The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGA) has given Bharat Biotech’s Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin the authorisation for restricted emergency use for children between the ages of 6 and 12. It has also granted authorisation to Biological E’s Corbevax for the 5-12 age group.
Amid the slight surge in the covid cases across the city, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has now instructed all the ward officers, general physicians and doctors in slum areas to keep a close watch on Covid-like symptoms of patients coming for treatment or consulting at their clinics.
The action is the result of complaints from aggrieved patients as well as the civic body's independent audit after there were several reports of overcharging pandemic cases during the raging days of Covid.
Mumbai has recorded 390 cases in the period from April 13-19 compared to the 309 cases reported between April 6 to 12, an increase of 26.21 per cent in one week