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PModi on Thursday virtual- " ! ly ruled out imposition of 456"5/73 Stating that there was no close early due to a shortage of countrywide lockdown despite shortage of jabs in the country, supplies,” Maharashtra Health surging Covid-19 cases and day after Union Health Harsh Vardhan said 9.1 crore Minister Rajesh Tope said decisions of several States to AMinister Harsh Vardhan vaccine doses have been adding that stocks would run impose severe restriction on slammed a few States for play- utilised, while 2.4 crore are in out in three days after the daily movement of people and open- ing “vax politics” and vaccine stock and 1.9 crore vaccines are injection of over 4,50,000 doses. !" # $ " ing of business and education- mismanagement, reports of in the pipeline. The Odisha Government ! al establishments. shortage of vaccine poured in “Hue and cry by certain too echoed similar fears stating % The PM chose to put up a from some parts of the coun- States about partisanship by the that it has supplies left only for % " brave face even as Covid-19 try where people had to be Union Government is just a two more days and as many as " daily count went past 1.31 lakh turned away. farce, an attempt to hide their 700 of its vaccination centres cases on Thursday and the So far, over nine crore vac- own incompetence. had to be shut down due to the day’s fatalities stood at 802. ! " cine doses have been adminis- Maharashtra and Rajasthan scarcity of jabs. In a letter to L “We need to focus on test- tered across the country, said are 2 of the top 3 States based Harsh Vardhan, Odisha Chief M ing first, we need to be changed tion in the high focus districts or less, with focused and tar- eral States imposed fresh restric- the Minister even as he ruled on allocation of Covid-19 vac- Minister Naveen Patnaik said and not to take casually by fol- and asked the States to hold Tika geted testing in containment tions on the movement of peo- out any shortage of the jabs. cine doses. Both are non-BJP- that as of April 7, Odisha had # lowing Covid protocols. We Utsav (vaccination festival) from zones and areas where clusters ple - from weekend lockdowns However, States such as governed States,” Vardhan said a stock of 5.34 lakh doses of $ $ should not take need of testing April 11 to April 14. of cases are being reported. to night curfews - have been Maharashtra, Odisha, in a tweet. Covishield - the vaccine pro- % ()* lightly. Earlier we did not have “We should aim for 100 per Meanwhile, India’s daily brought back in several parts of Chhattisgarh, Haryana, These States have now sent duced by the Serum Institute of the infrastructure to deal with cent vaccination of people above caseload reached the 1,31,787 the country. The UP Andhra Pradesh and Telangana the SOS to the Centre seeking India - in its inventory. L M the pandemic and we had to use 45 years. April 11 is Jyotiba on Thursday, however, Government on Thursday have complained of supply sufficient jabs to inoculate the “With this stock, we will be + , lockdown as a tool...but today Phule ji’s birth anniversary and Maharashtra’s number came announced night curfew in deficit amid the second wave of eligible population. able to continue vaccination for O ) we do not need a lockdown. April 14 is Baba Saheb’s birth down marginally from 59,900 Gautam Budh Nagar and the pandemic. “Vaccination centres have to the next two days,” Patnaik said. + Instead of calling it a night cur- anniversary, in the meantime let on Wednesday to 56,286 new Ghaziabad from 10 pm to 5 am / few we should call it ‘Corona us all celebrate ‘Tika Utsav’. Our cases on Thursday. The State till April 17 while the Madhya Curfew’,” Modi said while chair- target should be to test at least recorded 376 fatalities during Pradesh Government imposed ing a virtual meeting of Chief 30 contacts in 72 hours per the last 24 hours. a night curfew in all “urban Ministers of all States to review Covid positive patient. The bor- However, the situation areas” of the State. $ the Covid-19 situation and sta- ders of containment zones seemed to sharply deteriorate in & tus of vaccination. should be particular and not Uttar Pradesh (8,474 new cases), +, ) !"0 ! 1 Micro containment zones vague. I want to appeal to all the Delhi (7,437), Chhattisgarh, 1 in high Covid-19 burden areas, CMs to go for proactive testing Karnataka (6,570) and Madhya # ) - 2 3!