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  • Maharashtra, Assam unlikely to present 18+ the jab from May 1

    Maharashtra is unlikely to roll out its anti-Covid vaccination drive for the 18-44 yr age group from May 1 as a consequence of constraints of vaccine availability, state authorities officers stated on Monday.
    Under the brand new pointers from the Centre, officers stated, Maharashtra has to rearrange for its personal procurement and guarantee sufficient inventory for vaccinating adults as much as 44 years of age – the biggest demographic group within the state.
    Five different states — Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Punjab and Kerala — had on Sunday stated they’d postpone this subsequent section of the vaccination for a similar purpose.
    In Guwahati, Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma additionally stated on Monday that he doubts whether or not vaccination of 18-45-year-olds will start within the state by the primary week of May, pointing in the direction of the dual problems with vaccine availability and announcement of Assembly ballot outcomes on May 2.
    “Vaccine order has been given to Bharat Biotech and Serum Institute (of India, or SII). When they provide us the vaccines, only then can we begin the vaccination,” Sarma instructed the media. “Today, the Centre has given a guideline, based on which…it will be ascertained what amount of vaccine each state will get.”

    Pointing out that the Assam election outcomes are on May 2, Sarma stated, “Moreover, by May 4 payments need to be made. Because of these processes, I don’t think vaccination of the 18-45 bracket will begin in the first week of May. But registration will begin on the portal.”
    Maharashtra has additionally written to the SII and Bharat Biotech however has obtained no official response, it’s learnt. “Informally, we are in touch with all three manufacturers (including Dr Redddy’s Labs). But the existing stock seems to have been booked by the Union government. Manufacturers have an upper hand in deciding how much stock to supply to which state,” a state official stated.
    An official from the state Directorate of Health Services stated, “Our communication channel with SII is open. We are in constant dialogue but we still don’t know how much stock, if at all, it can supply within the next few days.”

    The state has not written to Dr Reddy’s Labs because it has not introduced its vaccine charges. The Maharashtra well being division can also be engaged on a worldwide tender to obtain vaccines.
    The state will open registrations for the 18-44 age group on the CoWIN app from April 28, however slots could not open from May 1. N Ramaswamy, director, state National Health Mission, stated, “Vaccine availability is a problem. Once we get supply, we will start immunisation for all those above 18 years.”

  • Allegations that Centre discriminating towards Maharashtra baseless: Fadnavis

    Amid reviews that a number of vaccination centres within the state have halted their immunisation drive attributable to scarcity of vaccines, Leader of Opposition within the state Assembly, Devendra Fadnavis, mentioned on Thursday that solely three states – Maharashtra, Gujarat and Rajasthan – have obtained a couple of crore doses from the Centre.
    “The supply of vaccines is based on the state’s demand and how many people it is vaccinating. Therefore, allegations that the Centre is discriminating against the MVA government is baseless. Where is the question of party politics in such matters… while Rajasthan is a Congress-ruled state, Maharashtra is ruled by Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress,” Fadnavis instructed mediapersons.
    Alleging that lack of well being infrastructure has led to struggling amongst folks attributable to scarcity of ventilators and hospital beds, he added: “Putting the blame on the Centre will not resolve the crisis.”
    “Maharashtra has received 1.06 crore vaccines, as per a tweet from DGIPR on April 6. Of them, 91 lakh vaccines have been used. It means 15 lakh are still left with the government. So, why are vaccination centres deliberately shutting down and spreading false news?” Fadnavis requested.

    Dismissing the cost that the Modi governmrnt was favouring BJP-ruled states in allocation of vaccines, Fadnavis mentioned: “BJP-ruled Uttar Pradesh is the biggest state and has received only 92 lakh vaccines. Even Haryana did not receive many doses in the first round.”

    “The state government is indulging in politics over vaccines to divert attention from its administrative failures… Its image has taken a beating due to court directives against former home minister Anil Deshmukh…,” he added.

  • Maharashtra: State vaccination centres to extend from 285 to 511 from Monday

    Starting Monday, Maharashtra will improve the overall variety of vaccination centres from 285 to 511 and in addition prolong the vaccination drive to 5 days per week as an alternative of 4 days throughout the state. The state is planning to finish the supply of the vaccine’s first dose to the 7.58 lakh well being employees by February
    “We will be scaling up to over 500 centres immediately. Districts will be asked to increase numbers as per need,” stated N Ramaswamy, director, National Health Mission, Maharashtra.
    State officers stated by February 12, the primary dose needs to be given to all well being employees. From January 25 onwards, knowledge of frontline employees can be uploaded on Co-WIN portal, the digital platform used to file countrywide Covid-19 immunisation.
    On Thursday, Maharashtra acquired 8.39 lakh doses of Covishield and started distribution course of instantly to 9 regional vaccine storage services. Mumbai acquired 1.25 lakh doses. For 7.58 lakh well being employees, the state wants over 17.1 lakh doses, together with scope of 10 per cent wastage. On January 12, Maharashtra had acquired a batch of 9.83 lakh vaccine doses. Along with the second batch, there are over 18 lakh doses, greater than sufficient to offer two doses to well being employees.

