Covid-19 vaccine doses adequate in India: Union Health Minister
High-level meeting held today to review status of COVID-19 in the country
Raising the ugly hood again; source - WHO
Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Dr Mansukh Mandaviya, today reiterated that there are sufficient doses in the country, against the backdrop of rising Covid-19 cases and concerns about testing and vaccination (read COVID-19 vaccines alarmingly low – MDDTimes).
The minister said that during a high-level meeting held today to review the challenges. Dr Bharati Praveen Pawar, MOS (HFW) and Dr. V K Paul, Member, NITI Aayog were also present.
The minister said there is a need to focus on districts reporting high case positivity and adequate testing (with higher proportion of RTPCR) and Covid-19 surveillance to assess and control the spread of infection. He stressed on Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) to identify any mutation and vaccination.
“As there is adequate vaccine doses available, let there be no vaccine wastage while focusing on accelerating vaccination among the eligible and vulnerable groups”, he said. However, he did not mention anything about the cures/medicines available to treat Covid.
The meeting was also attended by Dr. Ajay K Sood, Principal Scientific Advisor to the government, Dr Rajesh Gokhale, Secretary, DBT; Dr Balram Bhargava, DG, ICMR; Vaidya Rajesh Kotecha, Secretary, AYUSH; Dr Manohar Agnani, AS & MD, Dr Randeep Guleria, Director, AIIMS; Dr. N K Arora, Head of COVID Task Group, NTAGI; and Dr Sujeet Singh, Director, NCDC.
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