# proper testing, tracing and so that we can track asympto- Pradesh (4,324 cases). vaccination can control the matic patients,” he said. With cases on the rise, sev- 456"5/73 rising Covid-19 crisis, the The PM said number of Prime Minister said. tests being done on daily basis mid surge of Covid-19 , , The Prime Minister request- needs to be significantly $%& ##R Acases, New Zealand has ed the States for 100 per cent increased with the aim to banned entry for all travellers vaccination of 45 plus popula- reduce positivity to 5 per cent from India, including its citi- zens, from from 4pm on April ) ) ) 11 till April 28. The announce- ment by New Zealand Prime * Minister Jacinda Ardern came # soon after the country report- New Delhi: The WHO has ed 23 new positive cases at its rejected Serum Institute of border. Among these, 17 were India’s proposal seeking exten- from India. “We are temporar- sion of the shelf life of Oxford- ily suspending entry into New $ % & AstraZeneca Covid-19 vac- Zealand for travellers from cine, Covishield, from six to India,” Prime Minister Jacinda ! . & && )*+ ) ! nine months, citing insufficient Ardern said in a news confer- & ! ! & & & $ $ )8/)## data, sources said. ence in Auckland. && & & ours after the Election HCommission served a show-cause notice on Mamata Banerjee for making alleged communal statements, a defi- , * The Covid toll was 360 in rate of 114.53 days. ant Bengal Chief Minister on East Singhbhum, which report- As per Government Thursday said she would not be -./. ed the highest number of Covid records, more than 1.32 lakh intimidated by such notices … deaths during the first wave of people have been infected by “let them file tens of such let- %#4173 the virus last year. the mysterious virus in ters on me.” The active caseload also Jharkhand so far and 92.16 per Mamata, who was address- t least seven Covid crossed the 1,000 mark in East cent of them have recovered. ing a rally at Domjur in Apatients, including six from Singhbhum on Thursday as the The Covid recovery rate in Howrah, accused the Election Ranchi alone, died during district reported 204 cases of the State has dropped from Commission of playing a par- treatment in Jharkhand on infection against 56 Covid recov- close to 99 per cent in mid- tisan role, saying, “Why don’t # $ ! ! $%& Thursday, while the active case- eries, a bulletin released by the March to 92.16 per cent in the they serve notices on Narendra % % '( " load in the State jumped to NHM stated. In terms of case- first week of April. Modi, who makes provocative 9,429 as at least 1,882 people load, East Singhbhum is only Meanwhile, the State Hindu-Muslim statements Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs and ISF all the Muslim votes then were found infected by the second to Ranchi in the State. administered the first dose of every day? Why don’t they Christians… I ask everyone not what will I get?” Covid-19 virus from Thursday’s findings took the vaccine against Covid-19 send letters to the BJP leaders to give a single vote The BJP had also Wednesday night to Thursday the growth rate of Covid-19 in virus to 40,584 residents, while in Nandigram who openly call to the BJP.” complained to the Commission night, figures compiled by the Jharkhand to 0.80 per cent the second dose was the local Muslim people The Commission had ear- against Mamata’s National Health Mission against the national average of administered to as many as Pakistanis in order to divide the lier issued a notice on Mamata provocative speeches against (NHM) highlighted. , ( && * & 0.61 per cent, Government 5,119 people. electorate? Let them sent 10 asking her to reply within 48 the Central forces. Besides reporting six Covid / data revealed. The doubling As per NHM data, the notices to me. I don’t care. hours as to why in a rally on The EC is yet to take a casualties, Ranchi also report- rate of cases in the State also state achieved 50 per cent of its My answer to them will remain April 3 she asked the Muslims decision on that. Mamata had ed 858 fresh cases of infection active caseload here still rose to died of Covid-19 in Jharkhand dropped below 100 days for the target for the first dose of the the same.” to unite asking them not to let on Tuesday said told the on the day — the highest 4,727, which is more than 50 and at least 282 of them were first time this year on Thursday.

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