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Thread on #GramPanchayat task force chaired by #Rangamma frm #Soliga #Adivasi community #brhills #Chamarajanagar; praise for #HealthWorkers but frustration at lack of “higher officials” coming to GPs; @readingkafka @iphindia 
PHC MO and other doctors address the gathering about the last one month experience of #Chamarajanagar and how situation is slowly improving; need to address hesitancy towards testing and vaccine; also not to become complacent about dropping numbers
PHC Dr frm #Gumballi patiently heard & clarified how these are stressful times for all #HealthWorkers; members demand at least one visit a month from #taluka officials; patient listening of complaints is an important function even if they are not immediately resolved;
⛓️Let's talk about vaccine supply chains! (yay!) 💉🌍✌️
If we are to make 11bn doses of vaccine this year, there is an urgent need to address supply chain issues or we will not be able to make all these doses. 🧵
If we are to make 11bn doses of vaccine this year, there is an urgent need to address supply chain issues or we will not be able to make all these doses. 🧵
⛓️Recap: in March many firms in the sector met at Chatham House and talked about their concerns over vaccine supply chains.
At the time there were no stated impacts on covid vaccines but the signs were ominous. (Problems on lines that make drugs using the same equipment.)
At the time there were no stated impacts on covid vaccines but the signs were ominous. (Problems on lines that make drugs using the same equipment.)
⛓️Concerns were focused on, but not limited to, America's use of the Defense Production Act which was already having a knock-on impact on lead times for key ingredients.
COVAXIN, developed by the Hyderabad-based firm Bharat Biotech in collaboration with the National Institute of Virology and the ICMR, is India's first approved indigenous COVID-19 vaccine. At least 55 crore doses of COVAXIN would be available by December.
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Covishield is the Indian brand name of the vaccine developed by the University of Oxford in partnership with the British-Swedish company AstraZeneca. It is being locally produced by the Serum Institute of India. 75 crore doses of Covishield will be available by the year-end.
Sputnik V, the latest vaccine to be approved by the Indian government, has been developed by the Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology of the Russian Ministry of Health. The government plans to roll out 15.6 crore doses of the vaccine by December. #vaccine
1. "Covid-19 is dead now, and finally we can live without masks and can reunite with our friends and families" - how happy does this sounds? Everybody wishes to go back to normal, for that please wear your masks. #WearAMask
2. Today, this situation is really out of hands. Our whole generation is falling apart. We have lost hopes on our dreams, ambitions, studies, career and all we want to do is to SURVIVE. We want to live. We want to fight this so badly. #fightagainstcorona
3.We don't want to see our future getting destroyed right in front of our eyes because of this virus. Some of us might be thinking, do we even have a future? Yes, we do if we stay safe and follow all the protocols. It feels as we have aged, without actually ageing. #GenZ
Who said #hesitancy was not a prob? My comorbid wife delayed taking shot by a month. Sr citizen neighbour pastered doctor son against vaccine. #Covaxin was not mocked? It was done till early April. Hesitancy was so common that bengal went slow on covax indent 1/n
Why all health staff, Sr xitizen didn't queue up 4 #vaccine in Feb-March? Centres wr idle. Data proves, Thr ws not equal push from all states either. All rushed 4 vax as #SecondWave struck. As in end April 50% on queue for vax wr above 60. This contributed to overcrowding. 2/n
Yes thr is now a #VaccineShortage. But part of it is perceived. Do we have enough manpower & other necessary infra to inoculate 3 USAs (90cr adult) at one go? V got feb-april. Cud USA vaccinate all in 3 months? On April 18, only 50% Americans wr vaccinated. De started ahead. 3/n
Karnataka HC will shortly hear a case case registered suo motu after the Court received two letters on Covid-19 Management in the state.
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Chief Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka and Justice Aravind Kumar will hear the matter.
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Stories from the previous hearing here:
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So finally I have an answer to what has happened to Novavax production in India, thanks to the difficulty getting raw materials out of the US. The news was worse than I expected.
There is says, Stan Erck of that firm, a "global raw material supply difficulty".
There is says, Stan Erck of that firm, a "global raw material supply difficulty".
Novavax lines in India and the UK have been affected by shortages of items needed from the US.
Start with the UK which has been manufacturing this vaccine for a while (not yet approved).
Novavax is struggling with 3 key things: biobags, media, and filters. @halhod
Start with the UK which has been manufacturing this vaccine for a while (not yet approved).
Novavax is struggling with 3 key things: biobags, media, and filters. @halhod
Novavax is doing its best to operate its lines at "full cadence". But when they have missing items the lines have to shut down.
For the UK they are "weeks" behind where they would have been had they had all the raw materials needed.
(FYI @RoryStewartUK)
For the UK they are "weeks" behind where they would have been had they had all the raw materials needed.
(FYI @RoryStewartUK)
I usually refrain myself from commenting on the political feuds and fightings. But today, it is affecting health of common people.
Today, we witnessed a crossfire between center and state. In such statement, Mr @PrakashJavdekar told us very 'valuable' information. He argued that MH has been provided with 10619190 doses out of which 9053523 doses are administered till date.
But here comes the first lie. He conveniently asserted that with wastage of 6% that is over 5 lakhs.
