Apollo Hospitals Enterprises on Wednesday said it plans to launch a private market for vaccines against Covid-19 within weeks across the country, a move that may help in making India achieve its August target, Bloomberg reported.
In an interview with Bloomberg Television, the health care chain’s Managing Director Suneeta Reddy said they are working with the Centre to provide vaccines for health workers, and has also trained 6,000 people besides allocating 3,500 inoculation sites.
“Our expectation is maybe March. We have the advantage of so much of the manufacturing happening in India, so there will be vaccinations available unlike in a lot of other countries. There is great potential to cover many more people,” Reddy said.
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(Bloomberg) New York reported more than 10,000 new Covid-19 cases statewide for the second consecutive day, as the first Covid-19 vaccine expected to be distributed in the U.S. was backed by a government advisory panel.
While awaiting a vaccine deployment, Virginia announced a limited nightly stay-at-home order after record daily cases this week. Ohio is extending its curfew throughout December, which Governor Mike DeWine called an “extremely critical” month. Pennsylvania is temporarily suspending indoor dining at bars and restaurants.
France, the country with the most confirmed cases in Europe, backed off plans to reopen theaters, museums, cinemas and sports facilities next week.
22 People drop off completed Covid-19 oral swab tests at a pop-up community testing site in the Panorama City neighbourhood of Los Angeles, California, on Wednesday. (AFP photo)
Deaths in the US from Covid-19 surpassed 3,000 a day for the first time, while Germany’s latest measures have so far failed to contain the spread in Europe’s largest economy. The UK’s vaccination campaign hit a stumbling block after two people with allergies experienced reactions to the Pfizer shot.
Pfizer said a cyberattack had exposed some documents filed with a European regulator relating to its vaccine review. India’s largest hospital chain said it’s ready to administer 1 million coronavirus vaccine doses a day. Passengers disembarked a cruise ship in Singapore after a Covid-19 scare on board.
How and if India decides to work with its large network of private hospitals on vaccine distribution could be crucial to any success in reining in the worlds second-worst outbreak, which has inflicted deep economic damage. India may start inoculation efforts within weeks as front-running developers apply for emergency authorization.