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Six New Delhi hospitals run out of oxygen as supplies failed to reach Indian capital
From CNN s Esha Mitra in New Delhi
A public notice hangs outside Shanti Mukund Hospital on April 22 in New Delhi, India. Amal KS/Hindustan Times/Getty Images
At least six private hospitals in the Indian capital New Delhi ran out of oxygen Thursday, the city s deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia said in a letter to the union health minister on Thursday.
Even after the central government allocated 480 metric tonnes of oxygen for the capital on Wednesday, Delhi s advocate informed the Delhi high court on Thursday that the supplies had still not reached the capital.
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Mexico warns that selling fake Covid-19 vaccines jeopardizes public health
From CNNE s Fidel Gutierrez and Karol Suarez in Mexico City
Mexico s Federal Commission for the Protection against Health Risks (COFEPRIS) has warned that selling counterfeit Pfizer vaccines poses a health risk to the population.
Earlier this week, Pfizer said it had identified counterfeit Covid-19 shots in Mexico and Poland.
Responding to the reports, COFEPRIS said: Any alleged vaccine against Covid-19 that is for sale through internet pages, social media, by telephone, pharmacies, hospitals, and points of sale, constitutes fraud and a health risk because it s of doubtful origin.
The commission has warned of fake Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccines in the Mexican state of Nuevo Leon in February.
EU declines option to buy 100 million AstraZeneca vaccine doses
From CNN s Pierre Bairin and Arnaud Siad
Doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine are seen at a doctor s office in Deisenhofen, Germany, on March 31. Lennart Preiss/AFP/Getty Images
The European Union is declining an option to order an additional 100 million doses of coronavirus vaccine from AstraZeneca, a spokesman said Thursday.
The move follows months of public criticism of the drug maker by European officials.
The European Commission did not exercise the option to buy the doses and the deadline for it has now passed, Commission spokesperson for health Stefan de Keersmaecker said.