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India likely to waive customs duty on Covid-19 vaccine imports
The government presently levies 10 percent customs or import duty plus a 16.5 percent I-GST and social welfare surcharge on vaccines coming from overseas. These taxes would make the imported vaccines costlier than the ones made by Serum Institute of India (SII) and Bharat Biotech.
Covishield to cost Rs 400 a dose for states, Rs 600 for private hospitals
Furthermore, owing to the complexity, and urgency of the situation it is challenging to supply it independently to each corporate entity.We would urge all corporate and private individuals to access the vaccines through the state facilitated machinery and private health systems,” it said in a statement.
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Covishield comprises over 90 pc of 12.76 cr COVID vaccines administered so far
The current production capacity of indigenously developed Covaxin vaccine will be doubled by May-June 2021 and then increased nearly 6-7 fold by July-August 2021 i.e increasing the production from 10 million vaccine doses in April, 2021 to 60-70 million vaccine dose per month in July-August,” said the ministry of science and technology in a statement on Monday.
COVAXIN neutralises multiple variants of SARS-COV-2, double mutant strain: ICMR
“ICMR study shows #COVAXIN neutralises against multiple variants of SARS-CoV-2 and effectively neutralises the double mutant strain as well,” the ICMR tweeted. This development comes amid the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic being witnessed across the country.
Twitter becomes platform of hope amid the despair of India’s COVID crisis
In response, people are bypassing the conventional lines of communication and turning to Twitter to crowdsource help for oxygen cylinders, hospital beds, and other requirements. People in need and those with information or resources share telephone numbers of volunteers, vendors who have oxygen cylinders or drugs, and details of which medical facility can take patients using hashtags like #COVIDSOS.
Delhi HC asks Centre why wait till May 1 to vaccinate everyone
Whomsoever you can vaccinate, please vaccinate. Whether 16 year old or 60 year old, all need vaccination. The pandemic does not discriminate,” the court told the Centre.
The court said young people are being affected more this time round, and lot of young lives have been lost.
J&J seeks DCGI nod for clinical trial of single-dose Covid vaccine in India
“In line with this commitment, we have submitted an application to the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) requesting approval to conduct a bridging clinical study of our single-dose Janssen Covid-19 vaccine candidate in India to comply with local regulations”, the statement added.
Next three weeks crucial to contain COVID-19: Harsh Vardhan
At a meeting held today, UTs advised augmenting hospital infrastructure, ramping up testing, creating containment zones and strictly enforcing COVID appropriate behaviour,” tweeted Dr Harsh Vardhan.
As more states opt for lockdown-like restrictions, PM says lockdown should be the “last resort”
”In the current situation, we need to save our country from a lockdown. I would also request states to use the lockdown as the last resort. We have to do our best to avoid a lockdown and our focus should rather be on micro-containment zones,” he said.
”If we all follow COVID-19 protocols, there’ll be no need to impose lockdowns,” Modi added, as he urged the people to reduce their movement and take vaccination.
Maharashtra CM may announce complete lockdown tomorrow to check Covid-19 surge
“All the cabinet ministers expressed views in favour of a strict lockdown to minimise the spread of COVID-19. Ministers come from all corners of the state, so it also indicates that the entire state needs this measure,” Tope said.