Phcs Go 'Out of Stock'; Black Market for Covid Vax Thrives
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VIJAYAWADA, THURSDAY, MAY 27, 2021; PAGES 12 `3 RNI No.APENG/2018/764698 Established 1864 Published From VIJAYAWADA DELHI LUCKNOW BHOPAL RAIPUR CHANDIGARH BHUBANESWAR RANCHI DEHRADUN HYDERABAD *LATE CITY VOL. 3 ISSUE 191 *Air Surcharge Extra if Applicable www.dailypioneer.com The idea of a star itself is 1.77 cr vaccine doses P Sensex rallies 380 pts; P changing very rapidly: P still available with states, UTs 5 Nifty reclaims 15,300 8 Tamannaah 12 In brief WhatsApp files suit IMA sends Rs 1,000 PHCs go ‘out of stock’; black crore defamation notice to Ramdev against new IT rules n he Indian Medical Association has market for Covid vax thrives PNS NEW DELHI served a defamation notice on T Ramdev for alleged disparaging WhatsApp has filed a lawsuit in the remarks against allopathy and S BHANU PRAKASH Delhi High Court challenging the allopathic doctors, demanding an n TIRUPATI government's new digital rules apology from him within 15 days, saying the requirement for the failing which it said it will demand a The devastating Covid-19 second company to provide access to compensation of Rs 1,000 crore from wave has not only brought with it encrypted messages will break the yoga guru. The six-page notice sickness, death and gloom, but has privacy protections. served on behalf of IMA (Uttarakhand) also glaringly exposed the short- The petition, filed on Tuesday secretary Ajay Khanna describes the comings of the government, right evening, seeks declaring the rule mechanism to respond to com- remarks by Ramdev as damaging to from failing to provide proper requiring the message service plaints. the reputation and the image of treatment, medicines and oxygen to provider to identify the first origina- They are also required to use auto- allopathy and around 2,000 shortage of beds in hospitals and tor of any message flagged as a vio- mated processes to take down practitioners of it who are part of the healthcare staff. lation of privacy rights provided by pornography. association. The notice termed the Now the last hope of the poor of the constitution. "We will also continue to engage remarks of the yoga guru a "criminal protecting themselves from the A company spokesperson con- with the Government of India on act" under Section of 499 of the IPC. deadly infection — vaccines — is firmed filing the petition. practical solutions aimed at keeping being dashed by black marketers, "Requiring messages to trace chats people safe, including responding to in connivance with unscrupulous is the equivalent of asking us to keep valid legal requests for the informa- Farmers observe staff of PHCs. a fingerprint of every single message tion available to us," WhatsApp The message is simple: If you sent on WhatsApp which would spokesperson said. ‘black day' to mark have the wherewithal, there is no break end-to-end encryption and The new rules, announced on need to stand in lengthy queues for fundamentally undermines people's February 25, require large social 6 months of stir hours together to get a vaccine shot. West Godavari police produce in front of the media a gang selling life-saving Remedesivir injections in black. right to privacy," the spokesperson media platforms like Twitter, armers agitating at three Delhi In fact there is no need to register said in a statement on Wednesday. Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp border points raised black on the CoWin portal, you can "We have consistently joined civil to follow additional due diligence, F flags, shouted anti- directly get a jab staying at home, society and experts around the including the appointment of a government slogans, burnt effigies as long as you are willing to shell world in opposing requirements chief compliance officer, nodal con- and took out protest marches as they out a premium to safeguard your Black market spawns fake vaccine fears that would violate the privacy of our tact person and resident grievance observed 'black day' on Wednesday to own health at the cost of others. users." officer. mark the completion of six months of Covid vaccine has found its way K KALYAN KRISHNA KUMAR Their anxiety is understandable Remedesivir being caught all The petition came just as the new Non-compliance with rules would their stir against the three Central agri to the black market and is widely n VIJAYAWADA - after all, who is to stop the over the country. digital rules kicked in. Non-compli- result in these social media compa- laws. A brief ruckus was also reported available for people in Tirupati. unscrupulous from injecting Recently, the West Godavari ance with the rules could take away nies losing their intermediary status from the Ghazipur protest site where