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Iof vaccines, but its own pletely unwilling to take the jab. “Wrote about why India nationwide vaccination drive In fact, there have even likely has 25K+ deaths daily. launched on January 16 seems been reports that vaccination Pushback: we lack hard data on to be faltering amid mismatch centres have been destroyed Chak, which is five kilometres group,” said an anganwadi crematoriums so we can’t be between the vaccine availabil- and health workers beaten up away from these villages. Most worker who goes door-to-door sure. True. But we get 25K+ ity and the number of seekers in various part of the country. of the villagers are hesitant to explaining to villagers about the deaths no matter how you !" # ##$ in urban India with various vaccine doses (1,04,30,063) are shot, as per the affidavit filed by Villagers of Manjhawli in walk and get a jab. vaccine and the need look. Another approach: % " & States complaining about vac- still available with the the Union Health Ministry in Faridabad damaged the vacci- “Even if counselled, vil- for it. 400,000 cases, 22% test posi- #$%'% # cine shortage. States/UTs and more than 9 the SC, many from both the nation centres at Gurukul lagers are unable to travel 17- tivity. Likely means we’re miss- (% So far, over 19 crore peo- lakh (9,24,910) vaccine doses categories who have registered school and beat up health 20 km to the nearest centre just +,- ing 90% of infections,” Dr Jha ple have registered on CoWin will be provided in the next on the Co-Win will have to workers a few days ago. The for vaccination. And if they said in the first of a series of Covid-19. He based his con- — the Government’s portal — three days, but it is not wait for little more before they health workers were going to eventually do reach, the inter- & &. tweets. clusion about death number including around 6.42 crore enough even to cover 50 per could get the jab. this village to disseminate net is too slow and it takes “Truth is, no one knows going by the fact that scenes who registered from May 1 to cent of those (2.42 crore) who information for Covid vacci- hours to register and verify *$*&$+'$%* exactly how many Indians from the crematoriums sug- 7, as per the data available from registered in the last week nations. In another case in online,” said in-charge of vac- ()%$#$*., dying from Covid. We make gested that they were handling the Union Health from May 1 to May 7. Nuh, Haryana, villagers threat- cination centre, Sampat Chak. estimates from cases, tests, IFR “two to four times spike in Ministry. Realising that vaccines ened to beat health workers if “In Ballia’s Basdih Road *$.&$+.()%$.&%, (Infection Fatality Rate). And business”. There huge demand for availability is going to take R they insisted for vaccination. vaccination centre in UP, there look at real-world experiences: “About 27,000 Indians died vaccination is from urban areas time, the Union Health Besides the shortage of are over 20,000 population in $&$&+$+#. crematoriums, people’s homes. on typical day. Crematoriums mainly. Ministry last week asked the vaccines, the vaccination five villages but only 800-1000 ()%$%$&*, I don’t know the exact number handle that level of deaths However, so far, just 2.6 per States to prioritise administer- New Delhi: Health Minister process slowed down in this turned up for vaccination so but I know this. There is every day. Additional 4,000 cent of the total eligible popu- ing the second dose and use Satyendar Jain on Monday said district as the majority of peo- far,” said a health worker on the %'$$'% immense suffering. And it deaths won’t knock them off lation has been fully vaccinat- supplies from the Centre in a Delhi has only one day’s ple think the jab could cause condition of anonymity. must be brought to an end,” their feet,” he claimed. Jha said ed (two doses). On the other 70:30 ratio of second and first Covaxin stock left and its infertility. Health workers are The Pilana vaccination 2#$%$&'%()%'$*%+, said Jha. he believes that Covid-19 is hand a country like the USA doses. Covishield doses will last for facing an uphill task to con- centre in Baghpat in Western Dr Jha is a physician and contributing 25-50 thousand which was hit hard by the Clearly, because of the just three to four days. The vince them for inoculation. UP witnessed a similar sce- P &$'%$+%()%&$%#, researcher of the Brown deaths daily to India’s overall Covid-19 for better part of the shortage of the vaccines and the Minister’s remarks came a day In Bihar, most of the vac- nario. “There are about 200 University of Public Health in per day mortality numbers. last year has vaccinated at least Government opening up the after Chief Minister Arvind cination centres are far away houses with 1500-2000 people. &$%$+()*'$.', the United States. “Crematoriums running 24×7 40 per cent of its population vaccination drive for those Kejriwal urged the Centre to from the villages. 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"R # * "* 4 # % Jammu: The official Twitter handle of Jammu & Kashmir "+,"-* " "-" % Lieutenant Governor Manoj -./.0+1 Sinha was suspended briefly epal Prime Minister P everal bodies, decomposed, due to an “automated systems NSharma Oli lost a trust Sbloated and suspected to be request was made to the +"-16"$+ An “unplanned” meeting error” and was restored later. vote in the House of of people who succumbed to ADelhi High Court on was held at Randhawa’s resi- A Twitter spokesperson, Representatives on Monday, Covid 19, were on Monday Monday to give an early hear- he political storm generat- dence on Monday which was when approached, said, “The in a fresh setback to the embat- found floating in Ganga River ing to a PIL seeking a stay on Ted by the howling tempest attended by two party MPs — account was flagged by our tled premier seeking to tight- in a Bihar district. the construction of the Central let loose by the “foe inside”, Partap Singh Bajwa (Rajya automated systems in error. en his grip on power after the Officials in Chausa block of Vista here amid the raging Navjot Singh Sidhu, and the Sabha), and Ludhiana MP This action has been reversed, CPN (Maoist Centre) led by Buxar, which borders Uttar Covid pandemic. recent setback following verdict Ravneet Singh Bittu, besides and access to the account has Pushpakamal Dahal Pradesh, rushed to the spot of The request was men- in Kotkapura firing incident, has two more Cabinet Ministers — been reinstated.” ‘Prachanda’ withdrew support the unseemly sight upon hear- ( "#$ % %$ *" %' + # tioned before a bench of Chief produced rough undercurrents Charanjit Singh Channi and The ‘@OfficeOfLGJandK’ to his Government. ing the news. # % , Justice DN Patel and Justice that are threatening to hit the Gurpreet Singh Kangar. handle with over 50,000 fol- Prime Minister Oli secured “We were alerted by the Jasmeet Singh by senior advo- ruling Congress party hard. Bittu, who has in the recent lowers had an account sus- 93 votes in the Lower House of local chowkidar that many ing that these are disposed of 4 5 cate Sidharth Luthra, and the As many as three Cabinet past backed Capt Amarinder pension notice displayed with Parliament during a special bodies have been spotted float- in a decent manner”. court said an early hearing Ministers and two MPs, large- and lashed out at Sidhu for his a line below reading session convened on the direc- ing from upstream. We have so Some news channels ** application be filed first. ly critical of the government’s “criticism”, said that the meet- “Twitter suspends accounts tives of President Bidya Devi far recovered 15 of these. None claimed the number of bodies Luthra told the bench that functioning, on Monday held a ing as not scheduled rather which violate the Twitter Rules” Bhandari. of the deceased happens to be to be as high as 100, but the Lucknow: Locals in Hamirpur he was mentioning the matter meeting at a residence of Jails everyone got together acci- in the evening.