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US defends restrictions on Export of COVID-19 Vaccine raw materials says “Americans First”

24Apr

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US defends restrictions on Export of COVID-19 Vaccine raw materials says “Americans First”

COVID-US defends restrictions on the export of key raw materials for the manufacture of the COVID-19 vaccine, which threatened to slow India's vaccination campaign, a senior State Department official has said that the Biden administration's first obligation is to protect the American people needs. https://twitter.com/RaquelC91238869/status/1384910112188510208?s=20 US President Joe Biden invoked the Defense Production Act on February 5 US President Joe Biden invoked the Defense Production Act on 5 February to restrict the export of raw materials of the COVID-19 vaccine to boost domestic vaccine production. Foreign Minister S Jaishankar raised the matter with Secretary of State Antony Blinken when he spoke on 19 April, and it was also taken up by Indian envoy Taranjit Singh San...

In this COVID-19 situation Wastage of Single Dose of Vaccine is Criminal Crime- Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday expressed its concern over the wastage of the COVID-19 vaccine and said that the wastage of the vaccine is Criminal Waste. https://twitter.com/LiveLawIndia/status/1384686254185320453?s=20 Vaccine wastage, which is life-saving, is a criminal waste. We instruct the government to look into the situation to allow full use of the vaccine, ”the High Court said while hearing a petition related to the COVID-19 status in the national capital. Key Points The court expressed concern over the lack of medical oxygen and lack of some oxygen at various places. Delhi government counsel Rahul Mehra told the court that one company, Inox, has stopped supplying oxygen to Delhi and sent it to another state. The court has asked the owner/managing director of IN...

Second Phase of the Covid-19 Vaccination

New 13,742 Covid-19 cases and 104 deaths are added to the list, updated by the Union Health Ministry. With this, the total count of Covid-19 cases hiked to 1,10,30,176, and total deaths to 1,56,567. As per the reports declared by the Union Health Ministry, within 24 hours 16, 738 new Covid-19 cases and 138 deaths have been reported. About 90% of new coronavirus cases listed. After the first dosage of the covid-19 vaccination, the center announced the second phase of the Covid-19 vaccination on Wednesday, and the boost of these vaccines will begin on March 1. The said vaccination is for the citizens aged above 60 years and for those who are above 45 years. The vaccination will be convenient for free at 10,000-odd government healthcare facilities. Those vaccines supplied ...