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Aarogya Setu tweeted, “Cowin all adults from 18 years of age ed to anti-viral drug # Portal is working. There was a to 44. However, it is not clear ,-+$'$%. Remdesivir, the Delhi High minor glitch at 4 pm that was when the vaccine will be avail- Court on Wednesday observed ,--.' fixed. 18 plus can register”. able to the people here. &"$%($'/( “it appears you want people to $ #R At 4.54 pm, a tweet from “The first doses will be die”. s lack of vaccine stocks and the same handle stated, delivered on 1 May," Russian 2$%&$&' As per the amended pro- allocation was being made on Atheir availability in States “Vaccination appointments for Direct Investment Fund tocol, the Central Government the basis of the actual caseload remains an issue, the 18 plus will be possible once the (RDIF) chief executive officer # ($')$&%* submitted to the court that now of a State. Maharashtra Government on State Governments and private Kirill Dmitriev said recently. # #($&'$*++ only patients on oxygen sup- The court, however, said Wednesday postponed indefi- vaccination centres schedule However, a spokesperson port were being given the allocation cannot be so low nitely the launch of the third vaccination sessions. for the company’s partner in (($*+$** Remdesivir. for Delhi. The court also said phase of vaccination pro- Registration is happening on India, Dr Reddy’s Laboratories “This is wrong. This is a it was “shocking” that an MP gramme for the 18-45 age System functioning as expect- Many vaccine seekers com- cowin.Gov.In.” Ltd, said it is not providing a complete non-application of was able to procure 10,000 group scheduled for May 1. ed,” he added. plained that they did not After registration, taking specific date for the launch. mind. Now people who do not vials of the medicine from Earlier in the day, when At the same there was also receive code number to pro- an appointment to get a Covid- Detailed report on P4 have oxygen will not get Delhi, transport it to millions of vaccine aspirants confusion about the rollout of ceed with the process while yet 19 vaccine jab would be Remdesivir either. It appears Ahmednagar in Maharashtra logged in at the Government’s this phase of drive in several others lamented that they have mandatory for those aged you want people to die,” Justice via a chartered flight and dis- CoWin portal and the Aarogya States due to constrains of vac- not been assigned any hospital between 18 and 44 years as ! Prathiba M Singh said. tributed it there. Setu app for registration for cine availability. While or given any date for vaccina- walk-ins will not be allowed The court also said it will “This is shocking the con- Covid-19 vaccination for the Maharashtra has decided not to tion despite registration. initially, officials had said. consider later whether a med- science of the court. That is 18-45 age group at 4 pm on roll out the anti-Covid vacci- However, terming the Those above 45 years of age ical committee should review if 10,000 vials that could have Wednesday, both the sites nation drive for the 18-44 year crash as a minor glitch, the can still avail the facility of on- !! ! the protocols or guidelines for been given to patients in Delhi. crashed briefly amid confusion age group from May 1, Government said the portal has site registration to get vacci- administering Remdesivir need There is complete misman- and chaos, with several ruing Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, been fixed for registration for nated, they had said. #$ any modification. agement of the quota being on social media that they have Jharkhand, Punjab and Kerala the third phase of the inocula- Continued on Page 2 “Don’t change the protocol received by the State,” the court got vaccinate date as late as July. had on Sunday said they would tion drive that is scheduled to New Delhi: One in four peo- Noida: As the mad scramble to only to reduce the shortage. said. Nearly 80 lakh apply for also postpone this phase of the begin on May 1. Users also ple experience mild, short lived register for the Covid-19 vac- That is wrong. As a result, doc- The Centre then said that Covid vaccination in 3 hours vaccination for the same rea- pointed out that while regis- QR systemic side effects after cine among those in the 18-44 tors are not able to prescribe in the coming days the alloca- on a day when new cases rose son. tration process got completed, receiving either the Covid-19 age group began on the Remdesivir,” the court said and tion would increase as there by over 3.6 lakh, the highest in Under the new guidelines scheduling an appointment preventive by Pfizer or CoWIN portal on Wednesday, added, “This is complete mis- would be a rise in production. the world. from the Centre, officials said was not possible as majority of AstraZeneca vaccine — known some of those who got lucky in management.” The Delhi Government, repre- In a tweet later, National Maharashtra has to arrange for the locations still required age New Delhi: Serum Institute of as Covishield in India — with Noida were shocked to see On the allocation of the sented by additional standing Health Authority chief RS its own procurement and to be over 45. India’s CEO Adar Poonawalla headache, fatigue and tender- that there was not even one drug to Delhi, the Centre told counsel Anuj Aggarwal, said Sharma said 79.65 lakh people ensure enough stock for vacci- Many users were quick to will get “Y” category security ness the most common symp- Centre, Government or private, the court that over 52,000 vials, they received only 2,500 vials registered for vaccinations on nating adults up to 44 years of share the hassle they faced on across India by the CRPF, the toms, according to a study available for scheduling out of the allocated amount of of the over 52,000 sent to the the first day. “We have seen a age — the largest demograph- Twitter saying they could either Union Government officials published in the Lancet appointments for the jab in the 72,000, were sent to the nation- national Capital. traffic of 55,000 hits per second. ic group in the state. not log in to the portal or were said on Wednesday. Infectious Diseases journal. third phase. al capital till April 27. It said the Continued on Page 2 ( # ) #* % & ) *# "+ & ' ,% $ % ,--.' * & ,--.' and will have to produce neg- he Supreme Court on ''(& ative RT-PCR report or RAT Wednesday directed the O ,--.' T ! " fter allowing a free for all report or vaccination reports Uttar Pradesh Government to # Aduring the Assembly poll within 48 hours of start of shift journalist Siddique fter much hue and cry and campaigns, the Election counting,” the guidelines read. Kappan, suffering from various $ $ ,--.' # " # Athe Government’s inter- Commission on Wednesday The EC said that the dis- ailments and arrested last year O vention, Pune-based Serum to the earlier sanctioned 713 made it mandatory for candi- trict election officer (DEO) on way to Hathras where a ! " Institute of India (SII) on rime Minister Narendra PSA plants under PM Cares dates and their agents to show shall make arrangements of young Dalit woman had died Wednesday said as “a philan- PModi on Wednesday Fund, 500 new Pressure Swing negative RT-PCR test reports or RT-PCR/RAT test for candi- after being gangraped, to a hos- ! thropic gesture”, it has decided announced the procurement of Adsorption (PSA) oxygen records of having taken both dates and counting agents pital in Delhi for better med- to reduce the price of its coro- one lakh portable oxygen con- plants have been sanctioned Covid-19 vaccine doses to enter before the day of counting. ical treatment. navirus vaccine Covishield to centrators and additional under PM CARES Fund,” said counting centres on May 2. Candidates will need to provide Keeping in mind the basic 300 from the earlier rate of immediate installation of 550 PMO in a statement. The EC will allow candi- a list of counting agents three human rights of an accused, ! " # 400 to the Government sector. oxygen plants. The PSA plants will aug- dates to name a fresh agent if days before counting day. Chief Justice NV Ramana " "" The decision was PM Cares Fund will be ment the supply of Liquid the first one tests positive for Earlier, the EC had banned headed bench granted the relief " announced by CEO Adar utilised for this purchase and Medical Oxygen at hospitals in Covid-19. The fresh EC guide- any victory procession cele- and directed the State to pro- && # $ Poonawalla, who wrote in his take a decision on the installation and 550 oxygen district headquarters and Tier lines go beyond the ones issued brations on May 2.