Coronavirus HIGHLIGHTS: Bengal Records 20,839 Fresh Cases, Tamil Nadu Tally Up By 30,621 In 24 Hrs
Coronavirus HIGHLIGHTS, May 13: The national capital on Wednesday reported 13,287 new Covid-19 cases, while 300 people succumbed to the virus in the last 24 hours, according to the health bulletin issued by Delhi government. The daily positivity rate in the national capital remained below 18 percent for the second consecutive day at 17.03 percent.
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Coronavirus HIGHLIGHTS, May 13: In a major decision, the BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Wednesday issued a global tender to acquire 1 crore vaccines, an official said.
The bids were issued after Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray cleared a proposal, said BMC Commissioner I.S. Chahal.
"The BMC has issued a global bid to acquire 1 crore COVID-19 vaccines to inoculate the citizens of Mumbai at the earliest possible on a massive scale in its decisive fight against the virus," he said.
The national capital on Wednesday reported 13,287 new COVID-19 cases, while 300 people succumbed to the virus in the last 24 hours, according to the health bulletin issued by the Delhi government.
Delhi had reported 12,481 cases on Tuesday while on Monday it reported 12,651 cases.
The daily positivity rate in the national capital remained below 18 percent for the second consecutive day at 17.03 percent. The positivity rate in Delhi had remained above the 20 percent-mark since April 17, before starting to gradually come down in the past few days.
Although all the existing vaccination centers in the national capital have run out of Covaxin stock for the 18-44 age group and will only administer Covishield to this segment, the Delhi government has decided to set up around 200 more vaccination centers across the city.
The decision has been taken in an attempt to increase the number of beneficiaries per day per centre as the Delhi government aims to achieve its target of vaccinating the entire national capital in three months.
Owing to the short supply of COVID vaccines, Karnataka on Wednesday decided to 'temporarily suspend' vaccination drive for those aged between 18 to 44 years.
In a series of tweets, the Karnataka Health department said that the state government has decided that the vaccine procured directly by the state government for vaccination of persons between 18 to 44 years too will be utilised for vaccination of beneficiaries who are due for the second dose.
Vaccine Shortage Because Of PM Modi: AIMIM Chief Asaduddin Owaisi
"Vaccine shortage is only because of Narendra Modi. He placed order late, we don't have transparency. They lie to people that after first dose, take second dose after 4 weeks. Then it got postponed to 6 weeks, now it's 12-16 weeks. It shows their policy paralysis," AIMIM Chief Asaduddin Owaisi said.
"Until and unless we vaccinate the Indian population, which all experts are telling us, you can't save lives. To do that Modi govt should have ensured that every month 300 million vaccination doses are given and people are vaccinated, they have failed at it," he said.
Tamil Nadu Records Over 30,000 New Cases, 297 Deaths In Last 24 Hrs
Tamil Nadu reports 30,621 new COVID19 cases, 19,287 recoveries and 297 deaths in the last 24 hours.
Total cases 14,99,485
Total recoveries 12,98,945
Death toll 16,768
Active cases 1,83,772
West Bengal Records 20,839 Fresh Covid Cases, 129 Deaths
Tamil Nadu Records 30,621 New Cases, 297 Deaths
216 Cr Doses To Be Available In 5 Months, Enough To Cover All: Centre
As states grapple with a shortage of coronavirus vaccines, the Centre Thursday said that over two billion doses will be made available in the country in five months between August and December, enough to vaccinate the entire population.
"Over two billion doses will be made in the country in five months (August to December) for India and for the people of India. Vaccine will be available for all as we move forward," Paul said, adding that the number is likely to be ramped up to three billion by the first quarter of the next year.
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