According to reliable sources, a With reports of black marketing them with fake vaccine when the district police arrested 10 persons, legal protection of social media that provides them exemptions and farmers burnt an effigy of the central Covishield or Covaxin vial of 10 of Covid-19 vaccines spreading could deprive the legitimate ben- all working at the Ashram hospi- companies such as Facebook, certain immunity from liabilities for government amid heavy police doses is being sold for Rs 25,000 to like wildfire, those who have eficiaries of their rights? tal, for selling Remedesivir in the Twitter, YouTube, Instagram and any third-party information and data deployment. As part of their 'black day' Rs 30,000 in the black market. The paid heavily for the jab are now Also, there has been multiple black market. WhatsApp for user content posted hosted by them. In other words, they protest, the farmers put up black flags black marketers are getting the vac- spending sleepless nights, worry- instances of black marketers of on their platforms. could be liable for criminal action, and burnt effigies of government cine vials from the Tirupati rural ing about its efficacy. the life-saving drugs like They previously enjoyed immu- in case of complaints. leaders at the three border points -- PHCs with the help of the staff. The 2 nity for content posted by any third 'Significant social media interme- Singhu, Ghazipur and Tikri -- to health workers draw more vials at party user on their platforms. The diaries' - defined as those with over register their protest against the three Covid vaccination centre claiming As per the rule, the vial should the number of doses administered. — they report extra wastage and set new rules require them to take down 50 lakh registered users - were given laws as well as the Centre. The Delhi that more people are waiting for the be discarded within four hours of It is here that the ‘ingenuity’ of aside vials with seals unbroken. any content flagged by the authori- three months time to comply with the Police has urged people not to hold shot. its seal being broken, immaterial of the health workers comes into play ties within 36 hours, and set up a additional requirements. gatherings due to the Covid-19. 2 I-T Dept issues AP among states hit Centre says refunds worth Rs 29,250 vials of ‘Yaas’ spares AP; ravages Odisha, WB 25,301 cr this fiscal PNS nVISAKHAPATNAM — three in Odisha and one in during the afternoon, had left the Bengal — officials said. coastal states on edge, with the he Income Tax Department on hard by Black fungus Amphotericin-B Andhra Pradesh was by and large Thick sheets of rain blurred the Bengal government claiming that Wednesday said it has issued spared of the fury of Cyclone vast coastline, as the cyclone at least one crore people have T Rs 25,301 crore-worth NAVEENA GHANATE The Central government has given to states ‘Yaas' on Wednesday with isolated made landfall around 9 am near been affected by the calamity thus refunds to more than 15.45 lakh n HYDERABAD provided 1,930 vials of parts of the State reporting rainfall Dhamra port in Odisha, with far, as it hollered on its destructive taxpayers so far this fiscal. Out of the Amphotericin-B to AP, while PNS n BENGALURU and heavy winds. surging waters swamping the path towards Jharkhand. total amount, personal I-T refunds to Andhra Pradesh and Telangana are Telangana got 1,890 vials. There However, the cyclone, packing mud-and-thatch houses in the 'Yaas' was the second cyclonic the tune of Rs 7,494 crore have been among the top five states in the were in total 11,717 cases of black Union Minister for Chemicals winds of up to 130-145 kmph, low-lying areas, where a massive storm to hit India within a week issued in over 15 lakh cases. country reporting Black fungus fungus in the country as of May 25. and Fertilisers D V Sadananda whiplashed the country's eastern evacuation drive has been under- after 'Tauktae' tore into its western Corporate tax refunds of Rs 17,807 cases. With 768 cases, Andhra There are 200 persons suffering Gowda on Wednesday said an coasts, dumping heavy rain, dam- taken to move more than 20 lakh coast, causing death and destruc- crore have been issued to 44,140 Pradesh occupies the third posi- from Black fungus admitted in additional 29,250 vials of aging houses and farmlands, and people to safety. tion. taxpayers. "CBDT issues refunds of tion; while Telangana, with 744 ENT hospital, Hyderabad and Amphotericin-B drug, which is leaving at least four persons dead The storm, which had weakened 2 over Rs 25,301 crore to more than cases, is at the fifth position. doctors are performing a mini- vital to cure black fungus infec- 15.45 lakh taxpayers between 1st Gujarat has reported the high- mum of 20 operations per day.