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Focus is on inoculating maximum people from 18+ group; 18.60 lakh COVID-19 vaccine doses ordered: Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope
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Mumbai: Maharashtra government has ordered 18.60 lakh doses of Covid vaccines, which should help boost the vaccination drive, said State Health Minister Rajesh Tope. Tope said the focus was to accelerate the drive by inoculating more people in the 18-44 years age group.
According to data shared by the state health department, 1.65 crore of the total three crore population above 45 years of age had been vaccinated since the mass immunisation programme began, which means almost 45 per cent of the vulnerable population in those age brackets have been covered. Also, one lakh registered beneficiaries in the 18-44 category have been vaccinated since May 1.
Grocery shops to operate only for 4 hours every day: Maharashtra Health Minister
April 19, 2021
Notification will be issued soon, says Rajesh Tope The Maharashtra government will issue a notification that grocery shops will function only between 7 am to 11 am every day said State Health Minister Rajesh Tope.
Speaking to reporters in Mumbai after attending a meeting convened by Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, Tope said, “ It is must to keep a tab on people who come out of homes in the name of purchasing grocery. Dada ( Ajit Pawar) said that we must keep grocery shops open only for four hours between 7 am to 11 am. It was decided that the notification regarding this decision will be issued at the upper level ( at State government’s level) and not at District Collector’s level,” said Tope.