. While the move to open up more vaccination options has been welcomed,…
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NEW DELHI: By activating Article 224A of the Constitution that had been inactive for 58 years, the Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the superior justices of the superior court to begin appointing retired HC judges as ad hoc judges for two to five years if the HC faced with the processing of a large number…
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MUMBAI: There would be a need for an additional 1.2 billion doses (assuming two injections per person) starting in May, with the government opening vaccination for everyone over 18 years of age. This is because it is estimated that 44% or about 600 million of the country’s population is in the 18-45 age group. Assuming…
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NEW DELHI: While the government has allowed the sale of Covid vaccines on the open market as of May 1, the vaccines will not be available for sale in pharmacies or pharmacies. Only hospitals and licensed vaccination centers can administer vaccines. Post-Immunization Adverse Events (AEFI) will be recorded in Co-Win and meticulously monitored, senior officials…
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NEW DELHI: Most companies are expected to price Covid-19 vaccines between Rs 700-1,000 per dose when they launch the jabs on the private market later this year, above the price demanded by the government. Rs 250 per dose. Serum Institute CEO Adar Poonawalla had previously told TOI in an interview that Covishield will be priced…
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NEW DELHI: India reported more than 2.94 lakh of new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday, the second highest daily case count ever recorded by any country, even as the day’s death toll surpassed 2,000 for the first time since the outbreak. of the pandemic. At 2,94,291, Tuesday’s national case count was nearly three times higher than…
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SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir has seen a huge increase in its proceeds from the auction of 228 location-specific permits for liquor sales, from around 10 million rupees in previous years to 140 million rupees this time, courtesy of its new policy. of alcoholic beverages. “The license fee that bidders must pay is at least 15…
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NEW DELHI: Top Union ministers and top BJP leaders on Tuesday praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech to the nation on the coronavirus situation as reassuring the public and highlighted his call for discipline and use of confinement. as a last resort. Amid a second wave of the pandemic, Modi addressed the nation on Tuesday,…
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NEW DELHI: The number of beds for COVID-19 patients in Center-run hospitals in the national capital has more than quadrupled and is now 2,105 from 510 on March 1, the Health Ministry said Tuesday. of the Union. Of the 2,105 beds, 1,875 are beds with oxygen and 230 are ICU beds. Hospitals where these beds…
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