Coronavirus HIGHLIGHTS: 24.60 Cr Covid Vaccine Doses Provided To States, UTs Till Date
Coronavirus HIGHLIGHTS, Sunday, June 6, 2021: Haryana’s state government announced today that a company in Malta has showed interest in directly supplying up to 60 million doses of the Russian vaccine Sputnik V to the state. The centre on Saturday defended its liberalised vaccine policy and said the media reports suggesting inequities in distribution of doses were "inaccurate and speculative in nature".
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Coronavirus HIGHLIGHTS, Sunday, June 6, 2021: The centre on Saturday defended its liberalised vaccine policy and said the media reports suggesting inequities in distribution of doses were "inaccurate and speculative in nature". It said the vaccine policy that came into effect from May 1 reduces the "operational stress" on state-run vaccination facilities.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Saturday called for leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) rich nations to make a commitment to vaccinate the entire world against COVID-19 by the end of 2022. Johnson will host the first in-person summit in almost two years of G7 leaders – which follows a meeting of the group’s finance ministers which wrapped up earlier in the day – and said he would seek a pledge to hit the global vaccination goal.
The inclusion of yoga guru Ramdev-promoted Patanjali Ayurved's Coronil in the Uttarakhand government's COVID-19 kit amounts to "mixopathy", the Uttarakhad unit of the Indian Medical Association said today, raising strong objection to the proposal.
Pointing out that Coronil has not been approved by the World Health Organization (WHO) and that the ayurvedic medicine is not included in the central government's guidelines, the doctors' body said, "The addition of Coronil with allopathic drugs shall also amount to mixopathy (cocktail of ayurveda and allopathy), which is not permitted as per the rulings of the Supreme Court, and using it would be contempt."
24.60 crore vaccine doses provided to states/UTs: Centre
Amid reports of vaccine shortage in some states, the Centre on Sunday said that 24.60 crore Covid vaccine doses have been provided to states/UTs till date. It said that it has so far provided, both through the free of cost category and through direct state procurement category, more than 24 crore vaccine doses (24,60,80,900) to states/UTs, and of this, total consumption, including wastages, is 22,96,95,199 doses, as per data available at 8 a.m. on Sunday. More than 1.63 crore vaccine doses (1,63,85,701) are still available with the states/UTs to be administered, it added.
Uttarakhand government extends COVID restrictions till June 15
Gujarat to set up over 75 oxygen plants in view of possible third wave
The Gujarat government has initiated the process to set up more than 75 oxygen plants to produce additional 300 MT of the life-saving gas if the demand for it goes up during the possible third wave of COVID-19, Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel said on Sunday. At present, 800 to 900 MT of medical oxygen is available at any time in the state
UP adds 1,165 COVID-19 cases, 101 deaths
Uttar Pradesh's COVID-19 caseload surged to 16,98,389 on Sunday with 1,165 fresh infections while the death toll climbed to 21,252 as 101 more people succumbed to the viral disease.
Of the fresh cases, 102 were reported from Kanpur, 91 from Gautam Buddh Nagar, 55 from Meerut and 51 from Varanasi. Thirty-six districts reported fresh infections in single digits.
As many as 2,446 COVID-19 patients recovered from the disease and were discharged in a day. With this, the total number of discharged patients has increased to 16,59,209. There are 17,928 active cases in the state, according to the statement. The recovery rate stands at 97.7 per cent.
Recoveries Outnumber Daily COVID-19 Cases In Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh reported 8,976 fresh cases of coronavirus, 13,568 recoveries and 90 deaths in 24 hours ending 9 am on Sunday.
Chittoor district crossed the two-lakh total cases mark, the second behind East Godavari in the state.
The latest bulletin said the total positive cases in the state rose to 17.58 lakh, recoveries to 16,23,447 and toll 11,466 so far. The number of active cases declined further to 1,23,426, it said.
In 24 hours East Godavari added 1,669, Chittoor 1,232 and Anantapuramu 995 fresh infections. Chittoors total Covid-19 case count now stood at 2,00,368, second to East Godavaris 2,38,702. Chittoor, however, has the highest toll of 1,376 in the state. Its active caseload is now 16,979 after 1,82,013 recoveries.
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