Covid Vaccine Shortage

Calling out the West, India on Wednesday said that food grains should not go the way of the Covid-19 vaccines as it voiced concern over hoarding and discrimination amid the "unjustified increase" in food prices.

A convoy of truckers started their march from Vancouver on Sunday to the Canadian capital city of Ottawa protesting the government's COVID-19 vaccine mandate for truckers, which the industry says would create driver shortages and fuel inflation.

Refuting media reports on COVID-19 vaccine shortage in Maharashtra, the Health Ministry said the state had over 24 lakh unutilised doses of Covaxin and received an additional 6.35 lakh doses on Friday.

Maharashtra is facing a shortage of Covaxin and Covishield, said state health minister Rajesh Tope on Thursday.

Quebec, the second most populous Canadian province, has "no choice" but to allow some essential workers to continue working even after testing positive for COVID-19 to prevent staff shortages from impeding its healthcare services.

The supply of Bharat Biotech's Covaxin has been slowed down because the first few batches at the company's newest facility in Bengaluru were not of the right quality, a top government adviser has said.

Amid the ongoing COVID-19 vaccination drive in the country, as many as 21 vaccination centres in south Delhi will remain shut on Thursday following the shortage of vaccines.

Amid warnings over a third wave, India saw a big jump in daily Covid deaths as Madhya Pradesh revised its official data and logged 1,478 deaths, taking India's count to 2,020. But the country's daily rise in fresh cases is the lowest in four months.

People in Mumbai expressed unhappiness over the suspension of the Covid vaccine drive at civic and government-run centres on Thursday due to shortage of vaccines doses, and raised questions over the management of the inoculation programme.

The government plans to vaccinate the entire adult population in India against COVID-19 by the end of this year but many parts in the two biggest states of the country are already running out of doses.

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday sought from the Centre more doses of COVID-19 vaccines, saying the state had run out of Covishield stock and had limited doses of Covaxin.

Jharkhand is facing a shortage of COVID-19 vaccines with a state health department official saying that the state is left with just one day's stock of COVID-19 vaccine.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi alleged the government was busy saving the PM's image while Covid took its toll on the people of the country, drawing a sharp retort from Health Minister Harsh Vardhan who accused him of making "mythical claims".

Many students, who are to travel abroad for studies, are worried about visa cancellations and getting stuck in India due to the Covid-19 vaccine shortage and timely administeration of their second dose.

Struggling to book slots for COVID-19 vaccination in their cities, many people in the 18-44 age group from Delhi-NCR are travelling long distances to Agra and Meerut in Uttar Pradesh to get their second dose of vaccine.

Calling out the West, India on Wednesday said that food grains should not go the way of the Covid-19 vaccines as it voiced concern over hoarding and discrimination amid the "unjustified increase" in food prices.

A convoy of truckers started their march from Vancouver on Sunday to the Canadian capital city of Ottawa protesting the government's COVID-19 vaccine mandate for truckers, which the industry says would create driver shortages and fuel inflation.

Refuting media reports on COVID-19 vaccine shortage in Maharashtra, the Health Ministry said the state had over 24 lakh unutilised doses of Covaxin and received an additional 6.35 lakh doses on Friday.

Maharashtra is facing a shortage of Covaxin and Covishield, said state health minister Rajesh Tope on Thursday.

Quebec, the second most populous Canadian province, has "no choice" but to allow some essential workers to continue working even after testing positive for COVID-19 to prevent staff shortages from impeding its healthcare services.

The supply of Bharat Biotech's Covaxin has been slowed down because the first few batches at the company's newest facility in Bengaluru were not of the right quality, a top government adviser has said.

Amid the ongoing COVID-19 vaccination drive in the country, as many as 21 vaccination centres in south Delhi will remain shut on Thursday following the shortage of vaccines.

Amid warnings over a third wave, India saw a big jump in daily Covid deaths as Madhya Pradesh revised its official data and logged 1,478 deaths, taking India's count to 2,020. But the country's daily rise in fresh cases is the lowest in four months.

People in Mumbai expressed unhappiness over the suspension of the Covid vaccine drive at civic and government-run centres on Thursday due to shortage of vaccines doses, and raised questions over the management of the inoculation programme.

The government plans to vaccinate the entire adult population in India against COVID-19 by the end of this year but many parts in the two biggest states of the country are already running out of doses.

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday sought from the Centre more doses of COVID-19 vaccines, saying the state had run out of Covishield stock and had limited doses of Covaxin.

Jharkhand is facing a shortage of COVID-19 vaccines with a state health department official saying that the state is left with just one day's stock of COVID-19 vaccine.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi alleged the government was busy saving the PM's image while Covid took its toll on the people of the country, drawing a sharp retort from Health Minister Harsh Vardhan who accused him of making "mythical claims".

Many students, who are to travel abroad for studies, are worried about visa cancellations and getting stuck in India due to the Covid-19 vaccine shortage and timely administeration of their second dose.

Struggling to book slots for COVID-19 vaccination in their cities, many people in the 18-44 age group from Delhi-NCR are travelling long distances to Agra and Meerut in Uttar Pradesh to get their second dose of vaccine.