    On Friday, Maharashtra recorded 21,610 immunisations, which is 76.2 per cent of complete well being employees scheduled for vaccination. Mumbai’s efficiency improved considerably with 92 per cent (3,539) of these scheduled for inoculation stepping up for a jab of their arms. Across the state, eight circumstances of minor adversarial occasions have been famous, two of them have been reported from Mumbai.
    Most districts have been capable of obtain greater than 60 per cent turnout of well being employees for vaccination. In Chandrapur, district well being officer Dr Raj Gehlot stated every well being employee, scheduled for the day, reached out to the closest vaccination centre. In Gadchiroli, free transport to vaccination centre was offered on Friday to extend turnout. In Mumbai, senior medical doctors in hospitals are taking the shot to encourage nurses and junior medical doctors.
    State officers stated they have been ready to streamline the usage of Co-WIN app earlier than increasing the variety of centres within the state. Until now, 285 centres have been chosen for vaccination. They are prone to be elevated to 511 from Monday.
    Dr Gehlot stated, in a gathering on Friday, districts have been directed to extend their sources to arrange extra vaccination centres. “We have 20,000 doses. By Saturday or Sunday, we will receive 16,000 more doses. From Monday, we will be ready with 11 centres, up from four,” Gehlot added.
    Suresh Kakani, extra municipal commissioner in Mumbai, stated BMC will maintain a evaluate assembly on Saturday to finalise the dimensions up in centres. “Currently we are running only one shift, if we run two shifts, we can immunise 14,400 health workers in a day. We will plan for the next week,” he stated. In Mumbai, there are 10 centres with 40 vaccinators at presentl.
    State officers stated aside from Tuesdays and Sundays, vaccination can be undertaken on all days per week. A vaccine’s shelf life is six months, and a vial needs to be used inside six hours as soon as opened.
    Director of Family Welfare at Directorate of Health Services Dr Archana Patil stated, “Several issues regarding Co-WIN have been sorted. District officials can now open more sites for vaccination to speed up the process.”

  • Vaccination drive to renew tomorrow in Maharashtra, with or with out Co-WIN

    The Maharashtra authorities is about to restart the Covid-19 vaccination drive within the state from Tuesday.
    The state had determined to maintain the drive, which started on Saturday, in abeyance for a few days following widespread complaints in regards to the Co-WIN (Covid Vaccine Intelligence Network) app, a software program designed for real-time registration of knowledge of people who find themselves vaccinated.
    However, with the Union authorities directing all states that the complete course of must resume and may proceed with out Co-WIN software program in areas the place there are technical glitches, the Maharashtra authorities stated that it’ll resume the drive from Tuesday.
    Across the state, 28,500 healthcare staff can be shortlisted for vaccination on Tuesday. The quantity additionally contains 10,200 healthcare staff who had missed their jab on January 16.
    The drive can be undertaken on 4 days of the week. “It will mostly be Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. But that can change if needed. If the Co-WIN text message system does not work, we will call up beneficiaries to inform them a day or two in advance,” stated Dr D N Patil, state immunisation officer.
    Co-Win is a digital platform to observe vaccine distribution and report information of all beneficiaries. On the primary day of the vaccine rollout on Saturday, the applying didn’t work in lots of the 285 centres throughout Maharashtra. In some centres, the server couldn’t hook up with it, and in some, the vaccination “session list” didn’t open.
    In a number of centres, the software program didn’t ship textual content messages to beneficiaries to intimate them about their centres and the time of vaccination. Most centres had been compelled to conduct vaccination with out Co-WIN.
    D N Patil stated all information of beneficiaries was famous in bodily copies or spreadsheets and can be uploaded on Co-WIN over the subsequent two days.
    Maharashtra had shortlisted 28,500 docs, nurses, paramedics, ASHAs and auxiliary nurse midwives for the January 16 vaccination drive. Only 18,328 (64.3 per cent) turned up. Those who missed the shot can be reminded thrice earlier than their identify is faraway from the record.
    On Tuesday, districts can have the selection to go utterly offline if Co-WIN doesn’t work. An inventory of beneficiaries can be drawn up centre-wise and distributed to them. “Names can be verified from the list and vaccine shots can be given. If Co-WIN works, this process will be online,” D N Patil stated.
    On Saturday, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) needed to name every of the 4,000 beneficiaries in Mumbai to request them to return for vaccination when the textual content message system of Co-Win failed.
    Civic officers stated they might need to manually select one other 4,000 beneficiaries for the second spherical and name them up if the software program fails to work once more. “The names will be distributed to 24 ward war rooms. From there, calls will be made to beneficiaries,” an official stated.
    Meanwhile, to beat hesitancy over Covaxin, which remains to be present process Phase III trial, Dr Lalit Sankhe – answerable for Covaxin vaccination at JJ hospital in Mumbai – stated video conferencing could also be performed to debate this difficulty and brainstorm options.

