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Over 10 Million 18+ Sign Up; No Slots for Jabs hindustantimes.com MUMBAI/METRO f@hindustantimes t@httweets i@hindustantimes l@hindustantimes n VOL. XVII NO. 100 n PRICE ₹4.00 n 12 PAGES + 2 PAGES OF HT CITY (FOR MUMBAI ONLY). AREA SPECIFIC PAGES EXTRA. Thursday, April 29, 2021 INDIA NOW HAS + MORE THAN Over 10 million 18 sign THREE MILLION Maha decides on ACTIVE CASES + NEW DELHI: Active cases of Cov- free vax for 18 id-19 infection in India crossed 3 million (3,084,797) on Wednes- up; no slots for jabs yet day, with the burgeoning sec- Surendra P Gangan ond wave of cases showing no [email protected] Rhythma Kaul and signs of abating as the already Maha lockdown set to Deeksha Bhardwaj creaky health care infrastruc- MUMBAI: The Maharashtra gov- ture in the country buckled ernment announced on Wednes- [email protected] under the public health crisis. day that no beneficiary in the age be extended to May 15 NEW DELHI: A little over 10 mil- On Wednesday, India group of 18-44 years will need to lion people signed up on the People complained that the government’s breached its own record of new pay for their vaccine shot if they Faisal Malik the lockdown was discussed Co-Win platform in roughly six 2.7 million cases, adding 379,423 infections take it at a government-run vac- in the state cabinet meeting 11.6 Co-WIN platform crashed just minutes after [email protected] hours after it began accepting registrations opened. The issue was resolved in a day – the highest daily tally cination centre, but the drive is and all the ministers were of People signed up after 4 pm on Wednesday, o, registrations from those in the within half-an-hour, but the website saw for any country since the pan- unlikely to start from May 1, the MUMBAI: The Maharashtra the view that it should be when registrations for Phase 3 of the heavy traffic throughout the day. 18-44 age group on Wednesday, vaccination drive opened demic began last year. It also date announced by the Centre government has decided to extended to break the trans- though these new signees are reported a record 3,643 more last week, as the state did not extend the full lockdown mission chain. It is likely to not likely to get coronavirus vac- deaths that took the country’s have enough vaccine doses in likely for another 15 days (till be extended by 15 days, but cines when they become eligible l Although registrations were completed, total toll to 204,830. HTC stock. State health minister May 15). A decision to the decision on the number for the jabs on May 1 due to sup- 136,066,897 many users were not able to choose a Rajesh Tope said that 1 million extend the lockdown was of days will be taken by April ply constraints. Number of users who had registered for slot to get the jab as centres have not yet doses of vaccines from Bharat taken in the state cabinet 30,” said state health minis- The registration process vaccination until 3pm on Wednesday got the shots for the 18-44 age group. Biotech – the makers of the meeting on Wednesday, but ter Rajesh Tope. opened at 4pm. According to the l This could be the key impediment to State govt officials say PFIZER ORAL COVID home-grown Covaxin – and 10 the duration is yet to be He was talking to report- Co-Win dashboard, there were the vaccine drive beginning May 1. vaccinations for 18+ age million doses of Covishield – decided. The state govern- ers after a state cabinet group may only begin by roughly 1.2 million new registra- 147,681,586 Most state govts and pvt hospitals DRUG COULD BE manufactured by Pune-based ment is expected to issue an meeting held on Wednesday. are yet to strike deals with vaccine the middle of May or later tions till 3pm. By 10pm, the total Total number of registrations depending on procurement Serum Institute of India – will be order on it in the next two The ongoing lockdown ends number of people who signed at 11:30PM makers. READY NEXT YEAR available in May, although he days. on May 1 at 7am. through the day shot up to over NEW YORK: Pfizer chief execu- did not provide a specific date. “The issue of extending →FULL REPORT, P3 13 million. “[There were] no tive officer (CEO) Albert Bourla continued on →10 glitches. We regis- for half an hour said that an oral drug for treat- tered 3.5 million before the plat- Serum reduces price for ing Covid-19 could be ready next people in one form was up and year and that the US pharma hour. We deliv- functional again. giant