Amir Ullah Khan Nahia Hussain What are we missing in the deluge of information and analysis on the infections and deaths due to Corona? One geography that
Until April 30, India had been vaccinating only registered healthcare workers, frontline workers and those above the age of 45. Then the central government expanded vaccine eligibility to
all adults. The Centre would continue to procure 50% of manufacturers vaccine stocks for vaccinating the former groups, and manufacturers could sell the remaining 50% of their vaccine stock to state governments and to private hospitals, per the new policy. The burden of procuring and administering vaccines for those aged 18 to 44 was thus shifted to the state governments, and to those individual households that can afford private vaccination. The additional financial burden comes as all eight states, except Odisha, have reported a revenue deficit in their revised budget estimates for 2020-21, according to a
Until April 30, India had been vaccinating only registered healthcare workers, frontline workers and those above the age of 45. Then the central government expanded vaccine eligibility to
all adults. The Centre would continue to procure 50% of manufacturers’ vaccine stocks for vaccinating the former groups, and manufacturers could sell the remaining 50% of their vaccine stock to state governments and to private hospitals, per the new policy.
The burden of procuring and administering vaccines for those aged 18 years to 44 years was thus shifted to the state governments, and to those individual households that can afford private vaccination.
The additional financial burden comes as all eight states, except Odisha, have reported a revenue deficit in their revised budget estimates for 2020-’21, according to a
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The return of COVID – the States must take over now
By Amirullah Khan| Updated: 10th May 2021 8:53 pm IST Representational Image
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In Telangana, the number of cases has peaked at 4000 daily in June 2020. The decline then onwards was gradual till we recorded 2700 cases on August 31, 2020. The numbers after August started coming down rapidly and on March 3, 2021, we only had 150 positive cases. However, this was the calm before the storm. Almost immediately after, the numbers started going up. A 1000 on April 1, 7500 on May 1 and then a slight decline to about 500 daily over the last few days.
The fact that India was headed towards another COVID-19 surge became quite apparent by the second week of March 2021 as the number of cases rose steadily, as did the number of deaths per million by the end of March. Post-February, the positivity rate was also witnessing a steady increase. Even with evidence from other countries regarding the devastating second wave and th