Coronavirus India Updates: Serum reduces price of Covishield to states from Rs 400 to Rs 300
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Coronavirus (Covid-19) Lockdown India News Updates: On Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was informed during a review meeting that production of oxygen has increased from 5,700 MT per day in August 2020 to 8,922 MT on April 25 this year.
Coronavirus India Updates: Serum Institute of India (SII) CEO Adar Poonawalla Wednesday said his firm has decided to reduce the price of its anti-coronavirus vaccine, Covishield, to the states from Rs 400 to Rs 300 per dose as a “philanthropic gesture”. The pharma giant has received flak over its different pricing of Covishield for the Centre and states, with many state governments calling for equal pricing of the vaccine. The Centre gets Covishield at Rs 150 per dose from SII.
Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope Wednesday said the Covid-induced restrictions in the state will be extended by another 15 days. The restrictions were to end on April 30. The state government also declared that it will provide free Covid vaccination to all citizens aged between 18-44.
The registration for Covid vaccination for all above 18 years of age began on Co-WIN portal and Aarogya Setu app from 4 pm Wednesday. However, high user traffic resulted in both the platforms crashing for a brief period. Both the platforms are working fine now.
Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria Wednesday briefed Prime Minister Narendra Modi that a dedicated Covid cell has been set up by the Indian Air Force to ensure faster coordination with different ministries and agencies on pandemic-related operations, PTI reported. He also said that the IAF is in 24×7 readiness of its fleet to meet Covid related requirements across India and overseas.
India, in the last 24 hours, recorded 3,60,960 fresh Covid-19 cases and 3,293 deaths, which is the highest in the country so far. With today’s numbers, the total number of coronavirus cases rose to 1,79,97,267 and the number of fatalities reached 2,01,187. At present, there are 29,78,709 active cases in India and as many as 1,48,17,371 people have recovered.
Meanwhile, with states complaining of vaccine shortage, the Centre on Tuesday released data to say more than one crore doses, to be administered to priority groups, were available with states and 86 lakh more would be distributed over the next three days.
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