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The Centre’s liberalised vaccine policy is self-defeating and goes against the idea of vaccinating maximum number of people in the fastest possible time, say public health advocacy voices, unhappy with the government’s affidavit defending its vaccine programme at the Supreme Court.
The segmentation that has been created in procurement – between Centre, State and private hospitals – is slowing down the entire vaccination process and denying people their right to health, said KM Gopakumar of the Third World Network.
The Centre should be the single procurement point and should supply States and private hospitals. But in the present liberalised programme of the Centre, there are multiple actors and they are competing with each other, he says, adding that those without the ability to compete on price will be left behind.
Delhi preparing for Covid s third wave, more vaccines needed: Kejriwal
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Last Updated: May 10, 2021, 11:07 PM IST
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The Chief Minister, during a visit to the makeshift COVID care center near the GTB hospital, said, A 500 ICU beds have been set up near GTB Hospital and another 500 ICU beds have been set up near LNJP Hospital.
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Kejriwal said that the Delhi government has been left with the Covid vaccine stock for 3-4 days.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said that the national capital is preparing for the third wave of COVID-19 and the infrastructures are being scaled up to deal with 30,000 daily cases.
We re prepared for 3rd wave: Delhi CM
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10 May 2021, 23:55 GMT+10
New Delhi [India], May 10 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said that the national capital is preparing for the third wave of COVID-19 and the infrastructures are being scaled up to deal with 30,000 daily cases.
The Chief Minister, during a visit to the makeshift COVID care center near the GTB hospital, said, A 500 ICU beds have been set up near GTB Hospital and another 500 ICU beds have been set up near LNJP Hospital. We must prepare for the third wave. In this wave, Delhi recorded a maximum of 28,000 cases in a day. The whole infrastructure was under pressure after this. The scale at which we are creating infrastructure, we will be able to deal even if 30,000 daily cases are reported in next wave, Kejriwal told media personnel.
New Delhi [India], May 9 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday wrote to Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan urging to increase the monthly supply of vaccines to the national capital.
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