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Coronavirus in India live updates: Centre, Bharat Biotech invite other companies to scale up Covaxin production

THE TIMES OF INDIA | Jul 30, 2021, 21:30:23 IST

Coronavirus in India live updates: Centre, Bharat Biotech invite other companies to scale up Covaxin production

India's daily case count of Covid-19 went past the 3.5 lakh mark on Thursday after a two-day low even as the country recorded more than 4,000 deaths for the second day in a row. With 3,62,727 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, India's total caseload now stands at 2,37,03,665, as per the Union health ministry data updated at 8:00 am. Stay with TOI for the latest developments-

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22:30 (IST) May 13

Covid-19: Delhi govt allows walk-in vaccination for people above 45 years

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22:09 (IST) May 13

Congress leader in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhary has asked Speaker Om Birla to allow a meeting of the parliaments “public accounts committee” to deliberate upon the government’s vaccination policy, citing the importance of the issue in view of the raging pandemic.

22:05 (IST) May 13

Demands by states for increasing vaccine quota arouse 'narrow political passion among masses': Vardhan

Amid demands by states for increasing vaccine quota, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Thursday said such calls arouse "narrow political passion among the masses which harm the whole-of-government approach to tackle the pandemic".

21:17 (IST) May 13

West Bengal reports 20,839 new Covid-19 cases, 19,181 discharges and 129 deaths.

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20:43 (IST) May 13

Maharashtra reports 42,582 new Covid-19 cases, 54,535 recoveries and 850 deaths in the last 24 hours.

20:39 (IST) May 13

Meghalaya CM Conrad Sangma announces extension of lockdown in East Khasi Hills district till May 24, reports PTI

20:26 (IST) May 13

People say that Covaxin should be given to other companies for manufacturing. I am happy to say that Covaxin manufacturing company (Bharat Biotech) has welcomed this when we discussed it with them. Under this vaccine, a live virus is inactivated and this is done only in BSL3 labs. Not every company has this. We give an open invitation to companies who want to do this. Companies that want to manufacture Covaxin, should do it together. The Centre will assist so that capacity is increased

Dr V K Paul

20:26 (IST) May 13

Centre, Bharat Biotech willing to invite other companies to scale up Covaxin production

Amid the reports of coronavirus vaccine shortage from various states, the Central government and Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech are willing to invite other companies which want to produce COVAXIN in a bid to scale up the vaccine production, said NITI Aayog member, Dr VK Paul, on Thursday.

20:17 (IST) May 13

187 districts witness continuous dip in Covid-19 cases in last 2 weeks, says health ministry

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19:47 (IST) May 13

Goa CM Pramod Sawant said that the government will launch Covid-19 vaccination drive for the 18-45 age group on May 15.

The vaccines will be administered free of cost across Goa through 35 Govt centers. Citizens are urged to register themselves on CoWIN portal.

19:47 (IST) May 13

Madhya Pradesh records 8,419 new Covid-19 cases, 74 deaths and 10,157 recoveries in the last 24 hours

18:59 (IST) May 13

Urge Centre to directly procure vaccines from foreign companies rather than each state bidding against each other in international market: Delhi CM

A very welcome step by Central govt. It will help in ramping up prodn. I also urge Centre to directly procure vac… https://t.co/CN9InTnX2e
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) 1620912463000

18:57 (IST) May 13

Mumbai reports 1946 new Covid-19 cases, 68 deaths and 2037 recoveries in the last 24 hours

18:33 (IST) May 13

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- Shortcomings /gaps in ECI regulatory regime, if any, and in implementation and enforcement at the level of CEOs/ District officials.
- Need for strengthening legal/ regulatory framework enabling ECI to more effectively ensure compliance of Covid guidelines

18:32 (IST) May 13

EC has decided to set up a Core Committee headed by Secretary General, ECI to identify learning, experiences, shortcomings from recently assembly polls in Assam, Bihar, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and UT of Puducherry.

18:25 (IST) May 13

Kerala reports 39,955 new Covid-19 cases, 33,733 recoveries and 97 deaths today; active cases at 4,38,913

18:20 (IST) May 13

Bihar govt issues guidelines as the statewide lockdown gets extended till May 25

Bihar Government issues guidelines as the statewide lockdown gets extended till 25th May to curb the spread of… https://t.co/H9WFpZFe63
— ANI (@ANI) 1620909762000