    “The Union ministry was informed about the low turnout for Covaxin. Several heads of departments had turned up for vaccination in our centre. This may encourage others. We are hopeful of a better turnout in the next round,” Sankhe stated.
    State officers, too, consider that two components led to poor turnout for the general vaccination drive – weekend and beneficiaries being intimated in regards to the vaccine schedule on the final minute.
    “These are new vaccines with no prior experience to account for. Taking this into account, 64 per cent turnout is okay. Let us see how many people turn up on Tuesday,” stated Dr Archana Patil, Director (Family Welfare) of Directorate of Health Services and answerable for total Covid remedy and vaccination within the state.

  • Maharashtra: Tepid response to Covaxin, 54 computer recipients prove for vaccine

    Covaxin noticed a comparatively poorer response than Covishield in turnout numbers throughout Saturday’s inoculation drive in Maharashtra. Of 600 folks, 326 (54.3 per cent) turned up for his or her Covaxin shot, whereas Covishield famous 64.5 per cent turnout out of 27,900 registered beneficiaries.
    Mumbai noticed the poorest turnout, with 39 beneficiaries for Covaxin at JJ Hospital. At least 100 beneficiaries have been registered on the centre. In Solapur and Pune every, 60 folks got here to the Government Medical College for Covaxin shot out of 100 registered. Most have been medical faculty staffers who obtained intimation on Friday night time.
    In Solapur, District Health Officer Dr Shitalkumar Jadhav stated the six Covaxin centres have been ready within the final two days and preparations have been hasty. “We will see more people come out for Covaxin in the next round,” he stated. In Pune, civil surgeon Dr Ashok Nandapurkar stated a number of weren’t current on obligation or had gone someplace and needed to miss the shot.
    Covaxin has been indigenously developed by Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). The vaccine is present process a section III human trial to measure its efficacy, the info on which stays pending. The vaccine is being administered beneath an ‘open label clinical trial mode’, with consent types signed by beneficiaries and shut monitoring a obligatory clause, in contrast to Covishield.
    Across the state, 600 folks have been registered for a Covaxin shot in six hospital websites in JJ Hospital (Mumbai), Government Medical College (Solapur, Nagpur, Aurangabad) and district hospitals in Amravati and Pune.
    JJ hospital’s vaccination centre, unfold throughout three rooms, with 4 vaccination cubicles, was the smallest centre among the many 10 in Mumbai. Set up on the second flooring of the OPD constructing and subsequent to the Department of Dermatology, the vaccination centre obtained curious appears from the ready sufferers. Many sufferers inquired if they may get the vaccination as properly. The centre had extra sufferers ready within the hall than the beneficiaries of the vaccine.
    All the beneficiaries, after the preliminary check-up of blood strain, temperature and oxygen ranges, have been instructed intimately about Covaxin vaccine. The consent type declares that compensation shall be offered by the sponsors in case of any adversarial impact of the Covaxin.
    “Through this, I want to lead by example and show the citizens that there is no adverse effect of this vaccine. No one should approach this process with fear,” stated Dr Neelanjana Guha Niyogi of the Bio-Chemistry division of the JJ hospital.
    Beneficiaries have been requested to look at their well being for the following seven days and report any signs like ache, headache, itching, and weak point.
    The second dose of the Covaxin shall be administered after 28 days.

