Covid 19 Shortages

'Is system of vaccine slots a sham?': Bombay HC directs Maharashtra to prioritise appointments over walk-ins

The court also directed the government to ensure that those with prior appointments were not made to wait in queue for long hours at the vaccination centres

'Govt officers living in ivory towers': Delhi HC slams Centre for opposing Panacea Biotec plea

The high court made the remarks while hearing a plea by the vaccine manufacturer seeking an arbitral award running into crores of rupees, passed in its favour and against the Centre, to scale up production of the Sputnik V vaccine in India

Mumbai sees 953 new COVID-19 cases, lowest in two-and-a-half months; number of tests drop too

The BMC's data showed that 17,920 tests were conducted since Monday evening, whereas more than 20,000 samples were being tested on a daily basis till last week

Maharashtra sees 34,848 COVID-19 cases, 960 deaths; active caseload drops below 5 lakh

Of 960 fatalities reported on Saturday, 371 had occurred in the past 48 hours, 188 last week and the rest before that but were added to the toll on Saturday

COVID variant B.1.617, first detected in India, is forcing UK to rethink its approach

While Britain would not delay plans to ease restrictions on Monday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that the spread of the variant could force the government to change course

From supply chains to vaccines, China has frequently thrown spanner into works of India's COVID-19 battle

From tactfully disallowing Chinese firms to participate in BMC's global vaccine tender to exorbitant pricing of necessary equipment, India's battle against COVID-19 has often run into rough weather with China

'Hopeful' Russia's Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine will be available in market from next week, says Centre

The announcement comes even as several states in India, including the worst-hit states are facing a shortage of vaccines, and has led to suspension of vaccination drive in some states

Justice DY Chandrachud tests positive for coronavirus; SC hearing on COVID essentials deferred

The top court sources said Justice DY Chandrachud, who is heading the bench in the suo motu case for ensuring distribution of COVID-19 essential supplies and services, is unwell and is suffering from mild fever, and is recovering well

Magnitude of second COVID-19 wave vastly different, south India has not sustained the worst yet, warn experts

At over 3,00,000 active cases Bengaluru has the highest caseload among all Indian cities. But experts warn the worst is still ahead as India's third-largest city buckles under oxygen shortages, overrun hospitals and crowded crematoriums

SC constitutes 12-member task force for 'transparent, professional' allocation of oxygen, resources

Stating that the likely future course of the COVID-19 pandemic must be taken into contemplation at the present time, the Supreme Court said that the task force will enable decision makers to have inputs which go beyond finding ad-hoc solutions to the present problems