is also working on an ered 8.7 million “People are states to ₹300 per dose injectable antiviral. Heavy lifting SMSes in 1.5 now receiving NEW DELHI: Amid criticism over inoculation drive that is open to “Particular attention is on the hours,” said the OTPs within two the cost of vaccines, the Serum all adults from May 1. oral vaccine because it provides chairman of the to three seconds,” Institute of India (SII) on Several states raised concerns several advantages,” Bourla said e m p o w e r e d Take The Jab the official said, Wednesday said it was lowering earlier that the initial price of in an interview to CNBC on Tues- group on vaccina- asking not to be the price of its Covid-19 vaccine ₹400 per dose was steep com- day. “One of them is that you tion, RS Sharma. named. “Initially, for state governments by 25% to pared to the Centre’s procure- don’t need to go to the hospital to Some people reported being the load always increases. More ₹300 from an earlier price of ment price of ₹150/shot. get the treatment, which is the unable to access the website people than one can account for ₹400 per dose. SII chief executive Adar Poon- case with all the injectables so immediately after 4pm, and an turn up. But then it settles down. The Pune-based company awalla said on Wednesday the far. You could get it at home, and official, who asked not to be This is not unusual.” announced the decision days firm was reducing the price as a that could be a game-changer.” named, said there was an outage continued on →9 ahead of the third phase of the “philanthropic gesture”. →P7 →RELATED REPORT, P10 Four die after fire breaks out in Thane hospital completed in the next couple of LOCAL YOUTHS Megha Pol and Faisal Tandel hours. [email protected] This is the fourth fire in the SAVE 9 PATIENTS state in a span of a week. THANE: Four patients in the Sandeep Malvi, deputy munic- Megha Pol intensive care unit (ICU) of a pri- ipal commissioner of Thane [email protected] vate non-Covid-19 hospital in Municipal Corporation (TMC), Mumbra died after a fire broke said, “Four people in the ICU of THANE: A group of 10-12 men, up out early on Wednesday. the hospital died after being early on Wednesday for Ram- The Prime Criticare had 20 shifted to various other hospi- zan Sehri, helped rescue patients, of which six were in the tals. The remaining people were patients from Prime Criticare ICU. All six were pulled out shifted to Bilal and Kalsekar hos- Hospital, where a fire broke out, An IAF C-17 airlifting six cryogenic oxygen containers from Dubai to Panagarh Air Base. >P7 ANI from the fire, shifted to different pitals” killing four patients. The toll hospitals, where four of them The deceased are Yasmeen would have been higher if not died. Zafar Sayyed, 46, Nawab Majid for these good Samaritans, all in A short-circuit in the ground- Shaikh, 47, Halima Salmani, their 20s, breaking open the SC REJECTS RECALL floor meter box led to the fire, 70, and Hari Ramji Sonawane, grilles and glass of the windows Zomato cashes in on according to fire officials. The 57. at the back of the hospital to OF VERDICT ASKING fire was doused around 5am, continued on →10 rescue at least nine patients. RBI TO DISCLOSE while cooling operations were →RELATED REPORTS, P4 Officials inspect the charred hospital. PRAFUL GANGURDE/HT continued on →10 demand for online INFO ABOUT BANKS orders, files $1.1bn IPO NEW DELHI: Striking a blow for financial transparency in the { VLADIMIR PUTIN } RUSSIAN PRESIDENT State sees 63,309 Covid cases and BENGALURU: Food tech unicorn initiatives, the offer document banking system, the Supreme Zomato on Wednesday filed showed. The company, which Court on Wednesday revived its P draft documents with the mar- was valued at almost $5.4 billion 2015 judgment making it neces- sharpest one-day toll of 985 deaths kets regulator for an initial pub- after raising funds from 10 new sary for the Reserve Bank of lic offering of ₹8,250 crore (or investors, may look at a valua- India (RBI) to disclose financial Putin... informed him Swapnil Rawal down, the state has seen a 71% days, Maharashtra saw 4,735 $1.1 billion) through a sale of new tion of $8 billion in the IPO, a information regarding private increase in deaths from the pre- deaths, a 71.29% increase from and existing shares. Zomato will person aware of the matter said. and public banks under the (PM Modi) about the [email protected] vious week.
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