    Aware of the apprehension associated to Covaxin, JJ Hospital had even accepted walk-in well being staff who have been prepared to get a shot. At least eight staff who have been vaccinated registered on the spot, whereas SMSes have been despatched to 200 well being staff. The first 5 beneficiaries on the centre have been medical doctors and division heads.
    Immunization Officer and Associate Professor at JJ Hospital, Dr Prashant Howal, was set to turn out to be the primary beneficiary of the Covaxin within the metropolis. However, after he developed an eye fixed an infection and a gentle fever on Saturday, JJ Hspital Dean Dr Ranjit Mankeshwar stepped as much as allay the fears and obtained the vaccine first. “The vaccine is absolutely safe and I have taken it myself. I am feeling fine and there is nothing to worry about. This vaccine has been approved after due process,” stated Mankeshwar.

  • 10 circumstances of gentle antagonistic response to vaccine recorded in state

    Of the 18,328 individuals vaccinated in Maharashtra on Saturday, 10 recipients suffered gentle antagonistic reactions, together with nausea, vomiting, and anxiousness.
    “We have 14 cases reported from all districts. Close scrutiny of each case was carried out and four were considered extremely mild. We have not categorised them as adverse event,” mentioned Dr Archana Patil, director of Family Welfare, Directorate of Health Services, on Saturday.
    The 10 gentle circumstances have been reported from Jalgaon, Solapur, Satara, Aurangabad, Jalna, Ratnagiri, and Latur.
    In Solapur, District Health Officer Dr Shitalkumar Jadhav mentioned the one case recorded with them on Saturday was of nausea. “Anxiety of vaccination can also lead to it. The person is stable and required no serious medical intervention,” he mentioned.
    While apprehensions have been excessive relating to security of Covaxin, which remains to be present process Phase III scientific trial, no negative effects have been observed in any beneficiary. “It went on smoothly,” mentioned Dr DN Patil, state immunisation officer. Patil mentioned the ten circumstances have been reported to the central authorities, however none require additional monitoring for any signs.
    Sunil Parad, who obtained a Covishield shot in Palghar on Saturday, mentioned he didn’t really feel something and instantly reported again to responsibility. Parab has been a safety guard within the rural hospital since 4 years. “I had no concerns about taking the vaccine. We have seen previous vaccine campaigns and were assured of no serious harm. I did not feel pain or fever after getting the vaccine,” he mentioned.

    Nurse Poonam Palve additionally mentioned everybody within the statement room was all proper in Jawhar sub-district hospital. “We were kept under observation for 30 minutes,” she mentioned.
    In Kandivali Shatabdi Hospital, Superintendent Dr Partima Patil mentioned they didn’t come throughout a single case of facet impact publish immunisation.
    Mumbai famous zero such circumstances throughout its 10 centres, together with JJ hospital, the place Covaxin was administered.

  • 7.8 well being staff to be inoculated in a month: Maharashtra Government

    On Tuesday, when Maharashtra acquired its first tranche of 9.83 lakh vaccine doses, State Health Minister Rajesh Tope mentioned it should take a month to inoculate the state’s 7.86 lakh healthcare staff. The state authorities plans to vaccinate 35,000 healthcare staff on January 16, the primary day of the rollout.
    Tope mentioned that Maharashtra is able to spend on procurement of vaccines if the Centre stops provide after providing the preliminary batches. Refuting the claims that he believes that the preliminary provide is inadequate, as being reported by a piece of media, the minister claimed: “We have 7.8 lakh registered healthcare workers. To give them two doses 28 days apart, we need 15.6 lakh doses. About 10 per cent doses are expected to get wasted during the immunisation. Considering that, we need over 17.1 lakh doses for the healthcare workers. We have received 9.83 lakh doses, and we expect more stock to arrive soon. We don’t know by when.” Of 9.83 lakh doses, 9.63 lakh are of Covishield from Serum Institute of India, whereas 20,000 are Covaxin doses from Bharat Biotech.
    Maharashtra earlier finalised 511 vaccination centres throughout the state, however following path from the Centre, it has decreased the full centres to 358. “There were multiple reasons for reducing the number of centres. Since this is a new vaccine, we wanted adverse events to be managed at the hospital level so that proper monitoring can be done,” Tope mentioned.]

