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  9 May 2021: - Government in Supreme court An advance payment of Rs. 787.50 crores was released to Bharat Biotech India Ltd (BBIL) for 05 crore Covaxin doses for the months of May, June, and July. Whereby, it is expected that the current manufacturing of Covaxin of 10 million doses/ month will be enhanced to nearly 100 million doses/ month in the next 8-10 months. After a week …   13 May 2021: - Government to Media VK Paul claims that government will get 55 crore Covaxin between the month of the August to December 2021, that means Bharat biotech will have the capacity to produce 11Cr dose/month. ( Yes, there was/is talk to give covaxin licence to the PSUs to produce vaccine but yet there is no evident development or outcome regarding that yet. So, yet the all burden of the covaxin production is on Bharat Biotech. ) After 2 Weeks... 29 May 2021: - Health Ministry to media Health Ministry said: "The production capacity of Covaxin will be doubled by May-June and then i...

  Tulsi Virani is now Cabinet minister Smruti Irani. But what her government doing with the vaccination data suits the theme song of her TV series Kyuki saas bhi Kabhi bahu thi. Here is it : Here is the headline of the 14th May:- But As per the Affidavit submitted by the Union government to the supreme court on 26th June, Government will need 135 crores of vaccine doses for the Month of August to December.  The following two pictures show that how data has been changed from 13th May to 26th June:- 13th May  26th June  As you can note that the number of vaccine suppliers has been reduced to 5 from 8 on the 13th May. BB Nasal and Genova have been removed. The Reason is that their trials are still in 1st phase. VK Paul ( Head of Vaccine task force) and Prakash Javdekar ( I&B) minister both were aware of this reality. Even though they gave fake hope to the citizen during the 2nd week of May.  I Mention the same in my   Blogpost dated 14th May , Just a...

  Covishield for the month of May, June, and July 9 May 2021:- Government in Supreme court [ It is also submitted that 100% advance of Rs. 1732.50 cr was released to Serum Institute of India (SII) for 11 crore doses of Covishield vaccine for the months of May, June, and July. ] It means per month manufacturing capacity of the SII was not more than 4 Cr doses. On 9th May 2021. 20 days later... 30 May 2021:-  Prakash Kumar Singh, the Director of Government and Regulatory Affairs at SII letter to Amit Shah [ We are pleased to inform you that in the month of June we will be able to manufacture and supply nine to 10 crore doses of our Covishield vaccine to the the country as compared to our production capacity of 6.5 crore doses in May,", Prakash Kumar Singh   said in the letter. ] It means, for the month of June and July, the supply of the Covishield should be 20 crore doses. And Add 6.5 crore dose of the month of May, it becomes 26.6 crore doses of...

Following is the web link of the PM Address to the nation on 7th June about the ongoing vaccination drive. pmindia.gov.in Here is the Common man's Maan kee bat to the nation. PM Modi said on 7th June [ " Can you imagine what would have happened if our  frontline workers  were not vaccinated before the second wave of Corona? Imagine, what would have happened if our doctors and nursing staff were not vaccinated? What would have happened if our brothers and sisters employed to clean hospitals and our ambulance drivers were not vaccinated? It is due to the vaccination of  health workers  that they were able to take care of others and save the lives of millions of countrymen. But in the midst of decreasing corona cases in the country, different suggestions and demands started coming before the central government " ] Here is the reality of the vaccination of the health worker. Phase 1 under which the vaccination of the health worker and frontline workers began on the 16th ...

  BBC Following two are the paragraphs of the AFFIDAVIT DATED 09.05.2021 ON BEHALF OF THE UNION OF INDIA to the supreme court. Paragraph 30 - “Bharat Biotech Intl Ltd. Has increased production from 90 lakhs/ month to 2 crore doses/ month and further increase is expected up to 5.5 crore doses/month by July 2021” Paragraph 35 - “It is expected that the current manufacturing of Covaxin of 10 million doses/ month will be enhanced to nearly 100 million doses/ month in the next 8-10 months.” Here I would like to point out two things to readers. The first is, 10million means 1 crore. Secondly Bharat Biotech (BB) manufactures Covaxin. So, basically, the government has said two different things in two paragraphs. Furthermore, VK Paul the chief of the covid task force on the vaccine projected to procure 55 crore doses of the covaxin by December 2021. Now let me analyze this number game. Let goes with the government numbers. In the best possible scenario, Bharat biotech may/will pro...

“We have contacted manufacturers and sought information on the availability of vaccine for August-December… In this period, 216 crore doses would become available in India. The vaccine will be made available for all as we move forward…,”  - Dr. V K Paul, head of India’s Covid-19 Task Force  Here is the plan of the government to vaccinate Indians. PIB Government of India Now, Here are some questions to the VK Paul who is also a member of the NITI Aayog. 1. The figure of the 216 crore doses by December seems attractive for the headlines, but the question is, all 8 vaccines cleared the Safety and other trials?  The Indian Express has Answer and here it is.  Indian Express 2.  Can SII and Bharat Biotech have the capacity to make the number of doses projected by the VK Paul? As per the VK paul, the government will procure 55 crore doses of the Covaxin by December. Let consider a procurement period of 6 months, 180 days. This means, Bharat Biotech has to produce 30 l...

Amidst complaints of vaccine shortages, the Centre has now rolled out phase 3 of Covid vaccination on 19 th  April 2021 where everyone above the age of 18 is eligible for getting vaccinated. But the cost of vaccinating the 18 to 45 age group should either be borne by States or citizens. The many States have announced free vaccines for all adults from May 1 but at the same time, many states complained about the fiscal burden on the state exchequer. So, the natural question that arises is – Does the central government have the fiscal space to do so? The answer lies in the Budget speech dated 1 st  February 2021 where Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman announced “ I have provided 35,000 crores for Covid-19 vaccine in BE 2021-22. I am committed to providing further funds if required" (Paragraph 38).  Two days later on 3 rd  February, Expenditure secretary of the Finance ministry, T.V. Somanathan, addressed the press and elaborated the government ...

Here is the Principal Secretary, Health & Family Welfare, Government of Gujarat. First I Like to explain what she conveys by this poster message in English. The title is – “Home care management of Covid - To do when the medical or doctor facility is not available”. She divides the home care advice into three parts. First when initial infection, Second When Oxygen level (o2) the level is higher than 92 and third when the 02 level is lower than 92. As per In this poster, citizens are advised to take budesonide at home when the oxygen level is more than 92. It advised taking the hospital care “if possible” when the o2 level falls down from 92 levels.  This poster advises taking dexamethasone and oxygen at home when the O2 level falls down the level of 92. Now, Let see what AIIMS/ICMR says on the treatment of the Covid in terms of comparison.  Here you can read the guidelines ( Just a one-page chart) of the AIIMS/ ICRM dated 22 April 2021.   GOG - Government o...