    The state authorities plans to finish the first-dose vaccination of seven.86 lakh well being staff in a month. Teams from the United Nations Development Programme can be roped in to deal with logistical points on the vaccination centres.
    Dr Archana Patil, director of Family Welfare within the Directorate of Health Services, mentioned they’re slowly scaling up the immunisation course of to cowl all the inhabitants in phases. “We don’t want to give vaccines to everyone at one go. The stock of 9.83 lakh doses will be used for half of the registered health workers so that both doses of the same vaccine are given to each person. When the next stock comes, we will rope in more beneficiaries,” she mentioned, including that there is no such thing as a hurry in immunising all beneficiaries. “We also want to monitor the vaccinated population.”
    Tope mentioned, on January 16, he’ll congratulate Prime Minister Narendra Modi and work together with him from the Jalna vaccination centre the place a two-way communication system has been arrange between vaccine beneficiaries and the Prime Minister.
    The minister has added that the state will procure vaccines by itself when the Centre stops the availability. “During our video conference, the Prime Minister said they will wait for 60 per cent of vaccination (of health workers and front line workers) to get over before further talks on vaccine supply are taken up. We will wait until then,” Tope mentioned.
    The Union well being ministry has assured all states that it’s going to present the preliminary inventory to immunise 30 crore precedence inhabitants comprising healthcare and frontline staff. Maharashtra has an inventory of seven.86 lakh well being staff and about 20 lakh frontline staff, together with police, municipal employees, defence, BEST drivers and conductors.

    A senior official from the Maharashtra well being ministry mentioned the Centre has been supportive in procuring and distributing private protecting gear and N-95 masks on the onset of pandemic. “We are, therefore, not planning state-level procurement of vaccines yet. The Centre has assured us to provide some stocks, and we will wait for them to send,” the official added.
    The well being minister has indicated that vaccines have to be free for the poor. “Those who are vulnerable can’t be left to their fate. We have not prepared any budget for procurement of vaccines yet but it can be prepared through a contingency fund,” he mentioned.
    The authorities has excluded pregnant girls, these vulnerable to allergic reactions and kids aged beneath 18 years from vaccination.

  • Maharashtra: 4 dists to carry mock Covid vaccination drive at this time

    Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Friday mentioned the state will maintain a two-hour-long dry run for Covid-19 vaccination at Nandurbar, Pune, Jalna and Nagpur on Saturday.
    In every of the 12 centres allotted within the 4 districts, 25 individuals will probably be vaccinated on a trial foundation. A dry run is a trial carried out to check a process, discover doable hiccups or difficulties within the course of, and fixing the problems. The drill won’t use an actual vaccine.
    The Oxford-Astra Zeneca vaccine is near get approval in India with an professional committee in Central Drug Standard Control Organisation recommending its emergency use authorisation with situations. The ultimate approval will come from Drugs Controller General of India. The vaccine rollout is anticipated to start in early January, state officers mentioned.
    “We will observe each beneficiary for half an hour post the mock vaccination to look for adverse effects and also see how the centres coordinate,” mentioned Tope.
    In the mock run, an SMS will probably be despatched to the beneficiary confirming the date and time of vaccination. The beneficiary’s identification will probably be confirmed and registration achieved on the centre. After vaccination, she or he will probably be noticed in a separate room.
    Dr Nitin Borke, the Nandurbar District Health Officer, mentioned: “We have three centres in Nandurbar where the dry run will be carried out. We will depute five vaccinators in each of the three centres.”
    While the primary two officers will register the beneficiary and confirm his identification, one will administer the vaccine and the remaining two will observe them publish vaccination.

    Tope mentioned points arising in these centres will probably be labored upon holding in thoughts the true immunisation drive.
    In Pune, the district hospital in Aundh, a major well being centre (PHC) and Jijamata hospital in Pimpri-Chinchwad have been designated for the mock drill. In Nagpur, Daga hospital, a rural hospital and an city PHC have been chosen. While in Nandurbar, a PHC, Navapur sub-district hospital and the district hospital will conduct the drill, in Jalna, the district hospital, sub-district hospital and a PHC will probably be roped in.

  • Maharashtra to conduct COVID vaccine dry run in THESE districts on Jan 2

    Image Source : FILE Maharashtra to conduct COVID vaccine dry run in 4 districts on Jan 2
    Maharashtra Health Department will conduct a dry run for the COVID-19 vaccine in 4 districts — Pune, Nagpur, Jalna, and Nandurbar districts on January 2, state Health Minister Rajesh Tope introduced on Friday. He additionally knowledgeable that every district may have three vaccination facilities with 25 individuals for vaccination at every middle. 
    This resolution by the Maharashtra authorities comes after the Center had requested all States and UTs to make sure efficient preparedness for the vaccine rollout. Earlier on Thursday, the Union Health Ministry had introduced that the COVID vaccination dry run might be performed by all of the State and UT governments on January 2. 

    According to the Union Health Ministry, the exercise is proposed to be performed in all State Capitals in at the very least three session websites. Whereas, some States will even embody districts which are located in tough terrain or have poor logistical help.
    The authorities had earlier performed a two-day dry run in 4 states — Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Gujarat, and Punjab. The COVID vaccination dry run was performed on December 28 and 29 as a step to prep up earlier than the precise factor takes off.
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